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College Credits: Plainfield Students Earn Degrees, Dean's List Nods

Area students from Plainfield are doing amazing things at colleges and universities across the United States.

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Plainfield student gets dean’s list nod at Roger Williams University

Evelyn Brunsting, of Plainfield, has been named to the Fall 2023 Dean's List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, Rhode Island.

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Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher are placed on the dean's list that semester.

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Fall 2023 president's list at Miami University

Miami University students ranked in the top three percent of undergraduate students within each division for the fall 2023 semester have been named to the President's List recognizing academic excellence.

  • Ruby Davis of Plainfield
  • Sarah Murphy of Plainfield

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Plainfield native makes dean’s list at Monmouth College

Eli Debrock, an exercise science major from Plainfield, has made the Dean's List at Monmouth College for the Fall 2023 semester.

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Trine University dean’s list names Plainfield student

Emily Smith of Plainfield, a Trine University student, earned Dean's List recognition for the Fall 2023 semester.

Smith is majoring in Forensic Science.

To earn Dean's List honors, Trine University students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point average of 3.500-3.749.

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Students from Plainfield graduate from University of Iowa

The University of Iowa awarded nearly 1,700 undergraduate, graduate and professional students degrees at the close of the 2023 fall semester. Thirteen percent of the undergraduates graduated with multiple degrees, a 2 percent increase over a year ago. As a group, undergraduates posted a cumulative GPA of 3.22 — another year-over-year increase — during their stay at Iowa. The oldest degree recipient was 72 years ago, and the youngest was 18.

  • Allison Rux, of Plainfield [College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science, Human Physiology]
  • Benjamin Wilson, of Plainfield [College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies]
  • Christopher O'Donnell, of Plainfield [College of Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering]
  • Joshua Walisiak, of Plainfield [College of Engineering, Certificate, Technological Entrepreneurship]

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Missouri State releases fall 2023 dean's list

Missouri State University recognizes more than 5,100 students who have been named to the fall 2023 dean's list.

  • Ethan Urbanowicz of Plainfield (60544)
  • Morgan Raclawski of Plainfield (60585)

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