College Credits: Universities Share Dean's Lists

MOKENA, IL — We're sharing the news of all the major higher education accomplishments of area students. Send your submissions to andrea.earnest@patch.com. Students from area towns like Lemont, Lockport, New Lenox, Frankfort and Mokena recently made Dean's List and received scholarships.

The following information was provided by Merit Pages News:

University of Mississippi Announces Fall 2020 Chancellor's Honor Roll

The University of Mississippi recently announced students named to the Fall 2020 Honor Roll lists, including Chancellor's Honor Roll.The Chancellor's Honor Roll is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00.

"Our Chancellor's Honor Roll students deserve a great deal of recognition for their pursuit of academic excellence and incredible achievements," said Chancellor Glenn Boyce. "These students represent some of the best and brightest at the University of Mississippi, and I'm thrilled to congratulate them for their pursuit of personal and academic greatness."

The following students from the area made the list:

• Blake Horner, of Frankfort
• Kaitlyn Michele Bittner, of New Lenox
• Emma Lochen of Lemont
• Sullivan Briley Rakow of Lemont
• Grace Marie Kucharski of Lemont
• Allison Marie Schultz of Mokena
• Brendan Robert Gedville of Mokena
• Isabella Rose Stulas, of Lockport

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.

More than 80 student-athletes named academic all-Big Ten

More than 80 University of Iowa student-athletes to have been named to the 2020 Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from Iowa's men's cross country, women's cross country, field hockey, football, women's soccer, and volleyball teams and four student-athletes who had perfect grade point averages.

Turner Pallissard of Frankfort [Sport: football; Major: Finance)
Noah Healy of Frankfort [Sport: men's cross county; Major: Biomedical Engineering)

University of Mississippi Announces Fall 2020 Dean's Honor Roll

The University of Mississippi recently announced students named to the Fall 2020 Honor Roll lists, including Dean's Honor Roll.

The following students from the area made the list:

• Abigail Marie Foote of New Lenox
• Carley Katherine Smith of New Lenox
• Sophia Tally, of Lemont

The Dean's Honor Roll 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.

Kelsey Ray named to Wartburg College Fall Term Dean's List

Kelsey Ray of Lockport was named to the Wartburg College Fall Term Dean's List. The college recognized 517 students for Fall Term.

The list honors students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above in at least four course credits during the term. Three of the four course credits have to be graded with a traditional letter grade.

Submitted from Nancy Arndt

Gina Marie Arndt, of Mokena, was named to the Dean's List at DePaul University in Chicago.

Area Students Named to Knox College Dean's List for 2020 Fall Term

The following students were named to the Knox College Dean's List of distinguished students:

• Jason White of Mokena - undecided major
• Michael Cepolski of New Lenox - Ed Studies, Secondary and Physics
• Dwight Bejlovec of Homer Glen - Creative Writing
• Samantha Weithers of Frankfort - Creative Writing

To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have earned at least 2.5 credits in the term, with a grade point average of 3.6 or better (on a 4.0 scale).