The following local students made the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at St. Olaf College. The Dean’s List is a scholarly award for students who demonstrate academic excellence and have earned a GPA of 3.75 or above and completed at least three credits for that semester. From Ely: Juliet Stouffer, Creative Writing, English and Film and Media Studies, Timothy and Jennifer Stouffer.
The following area students have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year, ending in December. From Ely: Clare Thomas, Biology Major: Biomedical Science Concentration The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) has announced its Dean’s List for Fall Semester 2025. Students on the Dean’s List have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher while earning a minimum of 12 letter-graded credits. From Babbitt: Oskar Koivisto, SR, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson Coll of, Mechanical Engineering B S M E;
Danica Sundblad, FR, Education & Human Service Pro, Psychology B A Sc; From Ely: Lily Dirks, SO, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson Coll of, Mechanical Engineering B S M E; Jakson Hegman, JR, Education & Human Service Pro, Exercise Rehab Sci B A Sc; Joseph Pierce, SR, Labovitz School of Bus & Econ, Management B B A; Marketing;
Deegan Richards, SO, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson Coll of, Mechanical Engineering B S M E; from Tower: Wyatt Mattson, SO, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson Coll of, Electrical Engr B S E E Alexandria Technical & Community College, recognizes individual students for academic excellence. Devin Rocklin of Ely was named to the Dean’s List for achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credits Fall Semester 2025.
Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) named 682 students to its President’s List and 699 students to its Dean’s List for the fall 2025 semester. Local students named to the fall 2025 M State President’s List and Dean’s List from Ely were: Alex Merriman, Electrical Line Worker Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List; Blake Schaller, Electrical Line Worker-Diploma, Dean’s List.
More than 11,800 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2025 fall semester Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must earn a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work. From Ely: Courtney Eilrich, Accounting, B.S.
Garrett Rohr of Ely was named to the Dean’s List during the fall 2025 academic semester at Salve Regina University. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 for full-time students completing at least 12 graded credits, or a semester grade point average of 3.8 for part-time students completing at least six credits.

