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News | Published on July 2, 2025 at 2:21pm EDT | Author: frazeevergas
0M State announces spring 2025 graduates
The following local students are among the 633 spring semester 2025 graduates of Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State). The college has campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena, and also offers online programs.
A member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, M State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) serves more than 10,000 students in credit and non-credit courses each year in over 70 career and liberal arts programs online and in-person at its four campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. The college also partners with communities to provide workforce development services and other responsive training programs to 500 businesses and thousands of annual participants.
Frazee:
• August Aho, Liberal Arts & Sciences-AA
• Coleton Borah, Liberal Arts & Sciences-AA
• Coleton Borah, Radiologic Technology-AAS
• Kendra Byers, Medical Receptionist-Diploma
• Nickolas Ermel, Cybersecurity-AAS
• Lainey Jacobson, Liberal Arts & Sciences-AA
• Samantha Johnson, Graphic Design-Diploma
• Grant Odle, Radiologic Technology-AAS
• Sophia Strand, Liberal Arts & Sciences-AA
• Makayla Ullrich, Early Childhood Transfer Pathway AS
• Annalynn Wallin, Liberal Arts & Sciences-AA
Vergas:
• Haley Dellaneva, Associate Degree Nursing-AS
• Chloe Will, Radiologic Technology-AAS
Ridgewater College Announces Spring Semester 2025 Dean’s List
Ridgewater College would like to acknowledge those students earning recognition on the Dean’s lists for Spring semester 2025. To be included on the Dean’s list, a student must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled in at least nine credits and meet certain other criteria.
The following students were included:
• Amanda Jorgenson, Frazee
• Derek Gibble, Menahga
• Kaitlyn Geiser, New York Mills
• Kimberly Brasel, Perham
• Karissa Muench, Perham
• Marissa Ewert, Sebeka
Ridgewater College is a community and technical college with campuses in the central Minnesota communities of Willmar and Hutchinson. The college serves more than 5,000 students through its nearly 100 academic programs and more than 97,000 training hours for individuals and businesses through customized training and continuing education. The college is a member of Minnesota State and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Minnesota State includes 26 community and technical colleges and 7 state universities serving approximately 300,000 students. It is the third largest system of two-year colleges and four-year universities in the United States.
Syltie named to spring Deans’ List at Nebraska
Jack Fletcher Syltie of Vergas has been named to the Deans’ List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year.
Syltie, a senior majoring in PGA golf management, was named to the Dean’s List for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
More than 6,700 students at Nebraska were named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester.
Qualification for the Deans’ List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Listed below are the minimum requirements for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and a minimum number of graded semester hours. Students can be on the Deans’ List for more than one college.
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 3.75; Interim Dean Thomas Burkey.
College of Architecture, 3.75; Dean Kevin G. Van Den Wymelenberg.
College of Arts and Sciences, 3.7; Acting Dean Patrick Dussault.
College of Business, 3.6; Dean Kathy Farrell.
College of Education and Human Sciences, 3.75; Interim Dean Nicholas J. Pace.
College of Engineering, 3.5; Dean Lance C. Perez.
College of Journalism and Mass Communications, 3.7; Dean Shari Veil.
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, 3.7; Dean Andy Belser.
Explore Center for undeclared, pre-engineering, pre-health and pre-law students, 3.6; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education Amy Goodburn.
For the full Deans’ List, visit https://go.unl.edu/deanslist-spring25.