M State announces fall 2025 academic honors

Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) named 682 students to its President’s List and 699 students to its Dean’s List for the fall 2025 semester.

  Students on the President’s List earned a grade point average of 4.0 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75 percent of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.

  Students on the Dean’s List earned a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75 percent of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.

  Local students named to the fall 2025 M State President’s List and Dean’s List are: Mason Brauch, Bluffton, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, Dean’s List; Lucas Johnston, Bluffton, PSEO, President’s List; Jacob Antrim, Deer Creek, Electrical Line Worker Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List; Jayden Doll, Deer Creek, PSEO, Dean’s List; Joel Duncan, Deer Creek, Automotive Service Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List; Lydia Helmbrecht, Deer Creek, PSEO, Dean’s List; Rita Kysar, Deer Creek, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., Dean’s List; Chad Peterson, Deer Creek, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, Dean’s List; Charli Snyder, Deer Creek, PSEO, Dean’s List; Aubrey Barthel, New York Mills, PSEO, President’s List; Audrey Irons, New York Mills, Cosmetology-Diploma, Dean’s List; Elizabeth Jackson, New York Mills, Sonography-Echocardiography Technology, President’s List; Alana Koljonen, New York Mills, PSEO, Dean’s List; Payton Lausten, New York Mills, eCampus in the High School, President’s List; Katy Muckala, New York Mills, Radiologic Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List; Avery Perala, New York Mills, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., President’s List; Emma Perala, New York Mills, Health Information Technology/Coding-A.A.S., President’s List; Heather Pich-Offerdahl, New York Mills, Medical Coding-Diploma, Dean’s List; Shyann Smith, PSEO, New York Mills, Dean’s List; Cody Burch, Ottertail, Medical Laboratory Technician, Dean’s List; John Hart, Ottertail, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., Dean’s List and Jack Wangler, Ottertail, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, Dean’s List.

About M State

A member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, M State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) serves more than 10,000 students in credit and non-credit courses each year in over 70 career and liberal arts programs online and in-person at its four campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. The college also partners with communities to provide workforce development services and other responsive training programs to 500 businesses and thousands of annual participants.

Kennedy Pilgrim named to South Dakota State University’s fall 2025 Dean’s List

South Dakota State University announces Kennedy Pilgrim of New York Mills, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2025 semester.

Pilgrim is a student in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Overall, 4,147 students from 40 states and 31 foreign nations are on the list. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

About South Dakota State University

Founded in 1881, South Dakota State University is the state’s Morrill Act land-grant institution as well as its largest, most comprehensive school of higher education. SDSU confers degrees from seven different colleges representing more than 230 majors, minors and specializations. The institution also offers 39 master’s degree programs, 17 Ph.D. and two professional programs.

The work of the university is carried out on a residential campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City, and through Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across the state. SDSU’s research expenditures for the 2025 fiscal year were more than $94 million.

Local students named to Bemidji State University Dean’s List

Two local students have earned Dean’s List honors at Bemidji State University for the Fall 2025 semester. 

  To be eligible for the Dean’s List, BSU students must enroll in at least 12 credits and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester. Of these 716 students, some have received distinctions multiple times.

  Local students named to the Dean’s List include: Jada Goeson, New York Mills and Hayley Hudalla, New York Mills.

Located in Bemidji, Minn., Bemidji State University is a member of the colleges and universities of Minnesota State. Learn more at bemidjistate.edu.

Local students named to President’s List

North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) has announced that 608 students have earned placement on the Fall 2025 President’s Honor Roll, recognizing exceptional academic performance and a strong commitment to learning.

To qualify for this honor, students achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while completing at least 12 letter-graded credits during the semester. These students represent the very best of NDSCS—demonstrating determination, focus, and academic excellence across a wide variety of programs.

Students from communities throughout the region and beyond are included on this year’s list, reflecting NDSCS’s mission of providing high-quality, career-focused education and supporting student success at every step.

Among the students named to the list include: Olivia Pilgrim, New York Mills, Dental Hygiene; Aidan Matthew Allred, Bluffton, Emergency Medical Services and Ryan James Franklin, Ottertail, Land Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology.