Dean's lists announced for Sauk Valley students

Western Illinois

MACOMB – Students awarded degrees in May from Western Illinois include:

Bachelors degrees

Social work: Mary E. Nielsen of Buda

Law enforcement and justice administration: Mitchell J. Conner of Ohio; Stephanie L. Grace of Dixon; Marcus A. Hill of Morrison; Christopher A. Jacobs of Prophetstown; and Christopher A. Sifuentes and Betony M. Wade, both of Sterling.

Agricultural science: Daniel J. Spohn of Ohio; Tyler J. Burke of Sublette, Eric D. Egan of Deer Grove; and Matthew D. Grimes of Tampico, agricultural science.

Communication sciences and disorders: Stephanie E. Townsend of Ohio; and Abby E. Howell of Dixon.

Mathematics: Danielle L. Taulbee of Ashton.

Finance: Natalee R. Book of Dixon.

Construction management: John G. Hinterlong of Dixon.

Music: Lynn N. Aska of Paw Paw, magna cum laude.

History: Caleb T. Ankrom of Fulton.

Board of trustees: Carolyn D. Martin of Fulton.

Zoology: Amanda M. Smith of Morrison, summa cum laude; Terry E. Cox of Sterling.

Education: Jessica L. Roselieb of Prophetstown, summa cum laude, early childhood education; Betsy A. Kerner of Rock Falls, elementary education.

Accountancy: Larissa J. Davis of Sterling.

Journalism: Mikaela M. Garcia of Sterling.

Health services management: Susanne L. Hammett of Sterling.

Chemistry: Nicholas J. Shoger of Sterling.

Psychology: Samantha M. Snitchler of Sterling.

Communication: Brian J. Spangler of Sterling.

Master’s degrees

Business administration: David M. Lind of Walnut; Maureen E. Dorman of Sterling.

Computer science: Jeff R. Damhoff of Fulton.

Communication sciences and disorders: Sarah N. Sheley of Sterling.

Education: Camilla J. Hartman of Rock Falls, counseling.

Elementary education: Andrea L. Wagenecht of Albany.

Recreation, park and tourism administration: Joseph A. Roselieb of Prophetstown.

History: Ryan J. Lewis of Morrison.

St. Norbert

DE PERE, Wis. – Theresa M. Henkel of Dixon was named to the spring dean’s list at St. Norbert College.

Illinois Wesleyan

BLOOMINGTON – Scott Krabbe of Creston, Matt Wennmaker of Oregon, Aaron Gierhart and Amanda Sobottka of Rock Falls, Jill Kissinger of Stillman Valley, and Nathan Pratt of Sterling were named to the spring dean’s list at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Notre Dame

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Phillip Sitter of Sterling was named to the spring dean’s list at Notre Dame University.

Quincy University

QUINCY – Students who graduated from Quincy University in May with bachelor’s degrees included Emily Clark, elementary education, and Korby Paul, cum laude, elementary education, both of Rock Falls.

Upper Iowa

FAYETTE, Iowa – Molly Klocke of Dixon was named to the spring dean’s list at Upper Iowa University.

Macalester College

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Caolfionn Yenney of Rock Falls graduated May 16 from MacAlester College, magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in music and educational studies Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the Zenas Taylor Endowed Prize in music.

Boston College

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Patrick Bittorf of Sterling graduated May 18 from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in human development and theology.

Ripon College

RIPON, Wis. – Karen Kriz of Walnut has been named to the spring dean’s list at Ripon College.

Greenville College

GREENVILLE – Timothy Hawkins of Dixon graduated cum laude May 31 from Greenville College with a Bachelor of Arts, psychology.

Peru State College

PERU, Neb. – Haley J. Ryan Jr. of Morrison has been named to the spring dean’s list at Peru State College.

University of Wisconsin

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Students awarded degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville this spring include:

Animal science: Evelyn Sheaffer of Dixon, summa cum laude.

Soil and crop science: Jeremy Flikkema of Lanark.

Biology: Megan Tenboer of Morrison.

Agricultural business: Caleb Wright of Oregon and Eric Durward of Thomson.

Mechanical engineering: Adam Wiegmann of Polo.

Civil engineering: Drew Rockafellow of Savanna.

Communication technologies: Kathryn Lawfer of Savanna.

Spanish: Kelly Grandon of Sterling, summa cum laude.

Elementary education: Alison Ross-Glendenning of German Valley, cumma cum laude.

Marquette

MILWAUKEE – Joshua Pietryga of Dixon, mechanical engineering; James Teats of Erie, Kristina Gehrke, history, and John Guzzardo, nursing, both of Sterling, graduated May 17 with bachelor’s degrees from Marquette University.

Ashford University

CLINTON, Iowa – The following students were named to the spring dean’s list at Ashford University:

Albany: Kristopher Bland, Randolph Chapman, and Tara VanZuiden.

Amboy: Monica Bulfer.

Byron: Joshua Whitmire.

Chadwick: Bridget Gabbard, Debra Meiste, Leisha Merkel, and Jenifer Ritenour.

Dixon: Lee Eastman, Tomya Erdmier, Francisco Garcia, Genevieve Gassner, Heather Gieseke, Amy Johnson, Bruno Kapacinskas, Joe Stegbauer, and Kole Weaver.

Erie: Aaron Blair and Jessie Rosenow.

Forreston: Kristi Coffey, Wendy Lazansky, and Mindy Welch.

Fulton: Beth Balk, Michael Conover, Jeff Raab, Aubree Rhoades, Amanda VanKampen, Jamie Wall, Karen Webb, and Jennifer Wood.

Milledgeville: Amy Strehlow.

Morrison: Alicia Burkholder, Rebecca Covell, Joshua Dykema, Jennifer Eads, April-Lynn Edwards, Krista Gregory, Corey Johnson, Christina Justice, Candi Kuehl, Pamela Pfister, Kristopher Schmidt, and Kristie Taylor.

Mount Carroll: Rachael Delp, Lisa Imel, and Bridget Smith.

Oregon: Jessia Lauer and Cherie Parker.

Princeton: Michael Bastion, Breelyn McMahon, and Patricia Orozco.

Rock Falls: Katie Bartel, Lori Berogan, Daniel Chouinard, Jennifer Farmer, Victoria Hughes, Melinda Krause, Carrie Lamb, Rae Lynn Shugars, Angela Marruffo, Karen Mewhirter, Joseph Paschal, Roland Salas, Rebecca Wildman, and Donald Wood.

Savanna: Christina DeMoss, Tammi Johnson, Kristina Murphy, Kateri Nesbitt, and Curt Yenney.

Sterling: Gordon Brewton, Derek Bushman, Samantha Dingman, Rachel DuBois, Lance Eisenberg, Brent Gaffey, Denise Snow, Amie Topp, Debra Vos, Jodie Wade, Darrell Wallace, and Emily Witt.

Sublette: Lisa Bickett.

Tampico: Sandra Tornow.

Thomson: Jessica Hartman and Tyler Vandendooren.

St. Cloud State University

ST. CLOUD, Minn.– Erin N. Walter of Oregon was named to the dean’s list at St. Cloud State University.

Iowa State

AMES, Iowa – Roxanna J. Skaggs of Chadwick, Nathan E. Hartman, Jacob R. Wittenauer of Ohio, John P. Brendel and Kimberly H. Brown of Oregon, and Dianna M. Geiger of Polo were named to the spring dean’s list at Iowa State University.

Northern Illinois

DeKALB – Students awarded degrees in May from Northern Illinois University include:

Bachelor’s degrees

Economics: Ryan Martz of Lanark.

Organizational management: Tammy Vanover of Savanna; Kevin Bott of Polo.

Accountancy: Andrea Aldridge of Ashton; Aaron Fagan and Crystal Killian of Dixon; Bryan Diehl of Oregon; Derek Richardson of Polo; Ava Bajrami of Morrison; and Corie Koesler of Sterling.

Family social services: Christina Gabbard of Ashton; Amy Galasinski of Compton; Emily Schoenbachler of Monroe Center.

Music performance: Janna Stauffer of Ashton.

Speech language pathology/audiology: Tiffany Bowser of Dixon; Lisa Batterton of Stillman Valley; Brittany Kramer of Rock Falls.

Media studies: Sarah Duffy of Dixon; Matthew Dincognito of Rochelle.

Chemistry-secondary teaching: Nathan Grobe of Dixon.

Geography: Ian Kenney of Dixon.

Nutrition and dietetics: Jennifer Kutz of Dixon; Denell Holschuh of Rock Falls.

Nursing: Anja McNeill of Dixon.

Business administration: Becir Selmani of Dixon; Justin Passmore of Byron; Greg Poci of Rock Falls.
Psychology: Amy Yocum of Franklin Grove; Linsay Kirchner and Katherine Petrusa of Byron; Joseph Plambeck of Forreston; Sara Pessman of Fulton; Leanne Smith of Morrison; Daniel Forbes of Prophetstown; Brittany Hansen of Prophetstown; and Ana Martinez and Ryan Still of Sterling.

Marketing: Kyle Albus of Nelson; Rebecca Jones of Chana; Nikolas Pugatchenko of Rock Falls.

Journalism: Lee Blank of Byron; Matthew Dincognito of Rochelle.

Clinical laboratory science: John Gage of Byron; Wendy Ropp of Monroe Center; Lisa Boehm of Rock Falls; Jeanette Hunter of LaMoille.

Special education – preschool: Erin Garbutt and Kiersten Lovan of Byron; Margaret Rosko of Mount Morris; Rachel Barona of Rochelle; Megan Guerrero of Sterling.

Sociology: Cassandra Gottschalk of Byron; Joseph Plambeck of Forreston.

Philosophy: Cassandra Gottschalk of Byron.

English: Katherine Petrusa of Byron; Danielle Rosenquist of Lindenwood; Timothy Plocinski of Prophetstown.

Child development: Nicole Reeder of Byron.

Organizational/corporate communications: Rachel Standley of Byron.

Art history: Aaron Wilcox of Davis Junction; Joshua Gunderlock of Morrison.

Public health: Rebecca Swanson of Leaf River.

Biological sciences: April Coaty of Monroe Center; Jodeen Tigrett-Hanks of Rochelle; Kayla Henson of Rock Falls.

Industrial technology: Jamie Early of Mount Morris.

Elementary education: Kristen Boyer of Oregon.
History: Jorie Shepardson of Polo; and Jennifer Davidson of Sterling.

Nursing: Victoria Statler of Polo.

Hospitality administration: Jean Sterenberg of Polo.

Physical education: Robert Sterenberg of Polo; Jonathan Haws of Rochelle.

Elementary education: Mindy Davis of Rochelle.

Mechanical engineering: Wayne Richards of Rochelle.

Biological sciences: Hugo Rojas of Rochelle.

Fine arts - 2-D studio: Holly Taylor of Rochelle.

Political science - public law: Heather Morrissey of Erie.

Public health: Jeffrey Deets of Morrison.

Mechanical engineering: Nels Hanson of Morrison

Finance: Brendyn Davis of Rock Falls.

Spanish language and literature: Suzanne Bryson of Sterling.

Family and individual development: Jamie Rodriguez of Sterling.

Master’s degrees

unless noted

Business administration: Travis Gendreau of Savanna; and Robert Bursell Jr. of Leaf River.

Nursing education: Mary Shaw of Amboy.

Accountancy: Lori Bennett of Dixon.

Curriculum leadership: Jennie Hueber of Steward.

English: Angela McHale of Byron.

Music: Melissa Mondello of Oregon; and Tom Foust of Sterling.

Communication studies: Susan Carlson, Morgan Giles, and Zachary Harper, all of Rochelle.

Counseling: Melissa Haub of Rochelle.

Educational administration: Chrystina Horner of Rochelle; Jane Eichman of Rock Falls, Doctor of Education.

Foreign languages-Spanish: Sara Jennings of Rochelle.

Elementary education: April Moorehead of Rochelle.

Education research and evaluation: Jason Underwood of Rochelle, Doctor of Education.

Instructional technology: Jason Underwood of Rochelle.

Geography: Heather Church of Prophetstown.

Physical therapy: Stacie Miller of Rock Falls.

Chemistry: Adam Dill of Sterling, Doctor of Philosophy.

Literacy education: Michael Morley of Sterling.