Academic Achievement

Des Moines Area Community College

DES MOINES — More than 1,000 students graduated from the fall semester from Des Moines Area Community College’s (DMACC’s) Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Newton, Urban and West Campuses.

Those recognized from the local area include: Emma Anderson, Associate Degree Nursing, Baxter; Kash Brummel, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Baxter; Alexander Dille, Blueprint Reading, Baxter; Savanna Epps, Associate Degree Nursing, Baxter; Danika Flora, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Baxter; Jeanne Lane, Accounting Certificate and Associate General Studies, Baxter; Nickolis Nelson, Psychology Transfer, Baxter; Tate Carlson, Blueprint Reading, Colfax; Justice Casper, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Colfax; Devan Chadwick, Blueprint Reading, Colfax; Sophia Hunsberger, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Colfax; Aiden Lewis, Blueprint Reading, Colfax; Wyatt Smith, Associate Degree Nursing, Colfax; Evan Bebout, Blueprint Reading, Kellogg; Colton Brady, Blueprint Reading, Kellogg; Garrett Quick, Blueprint Reading, Kellogg; Jennifer Schwartz, Associate Degree Nursing, Kellogg; Ashton Kerwin, Welding, Melbourne; Carrie Baldwin, Agribusiness, Mingo; Landon Sparks, Sales & Management, Mingo; Dalton Anderson, Welding, Newton; Tyler Anderson, Welding, Newton; Courtney Brown, Associate Degree Nursing, Newton; Payton Cobler, Baking-DPL, Newton; Sydney Davis, Early Childhood Education, Newton; Jaden Dunn, Accounting Specialist, Newton; Riley Fisk of Newton; Brenden Holschuh, Business Transfer, Newton; Chad Jochems of Newton; Gavin Kampman, Blueprint Reading, Newton; Hannah Kingery, Associate Degree Nursing, Newton; Grace Knight, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Newton; Emma Lanphier, Associate Degree Nursing, Newton; Connor McAdoo, Emergency Medical Technology, Newton; Colten Pfander, Computer Information Systems, Newton; Conner Robertson, Business Administration, Newton; Avah Skaggs, Nurse Aide and Advanced Nurse Aide, Newton; Parker Stockstell, Blueprint Reading, Newton

DMACC President Rob Denson recently released the names of the Career Advantage High School students eligible for the fall semester president’s list. To be eligible, a student must have completed a minimum of six credits and earned a 4.0 grade point average for that semester. Area students include: Van Beek Callie of Baxter, Callie Cross of Baxter, Eli Dee of Baxter, Austin England of Baxter, Bree Hopkins of Baxter, Luci Kucera of Baxter, Abigail Meyer of Baxter, Colton Moffit of Baxter, Matthew Richardson of Baxter, Camryn Russell of Baxter, Perrin Sulzle of Baxter, Gwen Tichy of Baxter, Emersen Tuhn of Baxter, Rylee Van Beek of Baxter, Avery Wonders of Baxter, Logan Rainsbarger of Kellogg, Carson Maston of Kilduff, Natalie Shedd of Mingo, Cade Bauer of Newton, Paige Benson of Newton, Boston Cupples of Newton, Anna Devries of Newton, Alexis Dirksen of Newton, Jesse Grams of Newton, Macy Lampe of Newton, Israel Lane of Newton, Andrew Machin of Newton, Ella Machin of Newton, Peyton Ray of Newton, Lola Rivera, Pathway-Business, Newton, Tallyn Seitz of Newton, Jarret Sweeney of Newton, Connor Swihart of Newton, Derek Wermager of Newton

Local Career Advantage High School students eligible for the fall semester dean’s list include: Emmalyn Buchman of Colfax, Devan Chadwick of Colfax, Aiden Lewis of Colfax, Calvin Schwab of Colfax, Shae Wilkins of Colfax, Garrett Quick of Kellogg, Rilyn Titus of Kellogg, Gage Byal of Mingo, Kaylee Collins, Pathway-Education/Communication/Humanities, Mingo, Parker Glissmann of Mingo, Aeris Archer of Newton, Kylee Ashley of Newton, Kalleigh Berndt, Pathway-Education/Communications/Humanities, Newton, Landon Bozarth of Newton, Sloan Brodersen, Pre-Nursing, Newton, Treyton Davidson of Newton, Christian Ergenbright of Newton, Jania’h Farmer of Newton, Owen Kearse of Newton, Clay Lauterbach of Newton, Evie Main of Newton, Evan Marshall of Newton, James Murphy of Newton, Lauren Nook, Pre-Nursing, Newton, Logan Nunnikhoven of Newton, Gabriel Otto, Pathway-Engineering/Manufacturing, Newton, Carlos Perez of Newton, Damien Rodgers of Newton, Peyton Rozendaal of Newton, Damien Smith of Newton, Mylie Soppe of Newton, Parker Stockstell of Newton, Emma Stonehocker of Newton, Michael Thomas of Newton, Micah Tibben of Newton, Sean Tillery, Pathway-Building Trades/Transportation, Newton, Ashlyn Van Manen of Newton, Connor Van Zee of Newton, Addison VanMaanen of Newton. To be named to the dean’s list, students must have completed a minimum of six credits and earned a 3.5 to 3.99 grade point average for that semester.

Grinnell College

GRINNELL — Area students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grinnell College include Isaac Alexander of Newton and Jiayi (Maria) Zhang of Newton. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must have earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher.