Ridgewater College would like to acknowledge those students earning recognition on the Dean’s lists for Fall semester 2025. To be included on the Dean’s list, a student must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled in at least nine credits and meet certain other criteria.

Local students named to the list include: Amanda Jorgenson, Frazee, Abigail Orvik, Dent, Brooke Loreth, Detroit Lakes, Alexander Simpson, New York Mills, Kimberly Brasel, Perham, Macey Minten, Perham and Marissa Ewert, Sebeka.

Ridgewater College is a community and technical college with campuses in the central Minnesota communities of Willmar and Hutchinson. The college serves more than 5,000 students through its nearly 100 academic programs and more than 97,000 training hours for individuals and businesses through customized training and continuing education. The college is a member of Minnesota State and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Minnesota State includes 26 community and technical colleges and 7 state universities serving approximately 300,000 students. It is the third largest system of two-year colleges and four-year universities in the United States.