Buffalo Grove Students Earn College Honors, Academic Recognition

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — We’re tracking higher education accomplishments by local students throughout the academic year. To submit an achievement, email .

College Credits announcements are compiled from Merit Pages News, colleges and universities, and submissions from readers and families.

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

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Students from Buffalo Grove named to the spring 2026 Dean’s List include:

• Thomas Hein
• Amanda Turofsky

More than 3,500 students earned Dean’s List honors for the semester. To qualify, students must earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher.

Iowa State University

• Marko Chepelyuk was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Phi Kappa Phi is one of the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor societies. Membership is by invitation only and is limited to top-performing students.