College Credits: Geneva Students End Semester With Dean's List Nods

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Illinois Wesleyan University's dean's list includes Geneva students

Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2022-23 academic year consisted of 731 students from 30 states and 29 countries. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.

The following local students made the list:

• Emma Kornak of Geneva, Illinois, a junior majoring in Elementary Education
• Alec Mucha of Geneva, Illinois, a junior majoring in History / Secondary Education
• Kate Palmer of Geneva, Illinois, a sophomore majoring in Nursing

— Merit Pages News

University of Mississippi celebrates May 2023 graduates

More than 3,100 students graduated from the University of Mississippi in May 2023. Undergraduate and graduate candidates received degrees from the College of Liberal Arts, General Studies and schools of Accountancy, Applied Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Journalism and New Media, Law and Pharmacy.

• Eliza Peters, of Geneva, IL, who majored in Rhetoric and Journalism, is one of those students.
• Emiline Brown, of Geneva, IL, who majored in Teaching, is one of those students.
• Kasey Murphy, of Geneva, IL, who majored in Exercise Science, is one of those students.

— Merit Pages News

6,400-plus Huskers named to spring deans' list

More than 6,400 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the spring semester of the 2022-23 academic year.

Following is a list of area honorees, listed alphabetically:

• Geneva: Bella Birkhead, sophomore, Dean's List, College of Business, marketing.
• Geneva: Raen Lubben, junior, Dean's List, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, forensic science.
• Geneva: Celia Owen, sophomore, Dean's List, College of Business, marketing.

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Local residents named to RIT dean's list

The following students were named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

• William Bottom of Geneva (60134), who is in the computer engineering program.
• Anna Yingst of Geneva (60134), who is in the photographic sciences program.

— Merit Pages News