COTTAGE GROVE College Notes

Megan Drayna named to Dean’s List at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota WINONA, Minn. (January 24, 2022) — Megan Drayna of Woodbury, Minn., was named to the first semester 2021 Dean’s List at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The list includes 417 undergraduate students who earned a grade point average of 3.6 or better on a 4.0 scale. She is the daughter of Mark and Kathy Drayna.

Saint Mary’s University enrolls about 5,200 students in undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs in Winona, the Twin Cities, Rochester, greater Minnesota, and Wisconsin. At Saint Mary’s residential campus in Winona, the undergraduate curriculum combines traditional liberal arts and sciences with career preparation in a student- centered environment. Through intense inquiry, students discover the truths in the world and the character within. Founded in 1912 and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, a Lasallian Catholic University, enrolls 5,200 students at its residential undergraduate college in Winona and its Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs, based in Minneapolis but extending worldwide. Saint Mary’s offers respected and affordable programs in a variety of areas leading to bachelor’s, bachelor’s completion, master’s, certificate, specialist, and doctoral degrees. Learn more at smumn.edu.

UW-MADISON ANNOUNCES FALL DEAN’S LIST MADISON, Wis (January 25, 2022) – 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. Most call the honor “dean’s list”, but some grant the “Dean’s Honor List” and “Dean’s High Honor List.”

To view an online listing, visit http://registrar.wisc. edu/deans_list.htm. For questions or concerns about eligibility, please contact [email protected] Here are the students from the larger Cottage Grove and South Washington County area who have received this honor.

Cottage Grove, MN

Joseph Fritz, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Mackenna Harris, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Trishika Mukkavalli, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Mark Ordner, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Emily Solem, Col of Agricultural & Life Sci, Dean’s List Kylie Steinke, School of Pharmacy, High Honor Roll Hastings, MN

Brynne Jorgensen, Col of Agricultural & Life Sci, Dean’s List Woodbury, MN

Kendra Besser, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Gouri Bollepalli, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Edna Dawit, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Ryan Dicks, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Shelby Domagala, School of Business, Dean’s List Adeline Drier, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Allison Fisher, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Gwen Hays, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Matthew Horan, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Elianna Ig-Izevbekhai, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Anna Julius, School of Human Ecology, Dean’s High Honors Maddie Kelley, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Bella McDonnell, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Emma Mechelke, Col of Agricultural & Life Sci, Dean’s List Grace Nixon, School of Pharmacy, High Honor Roll Haley Orf, School of Education, Dean’s List Makayla Peterson, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Rahul Polavarapu, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Eira Puliyelil, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Milcah Puliyelil, Col of Agricultural & Life Sci, Dean’s List Mia Scanlan, School of Human Ecology, Dean’s Honor List Daphne Smoley, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Macy Vander Pas, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Patrick Walsh, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List Susan Xia, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List Local students named to dean’s list at St. Cloud State University ST. CLOUD, Minn. (January 26, 2022) – St. Cloud State University has announced the names of more than 1,100 students whose academic achievement placed them on the 2021 fall semester dean’s list. To be eligible for the honor, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

Below are students from the larger Cottage Grove area named to the Dean’s List: Cottage Grove, MN

Chukwuemeka Etuakwu, School of Health and Human Services, Nursing, BS Isabel Kothe, University College, General Studies (Undecided), BA Max Miller, College of Science and Engineering, Environmental Science, BS Samedi Nol, College of Science and Engineering, Cybersecurity, BS Hastings, MN

Hannah Ringeisen, College of Education and Learning Design, Elementary/ K-6 Education, BS Woodbury, MN

Lucy Brooks, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology, BA Laurens De Smet, Herberger Business School, Finance, BS Sophia Dretzka, University College, PSEO Lorelei Eggert, Herberger Business School, Management, BS About St. Cloud State University St. Cloud State University is Minnesota’s second- largest university, with more than 11,000 students from our regional communities, area states, and 90 different nations. Students choose from more than 60 graduate study programs and more than 200 majors, minors and pre-professional programs that hold nearly every available national accreditation. The 100-acre campus is located about an hour northwest of Minneapolis along the banks of the Mississippi River.