College Credits: Arlington Heights Students Named To President's List

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Aliciamarie Dutka Named to UM Spring 2022 Dean's Honor Roll

Aliciamarie Dutka, of Arlington Heights, was named to the University of Mississippi's Spring 2022 Honor Roll lists. Dutka, majoring in Political Science and Psychology, was named to the Dean's Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.50-3.74. In order to be eligible for honor roll designation, a student must have completed at least 12 graded hours for the semester and may not be on academic probation during the semester.

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Abby Citterman Completes Lassonde+X program in 2021-22

Abby Citterman, of Arlington Heights, was one of 29 students who competed the Lassonde+X program during the past year. Lassonde+X is a three-course program that allows any undergraduate student at the University of Utah to "entrepreneur your major" - the "X" is their major. The program is offered by the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy, in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, at the David Eccles School of Business. Each of these students will receive a Lassonde+X designation on their academic transcript. More importantly, they learned entrepreneurial skills and how to apply them to their majors and life goals.

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Belmont University Announces Spring 2022 Dean's List

The following students achieved the Dean's List at Belmont University for the Spring 2022 semester. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours (exclusive of audit and pass/fail courses this semester) and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C (inclusive of audit, pass/fail courses and zero-credit courses).

• Lily Shane, of Arlington Heights

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Mason Receives Stipend For Summer Research Project At Nebraska

Clarissa Mason, of Arlington Heights, is among 174 Husker undergraduates who have been awarded stipends by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Mason, a senior biochemistry major, will participate in the project "Evaluation of the Chemistry Teaching Assistant Mentor Program" as part of Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program, which supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students' projects span academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife. Students from the Nebraska Summer Research Program and UCARE will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium on Aug. 5. For more information on undergraduate research at Nebraska, visit https://ucare.unl.edu.

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SNHU Announces Winter 2022 President's List

It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Winter 2022 President's List. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the President's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester, and online students must earn 12 credits over two consecutive terms (EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6). Local students include:

• Robert Rosenbarger, of Arlington Heights
• Evelyn Holohan, of Arlington Heights

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