College News

Named to the fall semester Dean’s List at Bradley University in Peoria were:

From Beecher: Meagan Ruger

From Grant Park: Grace Gorman and Paige Sherwood

From Manhattan: Katherine O’Flynn and Rudy Wolfer

From New Lenox: Caroline Ahern, Christine Boisvert, Don Brongiel, Mia Chidichimo, Mairghread Ebel, Jamie Furtek, Hannah Hospodar, Logan Huber, Maxwell Labus, Danielle Pasek, Nicholas Ruskowsky, Abigail Stepien, and Jack Weaver.

From Peotone: Ian Hamann

From Steger: Caleb Feilen.

For the fall semester, Kevin Mrozek, of Crete, has been named to both the Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) and the President’s List (3.9 GPA or higher) at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.

Ricardo Castillo has been named to the fall semester Dean’s List at Thiel College in Greenville, PA. He is a pre-nursing major from New Lenox.

Randi Kindgren, an online student from Manteno, has been named to Missouri’s Columbia College fall semester Dean’s List.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater announced students named to the fall semester Dean’s List, including: Jackson Gray, Miles Hagen, and Angelina Izzo, all from New Lenox.

Named to the fall semester High Honor’s List (3.75-3.89 GPA) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is Delaney Kunkel, a sophomore from Manhattan.

Harmony Moran, of Manhattan, is a December graduate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, earning a BS in Business/Administration: Entrepreneurial Studies.

Briar Owens, of Grant Park, recently graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Museum Studies, at Western Illinois University.

Miles Hagen, from New Lenox, is studying biology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and was awarded the Joseph and Madeline Chopp Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Ennis Lange, of New Lenox, a student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, is participating in UA’s Cooperative Education Program during the spring semester and is working for WestRock-Demopolis. Cooperative Education Program students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment, which offers work related to the academic major or career interests of each student.

Kayla Newman, of Monee, has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s fall Dean’s List, earning a GPA of 3.5 to 3.699.

Southern New Hampshire University, in Manchester, congratulates the following students on being named to the fall President’s List, earning a GPA of 3.7 and above:

From Beecher: Niko Rodriguez

From Crete: Chris Hixson

From New Lenox: Robert Yuska, Tyler Grauer, and Courtney Hinz

From Steger: Akili Brown.

John Tamburo, of New Lenox, earned a spot on the Dean’s List at Drury University in Springfield, MO, with a GPA of 3.6 or greater for the fall semester.

Grace Vowell, a freshman BS applied science major from Peotone, has been named to the University of Wisconsin-Stout Dean’s List, in Menomonie, for the fall semester.

Abbey Short, of Monee, was named to the Alma College Dean’s List, in Alma MI, for the fall term.

Kirkwood Community College, in Cedar Rapids, has named Stephanie Salmen, of Beecher, to its Dean’s List for the fall semester.

Nathaniel Knutson, of New Lenox, was named to the Wartburg College fall term Dean’s List, in Waverly, IA.

Olivet Nazarene University named the following local students to its Dean’s List for the fall semester, including:

From Beecher: Heidi Greer, Emily Hayhurst, Taylor Hering, Kayla Hon, Margaret Landis, Megan Oppenhuis, Samantha Pilbeam, and Marissa Sebastian

From Crete: Nina Flamini

From Grant Park: Alexander Hamilton, Kaitlyn Hamilton, Kaitlyn McMahan, Nolan Paape, Daniel Palan, Kaiya Sellers, Sophia West, and Rebecca Witvoet

From Manhattan: Grace Allpow, Hannah Allpow, Joseph Borrelli, Elise Champlin, Chloe Hanegraaf, D’Jaliana Herring, Noelle Miller, and Jacob Tolbert

From Monee: Collin Pujdak and Benjamin Tavares,

From New Lenox: Daria Caravette, Kathryn Huish, Robert Jackman, Alexis Kamp, and Keiffer Vogelmann

From Peotone: Sara Baugh, Jonathan Estrada, Averi Fier, Seth Hathaway, J’nae Kirby, Justin Mazurkiewicz, Collin McCarthy, Gabrielle Roberts, Grace Sims, Alice Tysse, and Joseph Verbeeren

From Steger: Emily Hollifield and Savannah Vesci.

Nicole Miller, a former graduate of Peotone High School, achieved fifth semester Dean’s List recognition at Western Michigan University, within the Hayworth Business College.