LINCOLN, NE (04/10/2014)(readMedia)-- University of Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate students will be honored in conjunction with UNL's All-University Honors Convocation April 13, including 32 seniors who will be recognized as Chancellor's Scholars, the university's highest undergraduate academic honor.

Students are recognized at Honors Convocation for their cumulative academic achievements (compared with Dean's List, which is for one semester). Honorees include :

* Chancellor's Scholars, students who graduated in December or who will receive their degrees in May or August and have maintained 4.0 grade-point averages on all collegiate work at UNL and elsewhere;

* Superior Scholars, seniors graduating in the 2013-14 academic year who have been recognized at Honors Convocation each year of their enrollment;

* High Scholars, students other than Chancellor's Scholars and Superior Scholars who are in the top 10 percent of their class.

A list of students from this area who will be honored follows. Information includes type of honor received, year in school and college or program of enrollment.

Muscatine: Jenna Verona Krueger, High Scholar, Architecture.

Rock Island: Joseph Jacquin Philibert, High Scholar, Engineering.

A list of all Honors Convocation students can be found at http://go.unl.edu/kb5c.

LINCOLN, NE (12/31/2013)(readMedia)--Andrew Harris Hathaway of Bettendorf was among more than 1,500 students who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at commencement exercises Dec. 20 and 21.

Hathaway received a master of science degree from the Graduate College.

UNL awarded postgraduate degrees on Dec. 20 and baccalaureate degrees on Dec. 21 in ceremonies at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The College of Law conducted a separate ceremony on Dec. 20 at Ross McCollum Hall.

The commencement speakers were Karen Kunc, Willa Cather Professor and professor of art at UNL (postgraduate ceremony); former Nebraska Gov. and U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (baccalaureate); and Judge William B. Cassel of the Nebraska Supreme Court (law).

The graduates are from 39 states and 38 countries. A full list of graduates can be found at http://go.unl.edu/28j4. The list includes 26 students who received degrees from the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Public Affairs and Community Service, but studied on the UNL campus.

LINCOLN, NE (06/27/2013)(readMedia)-- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the students named to the Deans' List/Honor Roll for the spring semester of the 2012-13 academic year. Students from this area who qualified included:

Bettendorf: Hannah Marjorie Kurth, senior, music major, College of Fine and Performing Arts with a 4.0 grade-point average.

Bettendorf: Nathaniel Robert Sullivan, senior, music major, College of Fine and Performing Arts with a 4.0 grade-point average.

Davenport: Samantha Walton Adrales, junior, English major, College of Arts and Sciences .

Qualification for the Deans' List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Honor Roll for undeclared students in Explore Center and pre-professional programs. Listed below are the minimum grade-point averages on a 4-point scale (4.0 equals A) for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours. Students can be on the Dean's List for more than one college.

? College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 3.75; Dean Steven F. Waller.

? College of Architecture, top 10 percent of the students in the college; Interim Dean Kim Wilson.

? College of Arts and Sciences, 3.7; Dean David Manderscheid.

? College of Business Administration, 3.6; Dean Donde Plowman.

? College of Education and Human Sciences, 3.75; Dean Marjorie Kostelnik.

? College of Engineering, 3.5; Dean Timothy Wei.

? College of Journalism and Mass Communications, 3.7; Interim Dean James O'Hanlon.

? Explore Center, 3.6; Director of Undergraduate Education Nancy Mitchell.

? Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, 3.7; Interim Dean Christin Mamiya.

A full list of Deans' List/Honor Roll students can be found at:

http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/downloadables/msword/20130627deanslist.txt.

LINCOLN, NE (04/12/2013)(readMedia)-- University of Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate students will be honored in conjunction with UNL's All-University Honors Convocation April 14 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, including 42 seniors who will be recognized as Chancellor's Scholars, the university's highest undergraduate academic honor.

Students are recognized at Honors Convocation for their cumulative academic achievements (compared with Dean's List, which is for one semester). Honorees include :

? Chancellor's Scholars, students who graduated in December or who will receive their degrees in May or August and have maintained 4.0 grade-point averages on all collegiate work at UNL and elsewhere;

? Superior Scholars, seniors graduating in the 2012-13 academic year who have been recognized at Honors Convocation each year of their enrollment;

? High Scholars, students other than Chancellor's Scholars and Superior Scholars who are in the top 10 percent of their class.

Students from this area who will be honored include :

Bettendorf: Hannah Marjorie Kurth, senior, Superior Scholar, College of Fine and Performing Arts .

Bettendorf: Nathaniel Robert Sullivan, junior, High Scholar, College of Fine and Performing Arts with a 4.0 grade-point average.

Davenport: Samantha Walton Adrales, sophomore, High Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences .

Photographs of 36 of the 42 Chancellor's Scholars (six were unavailable for photographs) can be found at http://go.unl.edu/uau. A list of all students recognized at Honors Convocation can be found at http://go.unl.edu/5ei.