BEREA, OHIO (June 17, 2019) — Alex Packard of Davenport was among 26 Baldwin Wallace University students who spent the spring 2019 semester learning off campus. With support from the BW Study Abroad Center's Independent Study program, students created individualized immersion experiences in Australia, Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Scotland, and Sweden.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 13, 2019) — On June 15, NextGen Iowa will support LGBTQIA+ Iowans, register young voters, and recruit volunteers at Iowa City Pride Fest and Parade. In the past two weeks, NextGen Iowa has attended both Sioux City and Des Moines Pride, where organizers collected over 1,100 petitions urging Senator Joni Ernst, who is up for re-election in 2020, to support the historic Equality Act, and committed over 800 people to vote in upcoming elections.

CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA (June 13, 2019) — Local students have been named to the President's List at Clemson University for the spring 2019 semester.

They are:

Olivia Nicole Gamble of Rock Island, Illinois whose major is Chemistry; and

Austin James Halupnik of Bettendorf, Iowa, whose major is Genetics.

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

IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 12, 2019) — More than 4,800 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at the University of Iowa recently participated in graduation ceremonies.

The UI's spring 2019 graduates had an average cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 3.16 on a 4.0 scale. In addition, 16 percent of the graduating-class graduated with multiple majors and 355 undergraduates graduated with honors.