College Credits: Buffalo Grove Resident Starts Fall At Kentucky

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — We're keeping track of all the major higher education accomplishments of area students. Send your submissions to eric.degrechie@patch.com.

Griffith Enrolls At University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences welcomes its new class for the Fall 2020 semester. David Griffith, of Buffalo Grove, is one of 1,593 incoming freshmen in UK's College of Arts & Sciences. Griffith's academic major is political science. University of Kentucky students come from all 120 counties of the Commonwealth, all 50 states, and more than 100 countries. UK is ranked among the top 10 percent of public institutions for research expenditures — a tangible symbol of the breadth and depth of discoveries that have changed lives and communities.
Griffith joins the rich tradition of those discovering what is wildly possible.

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Daloia, Hawkeye Marching Band Ready For Virtual Football Season

Hayley Daloia, of Buffalo Grove, is one of the 247 University of Iowa students who are members of the 2020 Hawkeye Marching Band, one of the "top ten college marching bands in the nation," according to CNN Headline News and one of the Big Ten Conference's marching bands whose halftime show is "worth the watch," according to Sports Illustrated. Daloia plays the piccolo. The 2020-21 school year will be Daloia's third with the HMB. Affectionately known as "Band 140" by its membership, the 2020 HMB has been conducting rehearsals outdoors at its practice field in reduced numbers since arriving at campus in August. However, the marching Hawkeyes aren't likely to perform at a home game of the football Hawkeyes in 2020. Big Ten Conference policy currently prohibits marching bands, cheerleaders, and dance team members from performing out of concern and respect for COVID-19.

— Merit Pages News