ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (December 23, 2025) — Augustana College and UnityPoint Health Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences have signed a definitive agreement to strengthen the future of health care education in the Quad Cities through the acquisition of Trinity College's academic programs and operations by Augustana College.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (December 23, 2025) — The Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).

The accreditation, which follows a comprehensive self-study and site visit, allows graduates of the program to sit for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy exam and pursue licensure.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (December 23, 2025) — Coe College is announcing its Fall 2025 Dean's List.

To be named to the Dean's List, a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the term and rank in the top 10% of the student body.

Area students who have earned their spot on the Dean's List include:

Ryan Dolphin of Bettendorf, Iowa

Mason Herrington of Eldridge, Iowa

From left to right: Adeline Gorman, Professor Michael Swedish, John Dunne, Campbell Brock, Jan Kowal, Ruth Dobberpuhl, Garrett Gruetzmacher, Ryan Nguyen, Nach Khambholja, Mitchell Brust, and Garrett Voight

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI (December 23, 2025) — Southeast Missouri State University (SMSU) has announced its Dean's List for undergraduate academic achievement during the fall 2025 semester.

Students named to the Dean's List earned at least a 3.75 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least twelve hours of standard graded credit. They received no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses.

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (December 23, 2025) — The following students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Dean's List for the 2025 fall semester.

Moline, Illinois (61265): Hannah Gault

Port Byron, Illinois (61275): Sarah Prigge

These students have demonstrated their academic abilities by receiving a grade-point average of 3.4 or above in a single semester.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (December 23, 2025) — Andrew King, of East Moline, Illinois, a junior at Wisconsin Lutheran College, has been named to the college's Dean's List for the fall 2025 semester.

Andrew is a graduate of United Township High School.

To be eligible for Dean's List, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or higher.

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN (December 23, 2025) — To celebrate the Advent season, Carthage College students performed in the 151st Christmas Festival the weekend of December 4-6 in the magnificent A F Siebert Chapel in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS (December 19, 2025) — To qualify for inclusion on the Dean's List, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade-point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale.

Brie Deblaey of Rapids City (61278)

Grace Durian of Geneseo (61254)

Hattie Hagedorn of Long Grove (52756)

Caden Hart of Andalusia (61232)

Lindsay Herington of Geneseo (61254)

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 17, 2025) Mason Reed didn't come to Monmouth College to study international relations or to major in religious studies. In fact, those disciplines are pretty far across the academic spectrum from his field of exercise science.

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