GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (January 27, 2020) — High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2019 Fall Term.

Students from your area are listed below. Information about their majors and high schools is included where possible. Students' majors might be listed as "undecided" because Knox students typically don't declare a major until late in the second year.

 

PELLA, IOWA (January 24, 2020) — More than 350 students were named to the Central College dean's list for Fall 2019.

The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

Those named to the dean's list from your area are:

Kaitlyn Andresen of Davenport (52804)

Rebekah Beard of Geneseo (61254)

Kyle Berst of Bettendorf (52722)

FINDLAY, OHIO (January 24, 2020) — Bonita Despain, of Geneseo, Illinois, 61254, has enrolled at the University of Findlay for Spring 2020. New students began their studies at UF on January 6.

Despain is pursuing a degree in business management.

AURORA, ILLINOIS (January 24, 2020) — Aurora University congratulates the more than 1,300 undergraduate students who earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2019 semester. The Dean's List recognizes students who have earned a 3.6 GPA or higher. Students recognized with high honors (*) have earned a perfect 4.0. Students included on the Dean's List completed a minimum of 12 semester hours for a letter grade in the term.

WAVERLY, IOWA (January 24, 2020) — Eleven Wartburg College students were accepted into the Teacher Education Program.

Those accepted include:

Trinity Borland, of Bettendorf.

Darcie Pilon, of East Moline.

Students must demonstrate effective reflective components in teaching, pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam and complete several other requirements to be considered for the program.

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (January 24, 2020) — Tori Verbeck, a native of Geneseo, Illinois, and graduate of Geneseo High School, will compete for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's track-and-field team during the 2020 season, which begins this weekend.

Verbeck, a freshman at UW-Whitewater, is majoring in physical education.

CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA (January 23, 2020) — Austin James Halupnik of Bettendorf, Iowa, has been named to the President's List at Clemson University.

Halupnik, whose major is Genetics, made the President's List for the fall 2019 semester.

To be named to the President's List, a student must achieve a 4.0 (all As) grade-point average.

FAYETTE, IOWA (January 23, 2020) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the Dean's List for the 2019 Fall semester. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade-point average for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. The honored students included:

Bettendorf, IA — Colin Burwinkel;

Davenport, IA — Alonzo Rios-Wilkinson;

Muscatine, IA — Duncan Snider;

Davenport, IA — Natasha Jones;

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 23, 2020) — A popular discussion series at Monmouth College is turning 40.

When it holds the first of its eight spring-semester sessions on January 29, the Great Decisions program will mark four decades on campus.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 23, 2020) — These students achieved at least a 3.5 GPA for the Fall 2019 semester at Monmouth College while taking at least three academic credits.

Hunter De La Rosa of Moline

Emily DeWitt of Rock Island

Karlie Drish of Milan

Carly Dunham of Illinois City

Riley Fetterer of Milan

Hannah Jones of Davenport

Emily Laughlin of Milan

Sydney McVay of Illinois City

Katelynn Mickle of Bettendorf

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