SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI (July 23, 2025) — Missouri State University awarded 2,824 degrees to students in spring 2025.

The commencement ceremonies took place May 9, 2025, at Great Southern Bank Arena.

Elizabeth Pruitt of Davenport (52806) graduated with a Master of Arts in Teaching.

Students who graduated with honors completed at least thirty credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (July 23, 2025) — The commencement address was given by The Honorable Eric Sorensen, US Representative, Illinois District 17. Ocean Keola Akau ('25), a psychology major from Pana'ewa, Hawaii, was the featured student speaker.

Augustana College recognized 555 students at the college's 165th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 24.

Participants included:

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (July 21, 2025) — High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2025 Spring Term. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have earned at least 2.5 credits in the term, with a grade-point average of 3.6 or better (on a 4.0 scale).

This spring, 420 students earned Dean's List honors.

Riley Colclasure of Moline (61265)

Colton Degen of Moline (61265)

Lyn Kress of Rock Island (61201)

TAMPA, FLORIDA (July 15, 2025) — University of Tampa has honored 2,340 students who were named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2025 semester. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the Dean's List.

Paige Berst, of Bettendorf (52722), earned Dean's List honors as a Senior in the Spring 2025 semester. Berst is majoring in Accounting BS.

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA (July 9, 2025) — The University of Alaska Fairbanks honored the Class of 2025 during its 103rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 3, at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.

Chelsea Carroll of Rock Island (61201) received the following degree(s): Master of Healthcare Mangement Leadership, Health Care Management and Leadership.

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (June 30, 2025) — Amelia Rursch of Reynolds, Illinois, was named to Rhodes College's Spring 2025 Honor Roll.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK (June 27, 2025) -- Kailey Detloff of Moline, Illinois, has been named to the University at Buffalo's spring 2025 Dean's List.

UB is New York State's flagship university and the largest and most comprehensive institution in the State University of New York system.

Detloff was among 5,667 students named to UB's spring 2025 Dean's List.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 19, 2025) — McLaughlin Motors Body Shop has been certified by Collision Performance Network, a division of OEC, for maintaining the right tools, equipment, training, and facilities necessary to repair participating Automaker brand vehicles according to the manufacturer’s specifications. In achieving their Certification, McLaughlin Motors Body Shop is now an integral part of the most advanced repair capable and efficient collision-repair Network in the country.

HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK (June 17, 2025) — Noah Tapia of Moline, Illinois, excelled during the spring 2025 semester at Hofstra, achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 to earn a spot on the Dean's List. Noah's major is History.

Hofstra University's primary mission is to provide a quality education to its students in an environment that encourages, nurtures, and supports learning. At Hofstra, new ideas take shape through collaboration, engagement, and interaction.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 5, 2025) — I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa, Iowa’s African American Festival, joins countless others in mourning the tragic passing of Dr. Hal S. Chase, a respected historian, educator, and longtime advocate for African American history in Iowa. Dr Chase died in a car accident on May 22.

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