Bureau, Carroll, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside County students earn spring degrees

Bachelor's and master's degrees and doctorates were awarded to the following Sauk area students this spring:

St. Ambrose University

STERLING – Matthew Johnson of Sterling graduated summa cum laude, with a bachelor's degree in computer network administration, computer network, network and security at St. Ambrose University.

Upper Iowa University

FAYETTE, Iowa – Bachelor's degrees were awarded to Kari Corso of Chana, business administration, Kelsey Simpson of Oregon, graphic design, cum laude; Claire Milnes of Prophetstown, social science; and Logan Whitman, conservation management and Christine Zollinger, accounting, cum laude meritum, both of Sterling, at Upper Iowa University.

UW – Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Alec Giblin of Dixon earned a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Kansas State University

MANHATTAN, Kansas – Bachelor's degrees were awarded to Mae Bellovics of Dixon, agriculture; Jonathan Daniel Oldaker-Bahnsen of Fulton dietetics; and Kaitlyn Hildebrand of Ohio, agriculture; and Matthew Nielsen of Tampico graduated with a master's degree in science from Kansas State University.

Widener University

CHESTER, Pa. – Melissa Heisner of Ashton earned a master's degree in social work from Widener University.

Wheaton College

WHEATON – Russell Bryan Johnson of Erie graduated summa cum laude with a degree in international relations and economics and a minor in Spanish from Wheaton College.

Western Governors University

SALT LAKE CITY – Brittany Holocker and Elizabeth Coss, both of Dixon, and Vanessa Kitsmiller of Rock Falls, earned bachelor's degrees in nursing; and Mackenzie Wolfley of Dixon, earned a post-baccalaureate in elementary education at Western Governors University.

Luther College

DECORAH, Iowa – Bachelor's degrees were awarded May 24 to Evan Lobdell, English, and Collin Zollinger, political science, both of Sterling, at Luther College.

UW – Madison

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin – Madison spring graduates are:

Dixon: Zoey Colglazier, bachelor's degree with honors, cartography and geographic information systems, environmental studies, geography, with distinction

Leaf River: Brooke Holloway, Doctor of Pharmacy, pharmacy.

Milledgeville: Taylor Haag, bachelor's degree, zoology.

University of Illinois

CHAMPAIGN – Deisy Marlene Diaz Gonzalez of Sterling earned a master's degree, civil engineering at the University of Illinois.

Students earning bachelor's degrees include:

Amboy: Lauren Elizabeth Gerdes, political science,

Chadwick: Jade Elizabeth Graff, finance, with honors.

Dixon: Megan Lindsay Barnhart, agricultural leadership and science education, with honors; Michael Eric Gale, industrial engineering, with highest honors.

Lanark Megan Mackenzie Schmieder, bachelor's degree, psychology.

Oregon: Kelsie Ann Camling, agricultural communications; Jacob H. Ebens, supply chain management and marketing supply chain management; highest honors; Paul Reckamp, computer engine, highest honors.

Prophetstown: Jackson T. Bauer, industrial design.

Rock Falls: Zion Christopher Little, political scene economics.

Sterling: Cody Jordan Lund, molecular and cellular biology, with distinction, summa cum laude.

Thomson: Bailey Cate Durward, accountancy, high honors.