KENOSHA, Wis.—Lauren Meredith Gould and Emily Marie Papke of Elburn were named to the Carthage College dean’s list for academic excellence during the fall semester of 2011.

KANE COUNTY—The Kane County Farm Bureau Foundation Board announced it will award nearly $22,000 in scholarships for the 2012-13 school year.

ST. CHARLES—St. Charles Episcopal Church, 994 N. 5th Ave., St. Charles, invites the community to experience Taize Worship on Sunday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.—Alexandra Sikic of Sugar Grove was named to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville dean’s list for the 2011 fall semester.

Arthur and Donna Anderson of Elburn announce the engagement of their daughter, Sadie Anderson, to Jonathan Blackhall, the son of Liz Schwenke of New Lenox, Ill., and Jack Blackhall of Brooklyn, N.Y.

SUGAR GROVE—Sarah Morgan, daughter of Nancy and Robert Morgan of Elburn, was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at Waubonsee Community College (WCC) on March 4.

ROCKFORD, Ill.—Bridget Kennedy of Sugar Grove was announced as a Distinguished Scholar at Rockford College.

WAUKESHA, Wis.—Lindsay Gruenke, a nursing major and 2008 Kaneland High School graduate, was named to the dean’s list at Carroll University for the fall 2011 semester.

CARLINVILLE, Ill.—Cynthia Roberg of Maple Park was named to the Blackburn College dean’s list after earning a 3.9 grade point average for the fall 2011 semester.

A look through this week’s church news and events.

Jim R. Nulf, 72, of Otterville, Mo., passed away on Friday, March 23, 2012, at the home of his daughter in Sugar Grove. He was born March 27, 1939, in Huntsville, Mo.

AURORA— The following residents were named to the Aurora University high honors dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester:

Marilyn Fabrizius and Anthony Hansford of Maple Park are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Brooklyn Olivia Fabrizius Hansford.

ST.CHARLES—Two Guys and Free Spaghetti on Sunday, March 25, 5 to 7 p.m., will provide a homemade spaghetti and meatballs dinner with salad, garlic bread and homemade dessert to anyone who attends the monthly event held at St. Charles Episcopal Church, 994 N. 5th Ave., (Route 25) in St. Charles.

LINCOLN, NEB.—Holly Hartmann of Maple Park has been named to the dean’s list/honor roll at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the 2011 fall semester.

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.—Elburn resident Alex Kurian, a senior majoring in business administration-finance, was among 38 students initiated into the Augustana Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society founded in 1914.