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Wartburg students receive diplomas

WAVERLY — Wartburg College awarded diplomas to 318 students during Spring Commencement Saturday, May 24.

Among the graduates were Liz Ashing, of Grinnell, who graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in neuroscience, and Camilla Wright, also of Grinnell, who graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Tyler Portwood, of Oxford, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.

PBS to showcase Musical Theater Awards

JOHNSTON — Iowa PBS will present the 2025 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase Monday, July 7 at 8 p.m. The showcase will be rebroadcast Sunday, July 14 at 4 p.m. and for a limited time the program will be available for on-demand streaming on iowapbs.org and the PBS app.

Throughout the year, theater professionals traveled across the state to review high school musical productions. On May 29, students from those schools came together to share highlights from their productions on the Des Moines Civic Center stage and to receive honors for their work in performance, technical and creative categories.

Program support provided by Musco Lighting and the Krumm Foundation.

U of I releases dean's list

IOWA CITY — More than 8,000 students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean's list for the 2025 spring semester.

Among them were the following area students:

Charlie Aicher and Halle Hazelett, of Ainsworth; Ellen Austin, Ashton Kimm, Gunther Sandersfeld, Avery Sexton, Anna Thompson, Audrey Ward and Hailey Pollock, of Amana; Alexander Barloon, Robert Cummins, Jacob Gilliam, Jared Gilliam, Grant Jensen, Sophia Root, AhniLycia Woods and Hannah Grabin, of Oxford; Bailey Baumert, of North English; and Grant Bender and Phoebe Shetler, of Wellman.

Also Zachary Glandorf, Blaine Stockman and Laurel Preston, of Homestead; Keegan McLaughlin, of Millersburg; Macy Morrow and Olivia Schanbacher, of Belle Plaine; April Phillips, of Parnell; Derek Weisskopf, of Victor; and Kaitlyn Kulbartz and Ty Kulbartz, of Blairstown.

Also Sydney Benscoter, Jordan Collingwood, Cade Osborn, Ronan Peach, Kennady Rathjen, Elizabeth Stohlmann and Tayler Long, of Marengo.

Also, Braeden Brown, Madox Doehrmann, Elizabeth Greene, Kaley Grimm, Andrew Hawk, Taylor Heitman, Tonya Johnson, Macey Kent, Jayden Kersten, Oliver Mize, Regan Sandersfeld, Morgan Schropp, Sara Stumpff, Baylie Von Ahsen, RosieLu Wardenburg, Charlotte Wetjen, Dallon Whitehall and Alexis Mochal, of Williamsburg.

Also, Bridget Blanchard, Ruari Brownell, Emma Dewey, Brady Grife, Leah Harris, Joshua Osborne, Ella Smothers, Kelsey VanCompernolle, Samuel Wiley and Ella Grife, of Grinnell; Mia Boulton and Makenna Johannes, of Montezuma; and Abigail Burchland, Claudia Jacobson and Jane Collum, of Gilman.

Also Ethan Cruikshank, Millie Mathes-Henle, Jasmin Ramos-Carrera and Delijah Johnson, of Tama; Callista Hackert, of Lynnville; Kayden Heishman, of Brooklyn; and Adelynn Wijaya, of Semarang.