QUINCY, ILLINOIS (August 6, 2020) — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Quincy University has postponed its Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony to Saturday, September 5, 2020. The ceremony will be held outside at QU Stadium (weather depending), and split into three separate ceremonies to meet CDC and Health Department guidelines and social-distancing.

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (August 6, 2020) — Tori Verbeck, a native of Geneseo, IL, graduate of Geneseo High School and member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's track and field team, is one of 373 UW-Whitewater student-athletes representing all 22 of the institution's varsity sport programs were named to the 2019-20 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honor Roll.

FAYETTE, IOWA (August 4, 2020) — Upper Iowa University (UIU) is planning to conduct face-to-face classes for Fall Session 1 at its campus in Fayette, Iowa, and education locations in Iowa (Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Quad Cities, Waterloo) and Illinois (Rockford) beginning August 31.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 4, 2020) — The Reverend Melinda Pupillo has accepted the position of Campus Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life following Rev Richard Priggie’s retirement after 21 years at Augustana. She is currently ending her service as Pastor of Holden Village, a remote Lutheran Christian retreat center in Washington’s Cascade Mountains.

MEQUON, WISCONSIN (August 3, 2020) — Concordia University Wisconsin officials have released the Spring Honors List for the 2019-2020 academic year. To be eligible for the honor, students must achieve a minimum 3.60 GPA and complete at least 12 undergraduate credits.Among the area students named to the list were:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, CLASS YEAR, MAJOR(S)

Clinton, IA

Eric Pool, Senior, Comp Sci-Computer Science

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 3, 2020) — The following students were accepted for enrollment for the summer 2020 trimester in the Doctor of Chiropractic degree program at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main campus in Davenport, Iowa.

Benjamin Amrein of Davenport, IA has been accepted for enrollment at Palmer College of Chiropactic.

Madison Barmore of Davenport, IA has been accepted for enrollment at Palmer College of Chiropactic.

DAVENPORT, IA (July 30, 2020) — The following students were named to the spring 2020 trimester Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic.

Maggie Bezanson of Milan, IL has been named to the spring 2020 Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main campus in Davenport, Iowa.

Meghan Barry of Bettendorf, IA has been named to the spring 2020 Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main campus in Davenport, Iowa.

OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN (July 29, 2020) — University of Wisconsin Oshkosh officials have announced students who qualified for the Dean's List and Honor Roll in spring 2020 across all three campuses (Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, and Fox Cities).

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, CLASS YEAR, HONORS

Andalusia, ILAvis Mueller, Senior, Dean's listClinton, IABrett Tornow, Junior, Dean's list

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (July 29, 2020) — The following student(s) graduated during Mount Mercy University's Summer 2020 session on June 7, 2020.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME

Eldridge, IAChristian MoseleyMuscatine, IARobin Martin

BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (07/29/2020) — Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2019-20 academic year consisted of 831 students from 29 states and 16 countries. The following local students made the list:

Adam Cady, of Rock Island, Illinois a senior majoring in English — Literature.

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