University of Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences 2025 commencement ceremony. Photo by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki/Buffalo University
Eden Prairie Local News (EPLN) is proud to periodically recognize Eden Prairie post-secondary students who are honored by the colleges and universities they attend.
EPLN relies on schools to send us this information. If you don’t see your student’s school listed, please send your student’s name, the school’s name and location, award (e.g., dean’s list, graduation), year in school and major to editor@eplocalnews.org with the subject “On Campus.”
Graduations
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
Christina Spanier – Degree: Bachelor of Arts; Major: Economics
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Sean Donahue – Degree: Bachelor’s; Major: International Trade
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stephanie Rutschke
Rutschke was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society,
Dean’s List
Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Emily Van Dixhorn
College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
Maci Bille
Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
Reagan Sissel
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Ashley Claver
Lydia Humphrey
South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota
Kaylee Caron
Mary Wolberg
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ryan Gabrik
Aidan McGuire
Sienna Moe
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Lilli Timpe
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Erin Beastrom
Margaret Belongie
Gabrielle Campbell
Clare Danz
Vincent Dykstra
Caroline Gugel
Matthew Holje
Carter Lavelle
Shaun Peterson
Brendan Quinn
Tristan Robert
Lydia Robinson
Grace Rose
Susannah Smith
Connor Stoffel
Eleanor Willey
University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, Maryland
April Hughes
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
Mikayla Kazmierkoski
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Luke Bartz
Abby Jacobson
Sophia Klysen
Jackson Myers
Dean’s Commendation List
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Sophia Wencan Murphy
President’s List
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Stella Buetow
RJ Mattson
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Margaret Belongie
Vincent Dykstra
Eleanor Willey