Graduates:
The University of North Dakota – Grand Forks held its largest Winter Commencement on Dec. 16 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium on campus with about 900 students eligible for degrees, an increase of 150 students from a year ago.
Of those graduates was:
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Brent Goska, Bachelor of Business Administration
Dean’s List and Honors:
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has named 2,109 students to its Deans’ Lists for the 2011 fall semester.
The Deans’ list and eligibility criteria, as well as other listings of UW-Eau Claire student honors and awards, can be found online at www.uwec.edu/news/people/honors.htm.
Students from this area who were selected for the Deans’ Lists are:
Nekoosa, WI
Cody Alft, Arts and Sciences, English; Tristen Back, Arts and Sciences, undeclared; Lindsey Scholl, Arts and Sciences, undeclared
Port Edwards, WI
Kelsey Joosten, Education and Human Sciences, communication sciences and disorders; Jyasi Corbett, Business, marketing; Mary Dombrowski, Arts and Sciences, mass communication
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Megan Buehl, Business, accounting; Margaret Ho, Arts and Sciences, criminal justice; Brandon Hoffman, Arts and Sciences, economics; Samantha Esselman, Education and Human Sciences, elementary education; Casey Wick, Education and Human Sciences, kinesiology; Brian Tessmer, Nursing and Health Sciences, nursing; Jenna Carlson, Arts and Sciences, psychology; Kayse Elmquist, Arts and Sciences, psychology; Miranda Kuhn, Arts and Sciences, psychology; Melissa Miller, Education and Human Sciences, Spanish; Carli Kronstedt, Education and Human Sciences, kinesiology; David Brown, Arts and Sciences, psychology
The following students have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the fall semester of the 2011-12 academic year, ending December 2011.
Qualification for the Dean’s List is limited to students who have attained outstanding academic achievement. To be eligible, students must have earned not less than a 3.5 semester grade point average and have carried a minimum of 12 semester credits.
UW-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of the 13 four-year institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. UW-L has nearly 10,000 full and part-time students enrolled in 43 undergraduate majors, 17 master’s degree offerings and three certificate programs.
UW-La Crosse – www.uwlax.edu – ranks No. 2 in the Midwest’s top regional public universities listing by U.S.News & World Report’s 2012 College Guide. The university is No. 62 on a list of the nation’s best 100 colleges by Kiplinger’s magazine (2012) and is on the list of “Military Friendly School” by G.I.Jobs.
Students on the Dean’s List from this area include:
Nekoosa, WI
Sabrina Phyllis Morgan, Exercise and Sport Science Major: Exercise Science – Fitness Track; Jacob Owen Peterson, Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Education Major
Port Edwards, WI
Joanne M Clark, Art Education Major; Aaron Ernest Eichsteadt, Undeclared Major – SAH
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Christopher Michael Ashbeck, Exercise and Sport Science Major: Exercise Science – Pre-professional Track; Jessica Lynne Beyer, Political Science Major; Alexandra Marie Clussman, Undeclared Major – CLS; Matthew R Dresser, Exercise and Sport Science Major: Exercise Science – Fitness Track; Kasey Lorrayne Galles, Psychology Major; Katie Elizabeth Gauthier, Early Childhood through Middle Childhood Education Major; Christopher Michael Glodosky, Biology Major: Biomedical Science Concentration; Michelle Rae Hentges, Psychology Major; Jordan M Joling, Social Studies Major (Broad Field Option B); Dylan Michael Lubeck, Undeclared Major – SAH; Sara Theresa Medina-Bielski, Microbiology Major: Biomedical Concentration; Julianne Jeannette Merkes, Radiation Therapy Major; Rachel Rose Mueller, Sociology Major; Nicole M Neidlein, Sociology Major; Emily Lynn Olaf, Psychology Major; Michael David Olaf, Undeclared Major – CLS; Travis Primeau, Undeclared Major – CLS; Samantha Lyn Rehberg, Sociology Major; Matthew Robert Siegler, Political Science Major; Amanda Marie Smith, Undeclared Major – SAH; Seth Christian Steidl, Music Major: Music Theatre Emphasis; Jenna M Weigand, Biology Major: Biomedical Science Concentration; Ellen Mary Weiler, Communication Studies Major: Interpersonal Communication Emphasis; Kathryn M Williams, Communication Studies Major: Organizational and Professional Communication Emphasis
The Academic High Honor and Honor lists (Dean’s lists) for the past fall semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato have been announced by Scott Olson, Provost and Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs.
Among the more than 15,640 students, a total 803 students qualified for the High Honor List by achieving a 4.0 straight “A” average, while 2,382 students earned a 3.5 to 3.99 average to qualify for the Honor List. To qualify for academic honors, undergraduate students must be enrolled for at least 12 credit hours in a semester.
Of those honored was:
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Joellen Olari, freshman
Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Mo., has announced the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above.
Rockhurst University is one of 28 Catholic, Jesuit universities in the United States. It seeks to challenge students while providing a supportive environment for intellectual and personal growth. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Rockhurst among the top Midwest Regional Universities. Rockhurst is the only institution in the Kansas City area to have earned the community engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The following students earned a place on the list:
Port Edwards, WI
Elizabeth Sigler
Kyle Holtz of Wisconsin Rapids was named to the Fall 2011 honors list at Vermilion Community College in Ely, MN. Students named to the honors list have attained a GPA of 3.0 for the semester.
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