Recognitions

—Dominic Hillberg, a member of the Concordia Choir at Concordia College, Minnesota, is participating in the choir’s 15-day 2016 tour of the Northeast U.S., including performances in Washington, D.C., New York, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis and Naperville, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Hillberg, a bass 2, is a senior at Concordia and is the son of George Hillberg of Austin.

Graduations

—Karen Fuerstenberg of Austin graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The College of St. Scholastica, Dec. 19 in the Reif Gymnasium on campus.

—Brett Kraemer of Austin majoring in civil engineering graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Platteville after the fall 2015 semester.

—Sara Johnson of Austin earned a degree from the University of Wisconsin — Whitewater at winter commencement on Dec. 19, 2015. Johnson graduated with a B.S. in social work.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

The following local students graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison during its winter commencement ceremony on Dec. 20, 2015, at the Kohl Center:

Austin

—Jenna Baker, College of Letters and Science, Bachelor of Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders

—Abbey Eckhoff, School of Education, Master of Science-Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy

Taopi

—Mitchell Schaefer, College of Ag & Life Sci, Doctor of Philosophy, Animal Sciences

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Local students graduated from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in December.

—Skylar Barth, Bachelor of Science, Animal Science

—Lindsey Halsey, Bachelor of Science, Health and Human Performance, Magna Cum Laude

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

The following local students graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire during commencement proceedings held on Dec. 19 in Zorn Arena:

Austin

—Molly Bissen, BA, Arts and Sciences, history and sociology

—Brandon Jorgenson, BBA, Business, economics

Honor’s List

—Rachel Wahlert of Austin, class of 2018, was named to the dean’s list for undergraduate students enrolled for the fall 2015 semester at Tufts University.

—Lila Johnson from Austin was named to the MSOE honors list. Johnson is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Civil Engineering.

University of North Dakota

The following local students made the president’s roll of honor for the 2015 fall semester at The University of North Dakota:

—Joshua Jacobs of Austin

—Matthew King of LeRoy

Bethel University

The following local students were named to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the fall 2015 semester at Bethel University in St. Paul:

Austin

—Karyn Potach, a Senior, is the daughter of Kurt and Brenda Potach.

—Kira Reeves, a Senior, is the daughter of Kurt and Brenda Potach.

Bemidji State University

The following local students earned dean’s list honors from Bemidji State University in Bemidji at the conclusion of the fall 2015 semester:

Austin

—Jared Boucher

—Elizabeth Gerhart

—Maggie Leif

—Angela Miller

Grand Meadow

—Lydia Shearer

Waldorf College

The following local students were named to the 2015 fall semester dean’s list at Waldorf College:

Austin

—Molly Maschka

Hayfield

—Caleb Gilbertson

Blooming Prairie

—Chad Hein

—Jasmine Hohenstein

—Ryan McCabe

Riverland Community College

The following local students were named to the 2015 fall president’s and dean’s lists at Riverland Community College:

Adams

—Danielle Van Oosbree, dean’s

Austin

—Metogbe Ahonon, dean’s

—Ronnie Aldrich, dean’s

—Virgen Alvarez, dean’s

—Johnathan Amazi, dean’s

—Alexis Anderson, president’s

—Hilario Andrade, dean’s

—Andrea Bangert, president’s

—Ethan Berke, dean’s

—Samuel Betterley, dean’s

—Anthony Blaiotta, dean’s

—Katherine Braaten, dean’s

—Bailee Brooks, dean’s

—Levi Christenson, president’s

—Benoit Codjia, dean’s

—Abigail Collins, dean’s

—Meghan Condit, president’s

—Sydney Conway, president’s

—Stacy Copley, president’s

—Nora Curtis, president’s

—Nicole Donoso, dean’s

—Jeffrey Dowd, president’s

—Tracy Duenes, dean’s

—Livia Dyke, president’s

—Christopher Eikmeier, president’s

—Gloria Estrada, dean’s

—Kassandra Fate, dean’s

—Nichalee Furland, dean’s

—Annette Garcia, dean’s

—Ruby Garcia, dean’s

—Cristian Gonzalez, dean’s

—Garmineli Gonzalez, dean’s

—Melissa Gust, dean’s

—LeAnna Gwilt, dean’s

—Elizabeth Harder, dean’s

—Christiana Herrmann, dean’s

—Jodi Hinks, dean’s

—Tiffany Hoesing, dean’s

—Charlene Holm, dean’s

—Renant Hubbard, dean’s

—Tylynn Hunt, president’s

—Abigail Jewett, dean’s

—Nestor Jimenez, dean’s

—Samantha Joblinske, dean’s

—Brent Johnson, dean’s

—Kevin Juenger, dean’s

—Alex Kaiser, dean’s

—Ashley Kasper, president’s

—Aaron Kautto, dean’s

—Kodie Koster, dean’s

—Bennett Kraemer, dean’s

—Summer Landa, dean’s

—Hope Landsman, dean’s

—Kristen Langan, dean’s

—Phong Le, dean’s

—Hunter Lewis, dean’s

—Chi-Ying Lin Chen, dean’s

—Anna-Marie Longworth, dean’s

—Deyvid Lopez Sandoval, dean’s

—Patrick Lowe, dean’s

—Tristan Lund, dean’s

—Ryan Lundberg, president’s

—Samantha Maloney, dean’s

—Amanda Mans, dean’s

—Valentin Manzano, dean’s

—Emily Martin, dean’s

—Jennifer Marx, president’s

—Heidi Mattes, president’s

—Emily McAer, dean’s

—Lindsey McAer, dean’s

—Johann Medina Castellanos, dean’s

—Kayla Meyer, dean’s

—Diana Miller, dean’s

—Ethan Miller, dean’s

—Tiffany Miller, president’s

—Emily Mix, dean’s

—Hannah Mueller, dean’s

—Matthew Mueller, dean’s

—Christine Nelson, president’s

—Thien Nguyen, dean’s

—Carlene O’Connor, dean’s

—Wendy Orozco, dean’s

—Franco Ortiz, dean’s

—Madison Overby, dean’s —Shayla Pacholl, dean’s

—Seth Peterson, dean’s

—Fernando Pimentel Garcia, dean’s

—Julio Ramirez Garcia, dean’s

—Jason Reistad, president’s

—Chrystal Richter, dean’s

—Caitlin Roberts, dean’s

—April Rodriguez, dean’s

—Natalia Rubio Moreno, dean’s

—Maria Sanchez, dean’s

—Alberto Sandoval Ortiz, dean’s

—Amoe Sato, president’s

—Ricardo Saucedo, dean’s

—Taylor Schaefer, dean’s

—Katlynn Schmick, dean’s

—Mireya Segura, dean’s

—Anthony Servellon, dean’s

—Jeffery Smith, dean’s

—Elizabeth Sorenson, dean’s

—Rose Srock, dean’s

—Michelle Stackenwalt, dean’s

—Amie Talamantes, dean’s

—Cloey Thorpe, dean’s

—Trisha Tietje, dean’s

—Katherine Trimble, president’s

—Taylor Turner, president’s

—Corey Tuttle, president’s

—Jessica Urusov, dean’s

—Nicole Van Hooser, dean’s

—Michael Wagner, dean’s

—Randie Waltz, president’s

—Krystal West, dean’s

—Sarah Willrodt, dean’s

—Marcus Wynn, dean’s

Brownsdale

—Madison Booms, president’s

—Chelsea Harshbarger, president’s

—Wyatt Holst, dean’s

Dexter

—Kaysie Allen, dean’s

—Chessa Goergen, president’s

—Mackenzie Mork, president’s

—Keenan Schultz, president’s

—Sutton Schultz, dean’s

—Lindsey Sheely, dean’s

Lansing

—Teigan Petersen, dean’s

LeRoy

—Kayla Soltau, dean’s

—Craig Wheeler, dean’s

—Christopher Lager, dean’s

—Haley Riedemann, dean’s

—Naomi Woltmann, dean’s

Lyle

—Rebecca Poss, dean’s

—Matt Slowinski, dean’s

—Bethany Strouf, dean’s

—Courtney Walter, dean’s

Rose Creek

—Sarah Sorenson, dean’s

Taopi

—Haley Kiefer, dean’s

Waltham

—Katelyn Bjornson, president’s