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Education Briefs

Gibbons named to President’s List at Simpson College

Simpson College student Leah Gibbons of Harcourt earned President’s List honors for the 2019 spring semester, the college recently announced. The graduate of Southeast Valley High School achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-point average for the semester, one of just 113 students to achieve the honor.

Community Christian awards Alumni Scholarships

Community Christian School has awarded its Alumni Scholarship to three high school seniors who graduated from CCS as eighth-graders. The recipients are Collin Ellsbury, Christopher Hatton and Juliet Thompson. Each are 2019 graduates of Fort Dodge Senior High. The scholarships were ...

Marjorie Hubel estate awards 17 scholarships

The Marjorie Hubel estate recently awarded 17 $1,000 scholarships to local students who will be attending college in the fall. The recipients are Aiden Simonson, Anna Lewandowski, Chase McInville, Riley Mayer, Colton DeLanoit, Jerrica Fitzgerald, Noila Pingel, Luke Lewandowski, Taylor ...

Winona State University announces spring 2019 Dean’s List

WINONA, Minn. — Two area students have been named to the Dean’s List at Winona State University in Minnesota. The honorees are Beth Murman, of Fort Dodge, and Sydney Ernst, of Sac City. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must be an undergraduate enrolled full-time (at least 12 ...

Peterson earns osteopathic medicine degree

GOWRIE — Danielle Peterson, of Gowrie, graduated from A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri, on May 18. She received the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. She attended Simpson College and Iowa State University before ...

Delta Dental donates filling station

The “Rethink Your Drink” partnership led by the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation is donating an Elkay water bottle filling station that will be installed at FDMS this summer, updating an existing water fountain near the cafeteria. The middle school will receive water bottles, ...