Best & Brightest

• Antonia L. Sweet of Mundelein was named to the dean's list for the 2007 spring semester at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, for achieving a grade point average of 3.66 or higher.

• Jonathan Hein of Libertyville, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, was named to the deans' list/honor roll for the spring 2006-07 semester.

• Northern Illinois University in DeKalb announced the following students were named to the spring 2007 dean's list in their respective colleges.

Hawthorn Woods: Keith Andrew Dickert, Agnieszka Markiewiz and Allison Mae Murphy.

Highwood: Brittany L. Barnwell.

Ingleside: Carole Ann Cukla.

Kildeer: Jason Peter Gioviano and Ryne Victor Gioviano.

Lake Zurich: Brandon M. Djonlich, Nicole Brittany Grant, Jennifer Ann Jagla, Andrew Joseph Saia, Ashley E. Turkington and Brendan Ryan Vishoot.

Libertyville: Robert Joseph Batey, Brandon Joshua Borgman, Patrick Alan Kaiser, Bethany A. Kozak and Megan Elizabeth Wright.

Mundelein: Elizabeth Carrasco, John Matthew Hall, Andrew N. Lorenzi, William D. McDermott, Melissa Jean Rasor, Lydia Ruth Roy, Katrina E. Senour and Andrew John Thompson.

Vernon Hills: Pamela Susan Gross, Ruben Morales and Jacob Lee Wertz.

Volo: Nikita Patel.

Wauconda: Cory James Block, Eric Faierson, Melanie Lynn Hacket, Bradley Allan Koffen, Kara Ann Mortensen, Michelle Laura Olson, Stuart Glenn Swanson and Amber M. Villarreal.

Wildwood: Kimberly Marie Grimm.