Area students recently received honors, and one graduated.

Lisa Ouyang of Hinesville was named to the dean’s list for the 2016 fall semester at Georgia College in Milledgeville.

Phi Kappa Phi

BATON ROUGE — Danielle Royal of Hinesville was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, a collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Royal was initiated at Columbus State University.

She is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter.

University of Alabama

Joshua McCullan of Hinesville was among some 2,270 students at University of Alabama who were awarded degrees during winter commencement on Dec. 10.

McCullan received a bachelor’s degree.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 257,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university.