Best & Brightest
• Erin Allsup of Lake Zurich, daughter of Evan and Peggy Poulakidas, received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Illinois State University in Bloomington at the December 2007 commencement. Erin was also named to the dean's list for the for the December 2007 semester. Erin is a 2003 graduate of Lake Zurich High School.
• Kathryn Grace Ross of Mundelein, a student at Benedictine University in Lisle, was named to the fall 2007 Dean's List.
• Alaina Erin Meuth of Libertyville was named to the Fall 2007 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs' List at Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo. She is an English and pre-education/secondary major.
• Bruce M. Bell of Lake Zurich was awarded a master of science degree from Creighton University at the Dec. 15 commencement ceremonies in Omaha, Neb.
• Norma Iris Rosario of Mundelein graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology-sociology from Columbia College-Lake County in Park City.
• Colleen Nolan of Vernon Hills, a sophomore at Notre Dame University, has been named to the deans list for her third consecutive semester. She is a graduate of Stevenson High School who is working toward a double degree in business and political science.
• Patrick Nolan of Vernon Hills, a senior at Notre Dame University, has been on the dean's list for seven consecutive semesters and will graduate in May with a double major in mathematics and finance. Nolan is a graduate of Stevenson High School. He has accepted a position with Towers Perrin, an actuarial firm in Chicago.
• 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.
Hawthorn Woods: Alexandra A. Jados and Jonathon Jay Woloshyn.
Island Lake: Jordan R. Jensen and Sean Ryan Woitas.
Lake Zurich: Jennifer N. Chmielowski, Johnathon Reck and Tina Marie Westerlund.
Libertyville: Jaclyn D. Blok, Max Allan Botkin, John William Christian, Kathleen Elizabeth Finley and Alexandria Lynn Haigh.
Mundelein: Sonya Kay Brandt, Michael Joseph Kwiatkowski, Scott Anthony Raynor, Allison E. Schippers, Gina Skaronea and Erica L. Webb.
Vernon Hills: Jaclyn Kelly Aspinall.
Wauconda: Alison J. Dorsey, Ahren Janek Kasula, Kaitlyn Omeara and Rosanna Grace Regan.
• Northern Illinois University in DeKalb announced the following students were named to the fall 2007 Dean's List.
Hawthorn Woods: Mary Elizabet Achille, Dorothy K. Domaleczny, Agnieszka Markiewicz and Robert M. Scaramella.
Island Lake: Sara E. Fijalkiewicz.
Kildeer: Edwin John Adamski.
Lake Zurich: Tracy Virginia Cione, Brandon M. Djonlich, Julia Elizabeth Funke, Jennifer Ann Jagla, Mary E. McGlauchlin, Daniel James Mergens, Christopher E. Rengusto, Keith R. Thibodeau, Lisa Ann Tom and Brendan Ryan Vishoot.
Libertyville: Robert Joseph Batey, Zachary Joseph Hudson, Caylee M. McGrath, Lauren M. Montgomery and Megan Elizabet Wright.
Lindenhurst: Kathleen A. Stoughton.
Mundelein: Jessica Rae Anderson, Erin Samantha Buckner, Danielle Marie Garcia, Kevin Richard Hetzel, William D. McDermott, Steven W. Michelau, Jackie Schmidt Oberth, Lydia Ruth Roy and Katrina E. Senour.
Vernon Hills: Kathleen Marie Craig, David Eric Duma and Pamela Susan Gross.
Wauconda: Rebecca Mary Gottardo, Kara Ann Mortensen, Michelle Laura Olson and Stuart Glenn Swanson.