Best & Brightest

• Emily J. Lush, daughter of Karen L. Lush of Streamwood, was named to the spring semester dean's list at Augustana College, Rock Island. She graduated with honors from Augustana May 20 with bachelor of arts degrees in psychology and sociology, with a concentration in social welfare.

She was awarded the Geraldine Wallin-Sickler Scholarship in Applied Psychology and was named to the Psi Chi Psychology National Honor Society and Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology National Honor Society. Lush was also awarded a graduate scholarship to the University of Chicago-Graduate School of Social Service Administration, as well as a graduate research assistantship, while she pursues her master's degree in clinical social work.

Lush is a 2003 graduate of James B. Conant High School.

• Joshua Curtis of Bartlett, a freshman theater major at Millikin University, Decatur, is playing the role of Ben in "Six Degrees of Separation," the Department of Theater and Dance October production of the comedy-drama.

• Illinois State University in Normal announced the following students completed requirements for bachelor's degrees at the end of the spring 2007 semester.

Bartlett: Jessica Boggess (education, magna cum laude), Shelley Marie Nicholson (nursing, magna cum laude), Marilyn Lea Broadbent (education), Mark Andrew Brodeur, Randolph John Douglas (education), Meghan Lane Doyle, Jay Daniel Grimmer (education), Ryan Paul Koper, Pamela Ann Moore (education), Michael Patrick Morrissey, Matthew Stephen Raimondi III, Matthew Raymond Walsh; Shana Lynn Walski (education), Jennifer Lynne Aremka (magna cum laude), Joseph Thomas Daniels, Zachary Kyle Hayes, Jessica Lee Kenney (education), Brian Joseph Kilinski, Jenna Catherine Loch (education) and Cathy Ann Zakrzewski.

Hanover Park: Dana Lynn Cuny (education) Jeri Lyn Jozwiak (education, cum laude), Steven Phillip Landon (cum laude), Ashley Erin Sheridan and Andrew John Suba.

Streamwood: Kyle A. Brown, Sarah J. Han, Aaron Michael Knoth (education), Pamela Joy Martin (education), Margaret Lynn Panek and Jennifer Nicole Solak (education).

• Jamie Lee Puppilo of Streamwood, a student in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, was named to the dean's list for the 2007 spring semester for achieving at least a 3.5 grade point average for current work.

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

Bartlett: Samie S. Chaudhry, Erin Cathleen Cohrs, Adam Paul Doerr, Almir Emso, Bethan Jayne Hyde, Anthony George Kuzera, Lisa Diane Larue and Mohammed K. Qurashi.

Hanover Park: Michael Jerald Abboud, Jodi Shanno Cronkrite, Sarah Jane Harbeck, Matthew G. McDonald and Stephan Isa Rodriguez.

Streamwood: Shayan Hafeez, Alysun Kathy Johns, Jeremy Ryan Mazzone, Jacquiline N. Nelson, Elizabeth B. Palmer, Victor Potocny-Krider, Gary M. Pristovnik, William Paul Reck, Jennifer Ann Shook, Donna Lynn Stout, Fatima Valdez and Anthony P. Venetucci.

• Northern Illinois University in DeKalb announced the following students were awarded bachelor's degrees at the May 12 commencement ceremonies.

Bartlett: Kai Yan Chan, marketing; Adam Paul Doerr, mechanical engineering; Lauren E. Hornor, communications, media studies; and Lisa Diane Larue, elementary education.

Hanover Park: Kevin D. Cho, meteorology; Imitiaz Choughale, nursing; Christina Freisleben, sociology, criminology; Esmeralda Garcia, human resource management; Dhaval B. Kumbhani, human resource management; Purvish S. Patel, finance; Anthony John Perez, sociology; and Stephen I. Rodriguez, finance.

Streamwood: Lorenzo Alba, communications, media studies; Amanda K. Delfava, sociology; Larry Joseph Hueitl, biological science; Reinier C. Marfil, sociology, criminology; Kenneth Newfield, general emphasis; William Paul Reck, history; Erika Sanchez, accountancy; Shawna Lynn Sullivan, health education; Anthony P. Ventucci, mathematics, probability and statistics; and Karen V. Wolfarth, art education.

• John Kaiser, son of John and Lori Kaiser of Hanover Park, was named to the spring semester dean's list at Monmouth College for achieving at least a 3.667 grade-point average. He is a freshman majoring in business.