PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently announced that it awarded more than 700 diplomas to graduating students for the spring semester.

Graduates from the Sauk Valley area include:

• Byron: Ethan Bonnell, industrial technology management; Ian Palzkill, biology and forensic investigation

• Davis Junction: Courtney Houghton, soil and crop science; Hailey Houghton, soil and crop science

• Dixon: Riley Kavanaugh, elementary education

• Forreston: Bailey Cullor, civil engineering; Natalie Johnson, biology

• Fulton: Jacob Pannell, environmental science and conservation

• Lanark: Bryson Sturtevant, agricultural business

• Leaf River: Kyla Benson, soil and crop science

• Monroe Center: Aubrey Craig, agricultural business

• Morrison: Paula Bush, criminal justice

• Mount Carroll: Nicholas Wagner, mechanical engineering

• Mount Morris: Jackson Buck, health and human performance; Megan Hagemann, animal science

• Rochelle: Katelyn Van Hise, biology

• Rock Falls: Madison Arickx, English; Grace Cano, music; Whitney Schwindenhammer, Spanish

• Savanna: Zoe Barnes, sustainability and renewable energy systems

• Shannon: Wyatt Hammer, construction management

• Sterling: Grant Gockel, industrial technology management; Kyle Yde, mechanical engineering

• Walnut: Nicholas Allen, agricultural business; Zoe Schiedel, criminal justice

• Wyanet: Matthew Philhower, forensic investigation