The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) invited a select group of approximately 2,550 young men and women from around the nation and abroad to attend the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program this year. Chasen A.D. Richards, a student at the St. Croix Educational Complex on St. Croix, will participate in this year’s 2013 summer seminar program.

 Editor's note: The Source newspapers publish available information about Virgin Islanders who are serving their country in the military. For earlier notices, see previous months' files in this section.

 This summer, Arnon Nickie, a student from Frederiksted, will attend the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth’s challenging programs for the academically for gifted 2nd through 12th graders.

 Mary Raissi Stewart is not your typical 93 year-old. The long time educator is more active than most people 20 years younger. She still visits St Croix twice a year, a place where she spent most of her five-decade teaching career and played an integral role in the founding of the St. Croix campus of the College of the Virgin Islands.

 Lisa Opie, 22, has been crowned Miss Virgin Islands United States 2013. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, where she earned her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in history.

 Jordan K. Paul of Christiansted, V.I., graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in TV/film from DeSales University on Saturday, May 18.

 Good Hope School senior Jaleel Christopher will be presented his Presidential Appointment Certificate to the United States Military Academy at West Point at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 19, at the Friedensberg Moravian Church.

  The Division of Banking and Insurance, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, continues to work toward its goal of strengthening the territory’s regulatory environment through employee training.

 On May 2, the Virgin Islands Bar Association presented former Territorial Court Judge Soraya Diase Coffelt with an award for creating the Moot Court Competition for high school students, which just celebrated its 19th year.

 Editor's note: The Source newspapers publish available information about Virgin Islanders who are serving their country in the military. For earlier notices, see previous months' files in this section.