Academic achievements for college students from the Sauk Valley region:

Iowa State University

Ranking Top 2%, by college or academic study

Dixon: Nicholas Engle, junior, Ivy College of Business

Polo: Joseph Bardell, sophomore, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Prophetstown: Rachel Shoemaker, senior, Ivy College of Business

Rock Falls: Emma Lutz, junior, College of Human Sciences

Sheffield: Max Wollerman, freshman, Ivy College of Business

Steward: Kayla McCormick, senior, Ivy College of Business

Sublette: Ashley Althaus, junior, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Walnut: Claire Glaudel, freshman, College of Human Sciences

Upper Iowa University

Fall commencement

Dixon: Heather Grobe, master of business administration degree

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

December 2021 Commencement

Bachelor’s degrees

Dixon: Luke Stees, Jarod White

Sterling: Luke Cessna, John Rahn

Oregon: Grace Mongan

Polo: Zandrea Yingling

Kingston: Gianna Focht

Rochelle: Nancy Torres

Lanark: Cecilia Guerrero

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Fall 2021 Dean’s List

Dixon: Cadyn Grafton, Grace Mitchell, Kaitlyn Ortgiesen, Madelyn Ryan, Ava Shaw, Paige Stees

Sublette: Margaret Vaessen

Rock Falls: Andrew Cannell, Kassandra Estrella

Coleta: Moira Roddy

Sterling: Hunter Carrell, Kolten Conklen, Briana Emini, Priscila Espinoza Castillo, Michael Frank, Brianna Juarez

Erie: Kadin Shaheen

Prophetstown: Emily Brooks, Sydney Minseen

Byron: Annabella Andreen

Forreston: Christian Groenewold

Monroe Center: Caroline Hickey

Oregon: Claudia Reckamp

Polo: Molly Duncan

Kingston: Gianna Focht

Rochelle: Addison Curtis, Sterling Devers, Tara Leininger

Chadwick: Rachel Scidmore,

Lanark: Cecilia Guerrero

Mount Carroll: Haley Bickelhaupt, Trevor Bickelhaupt, Olivia Charles

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

August 2021 Commencement

Bachelor’s degrees

Sublette: Brigantia O’Sadnick, photography

Master’s degrees

Byron: Victoria Daniels, nutritional sciences

University of Dubuque

Second Century Scholars Program

Dixon: Ashley Wierman, Newman Central Catholic High School

Illinois Wesleyan University’s

Fall 2021 Dean’s List

Dixon: Kate Bonnell

Polo: Valeria Viteri-Pflucker

Rochelle: Baxter Konstans

Oregon: Jadyn Bothe

Sterling: Nick Simester

Morrison: Cassie Osborn

Palmer College of Chiropractic

Fall 2021 Dean’s List

Sterling: Jennifer Rahn

Prophetstown: Erin O Gara