Eleven area residents have received their bachelor’s degrees from Lake Superior State University through LSSU's Escanaba-Iron Mountain Regional Center for students on Bay College campuses. They include Elizabeth Rometti , Brooke Shirley, Alissa Sanville, Gina Hosking, Antonia Nordeen, Emalee Pascoe, Traci Corrigan, Kelsey Dehanke, Kayla Frazier, Kaitlin Malanowski and Sarah Wachholz.

ESCANABA – Eleven students have earned bachelor’s degrees from Lake Superior State University. Graduates achieved their degrees through LSSU’s Escanaba-Iron Mountain Regional Center, which offers baccalaureate degree programs for students on Bay College campuses.

They include —

— Bachelor of science in accounting: Brooke Shirley of Bark River.

— Bachelor of science in business administration-entrepreneurship: Alissa Sanville of Gladstone.

— Bachelor of administration-management: Gina Hosking of Ford River.

— Bachelor of science in criminal justice with a generalist concentration: Antonia Nordeen of Gwinn and Emalee Pascoe of Escanaba.

— Bachelor of science in early childhood education: Traci Corrigan of Bark River, Kelsey Dehanke of Gulliver and Kayla Frazier of Escanaba. All three graduates also earned an associate degree in general studies and Frazier also earned a certificate in social emotional learning.

— Bachelor of science in teacher education: Kaitlin Malanowski of Gladstone, Elizabeth Rometti of Iron River and Sarah Wachholz of DuPont, Wash. Malanowski earned a concentration in grades 3-6, a special education minor and an associate in general studies. Rometti earned a concentration in grades birth-kindergarten and Wachholz earned a concentration in grades preK-3.

Corrigan and Pascoe graduated with cum laude honors, earning a 3.50-3.69 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. Frazier, Malanowski and Sanville graduated with summa cum laude honors, earning a 3.90-4.00 cumulative GPA. Rometti, Shirley and Wachholz graduated with magna cum laude honors, earning a 3.70-3.89 cumulative GPA on a 4.00 scale.

“As a nontraditional student, I appreciate the online options that LSSU has to offer. If not for that, I would have been unable to complete my degree,” Corrigan said.

Students were taking classes at Bay College, which offers LSSU baccalaureate degree programs on Bay’s campuses in Escanaba and Iron Mountain.