Celebrations: Oct. 6

BABYTALK

Jennifer and Robert Blake of Germantown are the parents of Cali Blake, born July 2, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. She was 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and 19.25 inches long. She joins brothers Anthony, 12, and Sean, 6, and sister Kelsey, 9.

Kathryn and Jason Zoellner of Germantown are the parents of Scarlett Marie Zoellner, born Sept. 3, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. She was 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and 20.5 inches long.

Danielle and Jarrod Becker of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Sean Jarrod Becker, born July 22, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. He was 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and 20.5 inches long.

Katie and Michael Blievernicht of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Landon James Blievernicht, born Aug. 2, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. He was 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and 21.75 inches long.

Jill and Mark Ortiz of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Fern Vivian Ortiz, born Aug. 5, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. She was 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and 21 inches long.

Kathleen and Dan Voss of Menomonee Falls are the parents of twins, Allison Therese Voss and Alex Joseph Voss, born Aug. 5, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. Allison was 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and 18.5 inches long. Alex was 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and 19 inches long. They join brother Sean, 3, and sister Kate, 1.

Jennifer Patrick of Menomonee Falls is the mother of Jaelynn Savannah Marie Patrick, born Aug. 18, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. She was 3 pounds, 13 ounces, and 17 inches long.

Nancy and Tristan Pettit of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Slater Tristan Pettit, born Aug. 19, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. He was 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and 21 inches long.

Katherine and Andrew Maziasz of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Carter James Maziasz, born Aug. 19, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. He was 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and 20.5 inches long.

Mary and Jamis Sweeney of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Jenna Lynn Sweeney, born Aug. 22, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. She was 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and 19.5 inches long. She joins brothers Aiden, 7, and Jamis Jr., 4.

Margaret and Ryan Ortlieb of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Ethan James Ortlieb, born Aug. 23, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. He was 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and 21 inches long. He joins sister Ellie, 3.

Sara and Robert Graves of Menomonee Falls are the parents of Seth Owen Graves, born Aug. 30, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls. He was 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and 20 inches long. He joins brothers Noah, 8, and Cal, 1.

CAMPUSNEWS

Michael Szymanski of Menomonee Falls earned his master's degree in business administration from Oxford University in the United Kingdon. He is currently employed as director of business development at Meltwater Group in San Francisco.

Cassidy Brandt of Menomonee Falls earned her bachelor's degree in mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in August.

Lindsay Wasicek of Germantown, a 2009 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse with degrees in biology and biochemistry, is now attending the School of Optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Chandra Kenny of Germantown earned her bachelor's degree in sport management with honors from the University of Minnesota in May.

The following students made the spring semester dean's list at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: from Germantown, Janell Campbell and Nicolas Holzhauer; and from Menomonee Falls, Mary Biron, Jacob Daczyk, Elizabeth Feldt, Mary Galle, Susan Glisczinski, Michael Hellinger, Anna Kraemer, Melinda Marquardt, Jacob Robinson and Nathan Wright.

The following students made the spring semester dean's list at Carroll University in Waukesha: from Germantown, Megan Arkenberg, Therese Arkenberg, Allison Baer, Marissa Goelden, Sarah Temple and Amanda Weber; and from Menomonee Falls, Caleb Deerr, Jennifer Michalek, Jennifer Potratz, Ashley Wangerin, Tyler Wittmann, Megan Wolf and Brittney Yunto.

SCHOOLSCENE

The following Germantown High School seniors are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program-an honor achieved by fewer than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors-after taking the 2010 Preliminary sat/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors: Eric Branske, Grant Burnham, Madeline Lambert and Angela Yang.