Best & Brightest

• Charlene Victoria Tonon of Lindenhurst, a mathematics major at Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., was named to the fall 2007 president's list for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

• Sara Zenner, daughter of Mary and Arthur Zenner of Lake Villa, was named to the dean's list for the 2007 fall quarter at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Ind., for earning at least a 3.3 grade point average. Zenner is a senior majoring in chemistry.

• Joann G. Dzon of Round Lake Beach was named to the 2007 fall dean's list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis/St. Paul. To qualify, students achieved a grade point average of 3.66 or higher.

• Tammy K. Stevens of Round Lake Beach graduated with a associate of arts degree in general studies from Columbia College-Lake County in Park City.

• Rachel Todd Kelley of Gurnee graduated in December 2007 with a master's degree in clinical psychology from Benedictine University in Lisle.

• Aleece Sullivan of Lake Villa, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, was appointed spring 2008 vice president of programming for the American Marketing Association (AMA).

• Danielˆ½ Morales of Round Lake Beach, a student at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, was named to the fall 2007 dean's list for earningˆ½ a minimum 3.5 grade point average.

• Jordan Sadecki, daughter of William and Ellen Sadecki of Lindenhurst, and a senior at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, was named to the fallˆ½ 2007 dean's list for earning a minimum 3.5 grade point average.

• Daniel Jordan Kenney of Lindenhurst graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance from Iowa State University at the December 2007 commencement ceremony in Ames.

• Western Illinois University in Macomb announced the following undergraduate students were named to the 2007 fall dean's list for earning at least a 3.6 grade point average.

Antioch: Danielle Renee Hartmann (sophomore), Michael Q. Lodesky (sophomore) and Ervin B, Nevitt (senior).

Grayslake: John Swan Aleksich (junior), Elizabeth Ann Glennon (senior), Katlyn Marie O'Brien (junior) and Robyn Elizabeth Zullo (freshman).

Gurnee: Michael John David (senior), Mallory J. Pratscher (senior), Andrew L. Ray (junior) and Michael Scott Tucker II (senior).

Ingleside: Thomas W. Lechner (senior) and Andrew James Vickery (senior).

Lake Villa: Eric James Gardynski (freshman).

Lindenhurst: Bryan M. Deisinger (senior).

Round Lake: Katrina Cox (senior).

Round Lake Beach: Ellece G. Smith (freshman)

Wadsworth: Adam Douglas Carlson (senior).

• Augustana College in Rock Island announced the following students were named to the 2007 fall dean's list for earning a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Grayslake: Christopher Blevins, sophomore; Nicholas Hulsey, sophomore majoring in political science; and John Irish, senior majoring in biology and pre-med; Nancy Seaholm, junior majoring in elementary education; Sara Waddelow, first-year student; and Sean Wegge, first-year student.

Lake Villa: Sean Murray, sophomore.

Lindenhurst: Sheila Goodrich, first-year student; and Nikolas Ilich, first-year student.

• The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced the following students were named to the dean's list for the fall semester of the 2007-08 academic year. Schools or colleges typically require students to rank in the top 10 percent of their class or achieve a grade point average of 3.75 or higher to receive this honor.

Grayslake: Justin David DeAngelis, College of Engineering; and Grace Margaret Mack, School of Human Ecology.

Gurnee: Kelly Ellen Clinton-Cirocco, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences; Denise Marie Fesik, School of Business; and Selina Lauren Fesik, College of Letters and Science.

Lindenhurst: Daniel Joseph Krakora, College of Letters and Science.

Lake Zurich: Ryan Robert Heiderman and Margaret Dawn Rivard, both in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

• The University of Iowa in Iowa City named the following students to the dean's list for the 2007 fall semester for achieving at least a 3.5 GPA.

Antioch:ˆ½ Jenna M. Diemer, Victoria Amyjo Leonard, Kristen Aubrey O'Donnell and Leslie Lynne White, all students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Grayslake: Clare Edmonds, Kristen Elisabeth Kubichan and Christopher Melvin Thomas, all students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Sarah Renee Stanley, College of Business Administration.

Lake Villa: Sarah M. Moy, College of Business Administration; and Lynne Elizabeth Poggensee-Wei, College of Engineering.

Lindenhurst: Lauren Michaelle Vance andˆ½ Jason Patrick White, both students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Round Lake Beach:ˆ½ Alyssa Kathryn Azzano, College of Engineering.

Third Lake:ˆ½ Joshua Ryan Eklow, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Gurnee: Michelle Nicole Bartos, Steven James Bowman, Elizabeth Anne Shakespeare and Caroline Brooke Thompson, all students in the College of Business Administration; Margaret Ann Goldbach, Mark Gorski, Jillian Lee Jorgensen, Adam Richard Kanka, Amanda Christine Metcalf,ˆ½ Kimberly Jean Riha, Nathan Morgan Sheehan and Carolyn C. Sweet, all students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Andrew Martin Kern,ˆ½ College of Engineering.