— Kevin Heimermann, a senior literature/creative writing major from Austin is a member of the Spur Newspaper at Southwest Minnesota State University for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Spur is the official campus newspaper of SMSU. For the online version of the newspaper, visit SMSUSpur.net.

— Rachel Wahlert of Austin, class of 2018, made the dean’s list for the fall 2014 semester at Tufts University.