Mercedes Tappy

KINGSFORD — Cal and Beth Tappy of Kingsford have announced their daughter, Mercedes Tappy, has graduated from Ross University with a doctorate of veterinary medicine degree.

Tappy lived on the island of St. Kitts for three years while attending Ross University and finished her last year of clinics at the University of Illinois.

Tappy, who is interested in exotics, will be moving to South Carolina to practice.

She was a 2013 graduate of Kingsford High School.

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MILWAUKEE — Devon Lantagne of Niagara, Wis., has joined the faculty at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Lantagne is a visiting assistant professor and will teach biomedical engineering courses in the university’s electrical engineering and computer science department.

Lantagne earned his bachelor of science in biomedical engineering from MSOE in 2016 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineer from Marquette University.

He brings more than six years of teaching experience in embedded systems and biomedical instrumentation. His areas of specialization include the contributions of sensorimotor memories used in motor adaptation in humans, robotics programming (in C and MATLAB), state machines, failsafe design, signal processing and linear and nonlinear modeling.

Lantagne received the Vincent R. Canino Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Senior Student Award from MSOE in 2016. He received the Program Chairman’s Award at the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium and Great Lakes Biomedical Conference in 2019, and in 2021 was named Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University.

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MARQUETTE — These local students satisfied their degree requirements in May 2023 at Northern Michigan University in Marquette:

Certificate

Iron Mountain — Donielle Kube, paralegal; Westen Owens, electrical line technician

Associate degree

Iron River — Amya Johnson, AA, general studies, with honor; Danielle Polzin, AS, general studies;

Kingsford — Logan Mitchell, AAA, art and design, with high honor; Carlie Rundell, AAA, art and design;

Baccalaureate degree

Crivitz, Wis. — Nathan Graetz, BS, criminal justice, summa cum laude; Avery Martin, BS, construction management; Kody Richlen, BS, construction management, magna cum laude; Kjirsten Stumbris, BS, sports science;

Crystal Falls — Luke Feldhausen, BS, speech, language and hearing science; Alina Soha, BS, social studies/elementary education, cum laude; Nathan Zaremba, BSW, social work

Florence, Wis. — Isaiah Popp, BS, art and design;

Iron Mountain — Katelyn Charette, BS, language arts/elementary education, magna cum laude; Michael Creighton, BS, marketing; Holly Diercks, BS, sports science, cum laude; Aimee Doyle, BS, multimedia production; Hanna Ellis, BS, speech, language and hearing science, summa cum laude; Colin Erickson, BS, construction management, cum laude; Elise Haning, BSN, nursing, magna cum laude; Daniel Harrington, BS, biochemistry, summa cum laude; Alena Hill, BS, sociology; Trinity Kinnunen, BS, entrepreneurship; Paige LaPoint, BS, management; Andrew Mann, BS, criminal justice, magna cum laude; Corey Pepin, BS, accounting; Jenna Santini, BS, management;

Iron River — Kole Atanasoff, BS, construction management; Caden Pellizzer, BS, athletic coaching education; Riley Stine, BS, speech, language and hearing science, magna cum laude;

Kingsford — Hanna Bowles, BS, psychology, summa cum laude; Paige Currie, BS, psychology; Bailey Johnson, BS, sports science, summa cum laude; Kayla Lindstrom, BS, chemistry/ACS certified, cum laude; Benjamin Vercoe, BS, management; Molly Wahoviak, BS, psychology, cum laude;

Niagara, Wis. — Casey Antonissen, BS, mechanical engineering tech; Chelsea Dallavalle, BS, psychology, magna cum laude;

Norway — Faith Bal, BSN, nursing, summa cum laude; Brandon Martens, BS, construction management; Emilie Rake, BSW, social work; Caleb Tinkey, BS, health & physical education/secondary education, cum laude;

Quinnesec — Anthony Crandall, BS, art and design;

Vulcan — Anthony Gerou, BS, marketing.

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MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has announced the dean’s list for the winter 2023 semester.

These area students in qualified with a grade-point average of 4.00:

Amasa — Rayven Jacobson;

Iron Mountain — Holly Diercks, Hanna Ellis, Lexi Hagan, Daniel Harrington, Alyssa Mendini, Zach Milliron, Kathryn Miziniak, Logan Normand, Zach Rankin, Jenna Santini, Mackenzie Schwamlien, Annika Stohl;

Iron River — Chris Anderson, Stephanie Dye, Riley Porier, Amanda Ross, Riley Stine;

Kingsford — Bailey Johnson, Allison LaVarnway, Annie McCole;

Niagara, Wis. — Chelsea Dallavalle;

Norway — Trevor Dapoz;

Quinnesec — Aliyah Garvaglia.

These area students qualified with a grade point average of 3.50-3.99:

Caspian — Seraya Labine;

Crivitz, Wis. — Nathan Graetz, Avery Martin, Kody Richlen, Kjirsten Stumbris;

Crystal Falls — Allen Dobson, Tyler Dumke, Luke Feldhausen, Emma Holmes;

Felch Township — Vanessa Lindholm, Grace Mattson, Mollie Steinbrecher;

Florence, Wis. — Julia Brown;

Gaastra — Hailee Bradshaw;

Iron Mountain — Sara Borvan, Gabriel Celello, Michael Creighton, Aimee Doyle, Colin Erickson, Connor Erickson, Hunter Fortner, Charles Gerhard, Charmaine Goodlow, Amber Jacklovitz, Trinity Kinnunen, Paige LaPoint, Naleah Laurent, Gavin Londo, Andrew Mann, Bailey Normand, Brianna Olson, Brennan Phillips, Alex Rankin, Destiny Smejkal, Tori Sorensen;

Iron River — Abigail Foskuhl, Isabelle Hoogenboom, Amya Johnson, Reed Jubie, Tayley Linley, Caden Pellizzer;

Kingsford — Hanna Bowles, Paige Currie, Natalie Hackstock, Brooke Kriegl, Abby Richer, Lauren Smith, Molly Wahoviak, Jennifer Watson, Zachary Wood;

Niagara, Wis. — Evan Bruemmer, Bianca Byers;

Norway — Brandon Martens;

Quinnesec — Evan Kowalski.