MONMOUTH, IL (02/07/2019) One way to look at the next Monmouth College theater production is that it's a war movie, only with an ensemble cast of 16-year-old female soccer players.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (February 6, 2019) — More than 5,300 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List/Explore Center List of Distinguished Students for the fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (February 6, 2019) - Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college.  Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction are listed below.  HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, COUNTY (if listed)

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN (February 6, 2019) — The following area students completed degree requirements at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in December.   UW-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of the 13 four-year institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. UWL has more than 10,500 full and part-time students enrolled in 101 undergraduate, 28 graduate, and two doctoral-academic programs.  

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 6, 2019) — School board members, superintendents, school staff, and parents from across Iowa attended the Iowa Association of School Board's (IASB) Day on the Hill on February 5, 2019. IASB again collaborated with parental advocacy group Parents for Great Iowa Schools to include parents for the advocacy training and lobby at the Capitol.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (February 6, 2019) — Students named to the University of Iowa fall 2018 Dean's List:

Subrat Acharya of Bettendorf, IA

Augrim Adhikari of Bettendorf, IA

Jacob Ager of Bettendorf, IA

Uzair Ahmad of Le Claire, IA

Arika Allen of Bettendorf, IA

Jordan Allen of Bettendorf, IA

Katherine Baer of Bettendorf, IA

Michael Baer of Bettendorf, IA

Anna Banerjee of Bettendorf, IA

IOWA CITY, IA (02/06/2019)-- The following area students received a degree from the University of Iowa at the close of the fall 2018 semester.

Samuel Bennett of Bettendorf, IA receives a BA-Enterprise Leadership degree.

David Campbell of Bettendorf, IA receives a BA-Health and Human Physiology degree.

Mitchell Carber of Bettendorf, IA receives a BS-Geoscience; CER-Museum Studies degree.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (02/06/2019) — Students named to the President's List for the fall 2018 semester:

Katherine Baer of Bettendorf, IA

Anna Brown of Bettendorf, IA

Kiana Castro of Bettendorf, IA

Sarah Francisco of Bettendorf, IA

Joseph Frommelt of Bettendorf, IA

James Gomez of Bettendorf, IA

Benjamin Gorman of Bettendorf, IA

Zain Khan of Bettendorf, IA

Joshua Kinyon of Bettendorf, IA

AURORA, ILLINOIS (February 6, 2019) — Aurora University congratulates the more than 1,200 undergraduate students who earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2018 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.

OMAHA, NEBRASKA (February 6, 2019) — Creighton University will become the first Midwest Jesuit University to adopt test-optional admission for freshman applicants, beginning in 2020.

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