Education Briefs 1-31

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Posted 2/1/18

College dean's lists, graduation announced

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IVCC graduation

OGLESBY - A total of 160 students graduated this fall at Illinois Valley Community College. Local graduates and their degrees or certificates include:

Mendota: Alysa Bodmer, CNA; Madisyn Boelk, AS; Sean Bogle, AS; Olivia Borchelt, CNA; Jessica Cantrell, AAS in Business Technology, Business Technology I, Business Technology II; Vita Covarrubias, AA; Elizabeth Gonzalez, AS; Jorge Gonzalez, CNA; Adan Guerra, TDT; Jennifer Haun, CNA; Kourtney Kobilsek, Phlebotomy; and Willard McLachlan, TDT;

Compton: William Tyler, AS;

Earlville: Debra Joslin, AAS in Accounting; Sarah Neely, Associate in Arts (AA);

West Brooklyn: Randi House, Therapeutic Massage.

NIU graduation

DE KALB - Northern Illinois University celebrated commencement weekend, Dec. 16 and 17. Included among the more than 1,450 graduates were the following students from Mendota: Erika Mandujano, Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology; Winn Salander, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Luke Stuart, Bachelor of Science, Physics - Applied Physics; and Sean Vermilyea, Bachelor of Science, Accountancy.

Augustana dean’s list

ROCK ISLAND - Cameron Phalen of Mendota was among the students named to Augustana College’s 2017 fall term dean’s list. Phalen is exploring majors.

NIU dean’s list

DE KALB - Northern Illinois University has announced its fall 2017 dean’s list students. To earn this distinction, students must meet a minimum semester grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a minimum of 3.75 on a 4.0 scale in the colleges of Business, Education, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts.

Local students who achieved this honor include:

Mendota - Yohan Arellano, History - B.A., Mendota High School; Jaime Barajas, HealthSci-Pre-Physical Therapy; Mario Cortes Sandoval, Accountancy, Mendota High School; Malorie Defore, Rehabilitation & Disability Se, Mendota High School; Haleigh Eller, Elementary Educ-General, Marquette High School; Amy Kofoed, Biomedical Engineering - B.S., Mendota High School; Joshua Margowski, Accountancy, Saint Bede Academy; Hollie Reppin, Athletic Training, Mendota High School; Jonathan Rosalez, Psychology - B.S., Mendota High School; and Sarah Younglove, SPED-Learning Behavior Special, Oregon High School;

Compton - Alessandro Caruso, Economics - B.A., Mendota High School; Anissa Caruso, SPED-Learning Behavior Special, Mendota High School; and Rebecca Scheid, English - B.A., Mendota High School

WIU dean’s list

MACOMB/MOLINE - A total of 1,433 undergraduate students enrolled at Western Illinois University were named to the 2017 fall dean’s list. The total includes 101 students at the WIU-Quad Cities Campus.

To receive this award, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.6 grade point average on a scale of 4.0 in a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded courses; pass-fail hours are not counted.

Local students include:

Mendota - Allison Hawbaker (junior), Clarissa Hernandez (junior), Joseph Meyer (junior), Patrick O’Sadnick (junior) and Riley Schuhler (senior);

Paw Paw - Katie Thompson (senior).