26 Jun 2024

Local Students Among Millikin University's Spring 2024 Dean's List

By Matthew Flaten

DECATUR, ILLINOIS (June 26, 2024) — Millikin University is pleased to announce the names of the outstanding undergraduates who have been named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2024 semester.

Students who attempt twelve graded credits during a fall or spring semester and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher earn Dean's List honors. Students earning a perfect 4.00 grade-point average on twelve graded credits attempted earn High Dean's List honors.

25 Jun 2024

Gabriel Stropes of Milan Makes Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

By Marie Lang

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK (June 25, 2024) — Gabriel Stropes of Milan, Illinois (61264), was named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Stropes is in the applied computer technology program.

25 Jun 2024

Dusty Scott ('03) Dives into the Details of Creating Monmouth College President Clarence Wyatt's Official Portrait

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 25, 2024) — There's something about the final semester that brings out the best in Dusty Scott.

As a Monmouth College senior in 2003, Scott was coming to terms with the reality that he might graduate in a few weeks without a girlfriend. But then he and his friend, junior Autumn McGee ('04), began dating during the spring semester, and the couple has been married since 2006.

25 Jun 2024

Des Moines University (DMU) Earns Prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification for Sustainable Practices

By Denise Lamphier

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (June 25, 2024) — In a significant stride toward sustainability and innovation in educational design, RDG Planning and Design announces that the new West Des Moines campus of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification. This certification is a globally-recognized symbol of achievement in green building strategies and practices.

25 Jun 2024

Amelia Rursch of Reynolds, Illinois, Named to Rhodes College's Spring 2024 Honor Roll

By Merit Pages

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (June 25, 2024) — Amelia Rursch of Reynolds, Illinois, was named to Rhodes College's Spring 2024 Honor Roll.

25 Jun 2024

Desmond Almanza of Rock Island, Illinois, Graduates from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

By Marie Lang

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK (June 25, 2024) — Desmond Almanza of Rock Island, Illinois (61201), graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with an AAS in Laboratory Science Technology.

Nearly 4,500 degrees were conferred in the 2023-2024 academic year at all of RIT's campuses. RIT's academic convocation celebration was held in May and featured remarks by Patricia "Pattie" Moore, a distinguished designer and trailblazing alumna of the class of 1974.

24 Jun 2024

Work by Monmouth Alumnae, Students Part of International Women in Engineering Day on June 23

By Barry McNamara

Noelle Faulk works on an engineering project on the roof of Monmouth College's Center for Science and Business

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 24, 2024) — #Enhancedbyengineering.

That was the theme of this year's International Women in Engineering Day. The June 23 observance promoted the work that women engineers across the globe are doing.

And "across the globe" very much includes the Monmouth College community.

24 Jun 2024

Lillie Moore of Bettendorf, Iowa, Graduates from the University of Rhode Island

By Dawn Bergantino

KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND (June 24, 2024) — The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,100 of its newest alumni during the University's 2024 Commencement. Nearly 4,000 undergraduate degrees and 800 graduate degrees were conveyed to students during the ceremonies which took place May 17-19, 2024.

Lillie Moore of Bettendorf received a Doctor of Physical Therapy.

24 Jun 2024

Alex Minyard of Milan, Illinois, Named to Baldwin Wallace University Dean's List

By Susan Walton

BEREA, OHIO (June 24, 2024) — Alex Minyard of Milan, Illinois (61264), a graduate of Rockridge High School majoring in theatre acting and directing, has been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2024 semester at Baldwin Wallace University, according to Provost Thomas C Sutton. The Dean's List recognizes students who earn a grade-point average of 3.8 or higher while enrolled in twelve or more graded hours during the semester.

24 Jun 2024

A Presidential Retrospective: Clarence Wyatt Looks Back on His Decade at Monmouth College

By Barry McNamara

President Clarence Wyatt and First Lady Lobie Stone make their way up the Wallace Hall sidewalk at the opening of the College's 167th Commencement Exercises on May 19. In the background is one of the Commencement speakers, actress Sigourney Weaver

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