Education updates

• The following local residents earned placement on the Gonzaga University Dean’s List (GPA of 3.5 to 3.84) for spring semester 2022: Mollie Albanesi, of Monument; and Kathleen Smith, of Monument. The university is in Spokane, Wash.
• The following local residents earned placement on the Gonzaga University President’s List (GPA of 3.85 to 4.0) for spring semester 2022: Brooke Baker, of Larkspur; Marlee Mikesell, of Monument; and Jonathan Padrnos, of Monument. The university is in Spokane, Wash.
• The following Tri-Lakes area residents graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. May 8: Brooke Baker, of Larkspur, Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude; and Jonny Padrnos, of Monument. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude.
• The following Tri-Lakes area students earned spring 2022 semester honors for their academic persormance at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas: Tucker Balman, of Monument; Patrick Riley Blitt, of Colorado Springs; Craig Brinkman, of Colorado Springs; Kayli Ecklund, of Monument; Michaella Hein, of Colorado Springs; Natalie Hummell, of Colorado Springs; Abigail Kugler, of Monument; Christian Moden, of Colorado Springs; Jenna Mourn, of Colorado Springs; Marshall Pike, of Colorado Springs; Matthew Wright, of Colorado Springs; and Sarah Wright, of Monument.
• The following area students were named to Kansas Wesleyan University’s honor rolls for the Spring 2022 semester: Francisco Alvarez, of Colorado Springs, Dean’s Honor Roll; Reece Bishop, of Colorado Springs, Dean’s Honor Roll; and Austin Trujillo, of Colorado Springs, President’s Honor Roll. Full-time students who accumulated a 3.75 GPA or better during the semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll, while those who posted a GPA between 3.25 and 3.74 were selected for the Dean’s Honor Roll.
• The following University of Nebraska-Lincoln students from the area have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2021-22 academic year: Sarah Elizabeth Baker, of Colorado Springs, junior, Dean’s List, College of Business, accounting; Sarah Margaret Carroll, of Colorado Springs, senior, Dean’s Lists, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and College of Arts and Sciences, pre-veterinary medicine and biological sciences; Hannah Violet Howard, of Colorado Springs, junior, Dean’s List, College of Education and Human Sciences, elementary education; Mikylea Rene Isidore, of Colorado Springs, junior, Dean’s List, College of Education and Human Sciences, elementary education; Evan Trent King, of Monument, junior, Dean’s List, College of Business, accounting; Bailey Knierim, of Colorado Springs, junior, Dean’s List, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, forensic science; Kayla LaPoure, of Colorado Springs, senior, Dean’s List, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, emerging media arts; Hayden Benet Lloyd, of Monument, junior, Dean’s List, College of Business, economics and management; Riley McFarland, of Colorado Springs, freshman, Dean’s List, Explore Center, pre-health; Lauren Qualls, of Colorado Springs, freshman, Dean’s List, Explore Center, undeclared undergraduate; Maxx Anthony Seminario, of Colorado Springs, senior, Dean’s List, College of Engineering, computer engineering and electrical engineering; Sawyer Anne Smith, of Colorado Springs, senior, Dean’s List, College of Arts and Sciences, mathematics; Grace Elizabeth Szucs, of Monument, senior, Dean’s List, College of Education and Human Sciences, athletic training; Avery Uhlig, of Colorado Springs, freshman, Dean’s List, College of Arts and Sciences, psychology; and Ashlyn Elizabeth Wilmot, of Colorado Springs, senior, Dean’s List, College of Arts and Sciences, political science.