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It is our honor to release to you the names of the following students from your area. who were part of the graduating class of 2024.Tiffani Wright, Atkins, Bachelor of Arts, Early Childhood Education Conrad Werth, Belle Plaine, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)Delany Peitz, Blairstown, Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Educa

The University of Northern Iowa is proud to recognize the academic accomplishments of students each semester by announcing the graduation and dean’s lists. These lists highlight the hard work and dedication of students who have excelled in their studies.To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher while completing at least 12 semester hours, with at least one semester hour of graded credit.

Fall 2024 Dean's List Approximately 11,554 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the Fall Semester 2024 Dean's List. Students named to the Dean's List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work.

Looking for a heart-warming beach read to warm your winter days? Then let me recommend 'A Happier Life' by Kristy Woodson Harvey. Virginia recommended I read this one, and I'm so glad I did! It tells the story of Keaton, a young woman who learns of her boyfriend's betrayal and uses it as an opportunity for a fresh start. She moves to her grandparent's old house in North Carolina, only to find it has been untouched since their passing decades prior.

FEBRUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER Library Announcements New Hours! The Library is expanding our open hours from 33 to 36 hours beginning March 3, 2025. These expanded hours will meet the needs listed in the community surveys, as well as matching our hours of highest activity. Please visit our website and social media for these new hours. A Call for Helping Hands! Are you in need of volunteer hours for the Silver Cord? Do you have free time on your hands? We need your help.

I recently read the 2025 All Iowa Reads book, 'Jawbreaker' by Christina Wyman. This is a MUST READ for all ages. If you fell in love with Auggie from the book 'Wonder' by R.J. Palacio then you will also fall in love with Max Plink in 'Jawbreaker'."Max Plink’s life just got a lot more complicated. Trouble at home? Check―with money tight, her parents haven’t been getting along lately.

Loras College has announced the names of students who achieved Dean's List status for the 2024 fall semester. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours to be recognized.  Shellsburg, IA Madi AtkinsonWalford, IA Lauren Keiper William Phillips

'All Fours' by Miranda July was an odyssey down the turbulent road known as perimenopause but also a quiet nod to Virginia Wolfe's 'A Room of One's Own.' I have never read a book quite like this, in fact. Sometimes, I felt I was reading an autobiography more than a fictional work of literature but that only made the novel more appealing.The main character creates a room of her own in a seedy little motel just 30 minutes from home in order to escape her life (her marriage, her child, the routine of being a wife/mother) that is so safe it's become boring and, in doing so, recreates her life, sexual desires, and her future.

It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) recognizes the following students' academic achievement in being named to the Dean's List for the fall 2024 semester:James Antole, KeystoneStudents who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 are named to the Dean's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in fall or spring semester, and online students must earn 12 credits in either EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6.

Zena Leigh Aragon of Vinton and Sophie Krueger of  Atkins were named to South Dakota State University dean's list for the fall of 2024 .A total of 865 full-time and 190 part-time students qualified for the President's Academic Honors list for the 2024 fall semester at Dakota State University.The following full-time students achieved a grade point average of 3.