Dr. Oluyemisi Adeyemi-Fowode, a 2004 graduate of St. Norbert College, returned to the college to give the commencement address. Adeyemi-Fowode, who opened Texas Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology in Houston in 2020, was part of a 24-person surgical team that undertook the separation of 10-month-old conjoined twins at Texas Children’s Hospital. This historic surgery lasted nearly 26 hours.

DE PERE, Wis. — St. Norbert College had its commencement ceremony on May 15, outdoors on the college’s campus in De Pere. The 2022 graduating class had 508 students, including 490 candidates for baccalaureate degrees and 18 candidates for master’s degrees.

Local graduates include:

Crystal Falls — Porter Beilfuss, bachelor of science, summa cum laude and honors program;

Florence, Wis. — Alicia Gehlhoff, bachelor of science, summa cum laude and honors program;

Iron Mountain — William McCormick, bachelor of business administration, cum laude; Matthew Swanson, bachelor of business administration, cum laude;

Vulcan — Karli Stanchina, bachelor of business administration.

——

DE PERE, Wis. — The following students have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at St. Norbert College. A minimum 3.5 grade-point average is required for academic eligibility.

They are:

Aurora, Wis. — Peyton Prevost;

Crystal Falls — Porter Beilfuss;

Florence, Wis. — Lacey Enders, Alicia Gehlhoff;

Iron Mountain — Giovanni Basanese, Isabella Clarke, Natalie Dykhuis, Sarah Kulas, William McCormick, Emily Miziniak, Matthew Swanson;

Kingsford — Mckenzie Bray, Connor Edwards.

——

MENOMONIE, Wis. — More than 100 students and student groups were recognized at University of Wisconsin-Stout’s annual Leadership Awards program.

Winners were announced for the Samuel E. Wood Medallion and campus Leadership Awards for the 2021-22 academic year. Also, the Outstanding Cooperative Education and Internship Student of the Year Award winners were named for 2021.

Among the 12 students receiving the Wood Award was Devin Dumke of Florence, Wis., a computer and electrical engineering major.

Dumke was also one of three students who were named the Outstanding Student Leader of the Year.

Dumke has served as president of the Stout Student Association for two years, beginning in April 2020.

Nominees were for the awards also were recognized. The event was sponsored by the Involvement Center, Stout Student Association and Career Services.

The Wood Medallion, given annually to seniors who have been active in student activities and exhibited an outstanding degree of leadership while at UW-Stout. Winners are chosen by a committee representing faculty, staff and students.

The medallion is the highest nonacademic award for students.

Samuel E. Wood was a longtime assistant chancellor for Student Services/Dean of Students. He retired in 1991 and died in February 2013.

“Student organizations struggled during COVID,” said Jennifer Lee, associate director of the Memorial Student Center and adviser for the SSA Financial Affairs Committee. “Only about 65 orgs applied for SSA funds, so Cody (Gentz of Kenosha) created a rolling process to apply for funding, rather than a one-time funding pitch each year. There were a lot of adjustments to help organizations survive. Devin and Cody opened up the process and made it smoother.”

During COVID, Dumke transitioned SSA meetings to online. “He looks for a way to improve the experience for students,” Lee said. “Devin and Cody worked so hard to help student organizations and fellow students. They could have thrown up their hands but made the choice to do the right thing for their fellow students.”

——

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the distinction.

Florence, Wis. — Tori Kowalkowski, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list; Kathleen Selden, School of Business, dean’s list; and Ellie Valentine, School of Pharmacy, honor roll.

——

CROOKSTON, Minn. — Eden Golliher of Iron River was named to the spring semester chancellor’s list at the University of Minnesota-Crookston.

To qualify for the chancellor’s list, students must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 4.00 grade-point average.

——

ATCHISON, Kan. — Benedictine College has recognized students who have distinguished themselves academically during the last semester. Lily Menghini of Iron Mountain was recently named to the dean’s list for the spring semester.

Full-time students with 12 hours and a grade-point average of 3.5 are named to the dean’s list.

——

ALMA, Mich. — The Alma College Registrar’s Office has announced the students who have completed the requirements for their respective degrees during 2021. Several students also earned graduation honors, awarded in three levels, recognizing outstanding academic achievement.

The highest honor, summa cum laude, is given to students who achieved a 3.8 grade-point average, magna cum laude honors are awarded to students who have achieved a 3.6 GPA, and cum laude honors require an achievement of 3.4 GPA, in addition to graduate honors.

Local graduates included:

Brooke Fornetti of Iron Mountain received a bachelor of science degree magna cum laude in psychology and Sarah Sherk of Kingsford, received a bachelor of science degree cum laude in nursing.

——

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announced its dean’s list, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in the spring semester.

College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture and the College of Liberal Arts and Education require grade-point averages of 3.75 and higher for dean’s list honors, while the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science requires students to reach at least a 3.50.

Local students include:

Florence, Wis. — Favour Butterfield, mechanical engineering; Jenna Springer, environmental engineering.

Niagara, Wis. — Jason Cretton, sustainable renewable energy systems, 4.0 grade-point average.

——

MILWAUKEE– Two local students were among the 3,181 prospective candidates for degree attending University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee commencement exercises May 22 in Milwaukee.

Receiving degrees from the area were Gwendolyn Schwedersky of Niagara, Wis., Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, master of science; and Rachel Hansen, College of Letters and Science, master of arts.

——

SUPERIOR, Wis.–The University of Wisconsin-Superior has named the following students to the dean’s list for academic achievement during the spring semester.

They are:

Iron River — Courtney Reitmeyer;

Norway — Gino Mariucci.

To be named to the dean’s list, students must have completed 12 degree-seeking semester credits and achieved at least a 3.50 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

——

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored more than 2,130 undergraduate students for attaining high grade-point averages during the spring semester.

Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight-A) are given the highest honors designation. High honor citations go to those with grade-point averages from 3.75 to 3.89 and honor recognition is accorded to those with grade-point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.

Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are sent to those who earned highest honors distinction.

Students who received honors include:

Florence, Wis. — Sierra Thomas, Highest Honors;

Kingsford –Madelyn Doucette, High Honors;

Norway — Eric Alfredson, Honors; Gracie Rybarczyk, Highest Honors.

——

MENOMONIE, Wis. — These students from the area have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Stout dean’s list for the spring semester.

The award is presented to students who have a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Florence, Wis. — Buddy Moreno, senior, bachelor of science packaging; and Jordyn Springer, junior, bachelor of science dietetics.

——

MINNEAPOLIS –William Strand of Iron Mountain, a sophomore in the College of Education/Human Development, has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade-point average.

——

MILWAUKEE — Emily L. Blazer of Kingsford was named to the Mount Mary University fall dean’s list.

The Dean’s List honors full-time students who have earned a 3.6 GPA or better while taking 12 or more credits during the recent semester. Part-time students are eligible for the dean’s list when they have earned a 3.6 GPA or better while completing at least 6 credits.

——

Teagan Petschar of Kingsford is one of more than 600 students from Saginaw Valley State University whose determination and commitment to academic excellence earned them a spot on the fall semester president’s list.

To be eligible for the president’s list, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 4.0 grade-point average.