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College News: Aug. 7, 2019
College News

UW-River Falls

RIVER FALLS — The following local residents were among 833 students receiving degrees from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls following spring commencement in May. 

Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 687 undergraduates while 146 students received master’s degrees. Local students include:

Brodhead: Cassandra McGuire, bachelor of social work, magna cum laude


UW-Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — The following local individuals have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the spring 2019 semester. 

The Dean’s List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who have earned a 3.5 GPA or higher. 

Local students include:

Albany:  Brittany Janes

Belleville:  Skyler Grulke,  Timothy Wegehaupt

Brodhead:  Connor Bursian

Monroe:  Jacob Kindschi

Monticello:  Samuel Elder


Washington University

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — Grace Przybyl of Belleville was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Przybyl is enrolled in the university’s McKelvey School of Engineering.

To qualify for the dean’s list in the McKelvey School of Engineering, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and complete at least 12 graded units.


UW-Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire awarded 1,398 degrees in May. Local graduates include:

Brodhead: Brooke Boegli, business, bachelor of business administration, marketing;  Klaudia Buehl, education and human sciences, bachelor of social work, social work;  Nathan Dougherty, education and human sciences, bachelor of social work, social work

Monroe: April Buri, education and human sciences, bachelor of science, mathematics

Shullsburg: Jordan Doyle, education and human sciences, bachelor of science, communication sciences and disorders


University of Dubuque

DUBUQUE, Iowa — The University of Dubuque has named the following students on being appointed to the Spring Semester 2019 Academic Dean’s List.

To be named to the dean’s list, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester.

Monroe: Tyson Welsch


UW-Platteville

PLATTEVILLE — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville celebrated its 202nd commencement ceremonies May 10-11 in Williams Fieldhouse. The ceremonies included the awarding of master’s degrees. Local students include:

Darlington: Erik Zander, master of science, project management

Gratiot: Tiffany Signer, master of science in education, secondary education


UW-Parkside

KENOSHA — Benjamin Becker and Jacob Egger of Monroe were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for the Fall 2018 semester.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average. 


UW-Stevens Point

STEVENS POINT — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point conferred degrees on more than 1,250 graduates during the university’s spring commencement ceremonies on May 18. Local graduates include:

Albany: Jordan Stefanik, bachelor of science, communication sciences And disorders-teaching, summa cum laude

Argyle: Taylor DeNure, bachelor of science, wildlife, cum laude


University of Minnesota Twin Cities

MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL, Minnesota — The following students have been named to the 2019 spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average.

Belleville: Rachel K. Knoebl,  Madelline A. Morgan-Knox

Monroe: Grace K. Moehn