College Credits: Bolingbrook Student Graduates Illinois Wesleyan

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Illinois Wesleyan announces candidates for graduation 2021

Illinois Wesleyan University honored more than 360 candidates for graduation during Commencement on May 2, 2021. Geisha Jimenez Williams, a business leader with more than three decades of experience in the energy industry who became the first and, so far, only Latina CEO of a Fortune 200 company, delivered the Commencement address. The candidates include:

Michael Norwood of Bolingbrook, Illinois, majored in Health Promotion and Fitness Management.

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Students receive degrees at Miami University spring commencement

Miami University awarded degrees to students during spring commencement May 14-16, 2021.

Lis Hardin of Bolingbrook, IL (60440) graduated with a Master of Arts in Biology

Logan Schmitt of Bolingbrook, IL (60490) graduated with a B.S. in Business in Finance

The most recent complete candidates for graduation lists are always available for downloading at commencement, dean's and president's lists.

Bolingbrook student earns a spot on WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll at UW-Whitewater

Prue Thomas, a native of Bolingbrook, IL, graduate of Bolingbrook High School and member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's cross country/track and field team, is one of 372 Warhawk student-athletes who were named to the 2020-21 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honor Roll.

Thomas, a freshman at UW-Whitewater in 2021, is majoring in media arts and game development.

The Warhawks' 12 women's teams had 183 honorees, while 189 student-athletes from the 10 men's teams garnered Scholastic Honor Roll accolades. The Honor Roll is part of the "WIAC Scholar-Athlete Recognition Program".

In addition to the 372 individual awards, UW-Whitewater was named an All-Academic institution as student-athletes earned a GPA equal to, or greater than, the collective GPA of the overall student body.

To be eligible for the list, student-athletes must have carried a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. More than 50 percent of the WIAC's student-athletes achieved Honor Roll status.

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