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Local among Mississippi State University's spring 2024 graduates
Meghan Murphy, of Aurora, IL, is among nearly 3,500 students graduating from Mississippi State University in spring 2024.
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Murphy received the Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude from MSU's College of Education.
— Merit Pages News
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University of Iowa 2024 spring semester dean's list honorees announced
More than 7,650 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean's list for the 2024 spring semester.
Dean's list status was earned by 1,063 first-year undergraduates during the 2023 spring semester at Iowa, 1,752 second-year students, 2,041 third-year students, and 2,807 fourth-year students.
Students who are named to the University of Iowa's 2024 spring semester president's list have also met all of the requirements for inclusion on the dean's list.
- Zachary Benoit of Aurora (60503) [College: College of Engineering; Major: Mechanical Engineering; Year: first-year]
- Aditya Desai of Aurora (60502) [College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Physics; Year: fourth-year]
- Norah Hass of Aurora (60502) [College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Nursing Interest; Year: first-year]
- Mallory McCarron of Aurora (60504) [College: College of Engineering; Major: Biomedical Engineering; Year: second-year]
- Hannah Nabicht of Aurora (60504) [College: Tippie College of Business; Major: Business Direct Admission; Year: first-year]
- Katharine Perez of Aurora (60506) [College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Journalism and Mass Communication; Year: fourth-year]
- Allison TenHaken of Aurora (60502) [College: Tippie College of Business; Major: Accounting; Year: fourth-year]
— Merit Pages News
Bradley University Spring 2024 Dean's list
More than 1,700 students were named to Bradley's Dean's list for Spring 2024. To be eligible for the Dean's list, a full-time student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester on a 4.0 scale.
- James Perozzi of Aurora (60503)
- Zachary Malbon of Aurora (60502)
- Brian Sida of Aurora (60505)
- Lavannya Deolalikar of Aurora (60504)
- Jeffrey Czerak of Aurora (60506)
- Zachary Dupree of Aurora (60502)
- Victoria Suwanski of Aurora (60504)
- Paris Hunt of Aurora (60503)
- Blake White of Aurora (60503)
- Denisha Rome Luluquisin of Aurora (60504)
— Merit Pages News
Aurora native selected to UA Early College Spring 2024 Director's list
A total of 531 students enrolled in UA Early College during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the director's list with an academic record of 3.6 or higher.
The spring 2024 list includes Aurora native Faith Borre, who attends Batavia High School.
The director's list recognizes students enrolled in classes through the UA Early College program. UA Early College allows high school students to get a head start on their college courses. High school sophomores, juniors and seniors enrolled in UA Early College can choose from more than 80 different online and on-campus courses and earn up to 30 hours of college credit.
— Merit Pages News
Dean's, president's lists students named for University of Alabama spring 2024 term
A total of 13,103 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean's list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president's list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). These driven students are making waves across UA's more than 70 undergraduate programs.
The UA dean's and president's lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.
Local students include:
- Mason Blanco of Aurora (60503) was named to the dean's list.
- Grace Eber of Aurora (60502) was named to the president's list.
- AnneMarie Fonner of Aurora (60502) was named to the dean's list.
- Angel Garcia of Aurora (60503) was named to the dean's list.
- Marissa Guerrero of Aurora (60503) was named to the dean's list.
- Andrew Karg of Aurora (60503) was named to the president's list.
- Kamryn Kellogg of Aurora (60503) was named to the president's list.
- Kayla Kwiatkowski of Aurora (60504) was named to the dean's list.
- Lauren Landgraf of Aurora (60502) was named to the president's list.
- Nicholas Panozzo of Aurora (60503) was named to the dean's list.
- Dupablo Parodis-Yu of Aurora (60503) was named to the dean's list.
- Grace Zea of Aurora (60504) was named to the president's list.
— Merit Pages News
Students earn faculty honors at Georgia Tech for the spring 2024 semester
The following students earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Spring 2024 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.
- Aayush Patel of Aurora (60502)
- Shreenithi Katta of Aurora (60503)
— Merit Pages News
Georgia Tech Spring 2024 Graduates Announced
The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to more than 5,700 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute's 266th Commencement exercises May 2–4, 2024, at McCamish Pavilion.
Among the graduates were:
- Jorge Adorno of Aurora (60502)
- Jim James of Aurora (60504)
- Rutika Karande of Aurora (60502)
- Aayush Patel of Aurora (60502)
- Corey Sarcu of Aurora (60502)
- Rohit Tuteja of Aurora (60504)
— Merit Pages News
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