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Three local students are among 1,313 undergraduate students named to the fall 2020 dean’s list at Western Illinois University.

They are junior Emma C. Holtz of Wonder Lake and seniors Emily Rose Haynes and Samantha Carmen Ziebell of Woodstock.

An undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.6 GPA on a scale of 4.0 for the honor.

Alexis Eckert of Woodstock has been named to the 2020 fall semester dean’s list at Columbia College of Missouri. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period and achieved a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale.

Caroline Cherniak of Woodstock was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

Two Wonder Lake students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester at Ripon College in Ripon, Wis.

They are Abigail Hartmann, an undeclared major, and Kaitlyn Walas, who is majoring in English with a minor in psychology.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a 3.40 GPA or higher on a 4.00 scale.

IN BRIEF New roof to be installed at Verda Dierzen school

More than $240,000 in work will be involved this summer in replacing the roof of the 1964 section of Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center.

The Woodstock District 200 Board of Education last week approved the project

Emily Levendoski of Bull Valley has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind. Levendoski is majoring in exercise science at UE.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have carried a full academic load of 12 hours or more and have earned a GPA of 3.5 or above.

Two local residents were among 119 students recognized on the honor roll for academic achievement during the fall 2020 semester at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo.

They are Andrew Rupcich of Wonder Lake and Claudio Zarate of Woodstock.

Students on the honor roll have earned between a 3.2 and 3.49 GPA and were enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours with no grade lower than a C.

Holly Maye of Wonder Lake has been named to the 2020 fall semester dean’s list at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.

To earn dean’s list recognition, Ohio Wesleyan students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale in all applicable classes.

Alyssa Gibson of Woodstock has been named to the dean’s list for academic performance during the 2020 fall term Alma College in Alma, Mich. for bidding. A contract is expected to be awarded in March and work to begin after the school year ends in June.

Life safety funds will be used to pay for the work, which architects estimated would cost $244,635. That will require routine approval by the Illinois State Board of Education.

To be named to the dean’s, students must earn a 3.5 or better GPA during a term while carrying a minimum of 13 credits.

Jared Ritter of Woodstock has been named to the dean’s list for academic achievement during the fall 2020 semester at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale with at least 12 hours of standard graded credit.

Paul Kranenburg of Woodstock won second prize in the drama category in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference 2020 Writers Competition and Festival.

Kranenburg was one of two students at McHenry County College to place. Rileigh Sullivan of Lake in the Hills earned second in the poetry category.

The ISCC, which consists of eight colleges, sponsors the writing competition each fall. This year, there were 114 submissions in four categories (creative nonfiction, fiction, drama, and poetry). Winners are selected by a panel of writing professionals/judges selected by the host school.

Two Woodstock residents are among more than 2,100 undergraduate students to qualify for the fall College of Arts & Sciences dean’s list at the University of Kentucky at Lexington.

They are Kamryn Bogott, who is majoring in Spanish, and Carter Miller, a biology

Marian Central plans freshmen registration

Marian Central Catholic High School registration for the Class of 2025 is scheduled for next month. n 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 n 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. major.

Students on the dean’s list earned 12 or more credit hours with a minimum 3.60 GPA for the semester.

Three local residents were among 2,600 undergraduates honored for attaining high GPAs during fall semester at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Receiving highest honors for GPAs of 3.9 to 4.0 were seniors Shelby Truckenbrod of Wonder Lake and Emily Furlano and Caleb Reuter of Woodstock.

Ryan Jandernoa of Woodstock was among 2,986 students named to the fall 2020 dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is a student in the College of Business

Derek William Hyrkas of Woodstock received a Master of Arts degree in law enforcement and justice administration after the fall 2020 semester at Western Illinois University in Macomb.

He was among 171 graduates to earn master’s or doctoral degrees.

Nicole Roberts from Woodstock, a senior marketing major at Western Illinois University in Macomb, has been inducted into the school’s chapter of the Phi Kappa

Phi National Honor Society.

Registration will be handled by appointment only.

Beginning Feb. 1, families can schedule an appointment by calling 815-3384220, ext. 107.

For more information, visit marian. com. To schedule a tour, email kbordeaux@marian.com.