ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS (May 16, 2024) — Zachary Duke of Port Byron, Illinois, is announced as a Spring 2024 Distinguished Scholar at Rockford University. Full-time (twelve or more credits) students who earned at least a 3.75 GPA with no grades below "C" and completed all requirements for the semester are named Distinguished Scholars.
Rockford University is a private four-year, co-educational institution founded in 1847 offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in traditional liberal-arts and professional fields. The University offers more than eighty majors, minors, and concentrations, including the Bachelor's degree completion program for a BS in Management Studies. Through its Graduate Studies department, degrees are extended to include the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), and Master of Education in Urban Education, (MEd). Rockford University is home to one of only eleven Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) chapters in Illinois, the most prestigious honor society in the United States. Rockford University was named by The Princeton Review as a Best Midwestern College and is a US News and World Report Best Midwest Regional University. Rockford University currently serves approximately 1,250 full-and part-time students.
