Student News

<strong>Thurow Named to Carthage College Dean’s List </strong>
Carthage College has named <strong>Jane Thurow</strong>, Monticello, to its Dean’s List for academic excellence during the fall 2017 semester. Dean’s List honors are accorded to Carthage students who achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average while carrying at least 14 credit hours during a semester.

<strong>Uebelacker Named to President’s List at Coastal Carolina University</strong>
<strong>Rachel Uebelacker</strong>, Belleville, a Marine Science Major, has made the President’s List at Coastal Carolina University for the Fall 2017 semester. To qualify for the President’s List for high academic achievement, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and must be enrolled full-time.

<strong>Zimmerman Receives UW-Stevens Point’s Chancellor’s Leadership Award</strong>
Recognized for leadership and service to the university and community, 29 fall semester graduates received the 2017 Chancellor’s Leadership Award at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
The awards were presented by Chancellor Bernie Patterson in a ceremony in December. Established in 1978 at the urging of former Chancellor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, the award honors graduates who contribute significant leadership, demonstrate university or community service and display a commitment to personal growth. Each recipient receives a bronze medallion emblazoned with the university seal, hanging from a purple and gold ribbon.
<strong>Logan Zimmerman</strong>, New Glarus, received the award, and majored in Biology. He was active in the Ichthyology and Aquarium Sciences Society and hall government, serving as a community adviser and working on hall sustainability projects. He helped maintain the university’s live fish collection, helped train citizen naturalists and was a YMCA lifeguard and swim instructor. He graduated with honors and is the son of Rod and Deb Zimmerman.

<strong>UW-Green Bay Announces Fall 2017 Semester Academic Honors</strong>
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has made public the names of students receiving academic honors for the fall 2017 semester. Students who earn a 4.0 grade point average, which represents all “A” grades, receive Highest Honors. High honors go to those earning 3.99 to 3.75 grade point averages. Honors are given to students earning 3.74 to 3.50 grade point averages. <strong>Kallista R. Baebler</strong>, Monticello, earned Semester Honors, and <strong>Hannah E. Blum</strong>, Monticello, earned Semester Honors.

<strong>UW-Whitewater Dean’s List Additions</strong>
The following local students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Dean’s List for the 2017 fall semester: <strong>Trevor Cloud</strong>, Brooklyn; <strong>Treise Langhammer</strong>, Brooklyn; <strong>Brandon Michek</strong>, Brooklyn, <strong>Ethan Rausch</strong>, Brooklyn; <strong>Amber Sies</strong>, Brooklyn.
These students have demonstrated their academic abilities by receiving a grade point average of 3.4 or above in a single semester.