M State announces fall 2025 academic honors

Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) named 682 students to its President’s List and 699 students to its Dean’s List for the fall 2025 semester.

Students on the President’s List earned a grade point average of 4.0 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75% of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.

Students on the Dean’s List earned a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75% of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester. 

Local students named to the fall 2025 M State President’s List and Dean’s List are:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, MAJOR/COURSE (if listed), HONOR

Frazee:

Kiethen Anderson, PSEO, Dean’s List

Karli Bachmann, Advanced Practice Esthiology-Diploma, President’s List

Brady Borah, Health Sciences Broad Field-A.S., President’s List

Samantha Close, Liberal Arts and Sciences-A.A., President’s List

Natalie Flatau, PSEO, Dean’s List

Allison Garton, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., Dean’s List

Brooke Geerdes, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., Dean’s List

Gabrielle Heide, Human Resources-A.S., Dean’s List

Ruby Kasowski, PSEO, President’s List

Brynn Larson, PSEO, Dean’s List

Addyson Laux, PSEO, President’s List

Arianna Leitheiser, Radiologic Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List

Pauline Mickelson, Sonography-Echocardiography Technology, President’s List

Corey Mitchell, Architectural Drafting and Design-A.A.S., President’s List

Mya Moore, PSEO – Online Campus, President’s List

Cade Nagel, PowerSports Technology-A.A.S., President’s List

William Olson, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, President’s List

Britny Opp, Business Administration-Diploma, President’s List

Alexa Osterman, Dental Hygiene-A.A.S., Dean’s List

Mya Pederson, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., President’s List

Rylea Sandberg, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, Dean’s List

Kylie Ueke, PSEO, Dean’s List

Cayden Wallin, PSEO, Dean’s List

Sydney Wegscheid, Digital Marketing-A.A.S., President’s List

Olivia Wothe, Dental Hygiene-A.A.S., Dean’s List

Vergas:

Jackson Brown, Liberal Arts and Sciences-A.A., President’s List

Erica Dollinger, Criminal Justice-A.S., Dean’s List

Benjamin Ecker, Plumbing-Diploma, Dean’s List

Chesney Esser, President’s List

Sadie Johnson, Liberal Arts and Sciences-A.A., President’s List

About M State

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.

Wallin named to South Dakota State University’s fall Dean’s list

South Dakota State University announces Annalynn Wallin of Frazee, Minnesota, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2025 semester.

Wallin is a student in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Overall, 4,147 students from 40 states and 31 foreign nations are on the list. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

About South 

Dakota State University

Founded in 1881, South Dakota State University is the state’s Morrill Act land-grant institution as well as its largest, most comprehensive school of higher education. SDSU confers degrees from seven different colleges representing more than 230 majors, minors and specializations. The institution also offers 39 master’s degree programs, 17 Ph.D. and two professional programs.

The work of the university is carried out on a residential campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City, and through Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across the state. SDSU’s research expenditures for the 2025 fiscal year were more than $94 million.

NDSCS announces Fall President’s Honor Roll

North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) proudly announces that 608 students have earned placement on the Fall 2025 President’s Honor Roll, recognizing exceptional academic performance and a strong commitment to learning.

To qualify for this honor, students achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while completing at least 12 letter-graded credits during the semester. These students represent the very best of NDSCS—demonstrating determination, focus, and academic excellence across a wide variety of programs.

Students from communities throughout the region and beyond are included on this year’s list, reflecting NDSCS’s mission of providing high-quality, career-focused education and supporting student success at every step.

The honorees include:

Bluffton: 

Aidan Matthew Allred, Emergency Medical Services

Detroit Lakes: 

Brady Travis Haisley Sr, Collision Engineering Technology

Frazee: 

Riyan Eckert, Liberal Arts; Rachel Fannie Kasowski, Dental Hygiene

New York Mills: 

Olivia Pilgrim, Dental Hygiene

Ottertail: 

Ryan James Franklin, Land Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology

Parkers Prairie: 

James Ryan Olson, Agriculture

Perham: 

Maya Richter, Dental Hygiene

Vergas: 

Kaden Daniel Smith, Diesel Technology

Bettcher, Selly on Fall 2025 President’s Honor Roll at Bemidji State University 

Gabriella Bettcher and Hailey Selly, both of Frazee, have earned President’s Honor Roll at Bemidji State University for the Fall 2025 semester.  

To be eligible for the BSU President’s Honor Roll, students must earn a grade-point average of 4.0 for the semester and be enrolled in at least 12 credits of coursework. Of these 441 students, some have received this distinction multiple times. 

Located in Bemidji, Minn., Bemidji State University is a member of the colleges and universities of Minnesota State. Learn more at bemidjistate.edu.

Mickelson on Fall 2025 Deans’ List honors at Northwest Technical College

Chandler Mickelson of Frazee earned Dean’s List honors at Northwest Technical College for the Fall 2025 semester.  

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, NTC students must enroll in at least 12 credits and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester. A total of 144 students earned Fall 2025 Dean’s List honors from NTC.

Northwest Technical College is a member of the colleges and universities of Minnesota State.