M State announces fall 2025 academic honors

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.

  Students on the President’s List earned a grade point average of 4.0 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75 percent of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.

  Students on the Dean’s List earned a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75 percent of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.

  Local students named to the fall 2025 M State President’s List and Dean’s List are: Kaden Hill, Clitherall, Business Transfer Pathway-A.S., Dean’s List; Nelson Hubert, Clitherall, PSEO, President’s List; Riley Johnson, Clitherall, PSEO, Dean’s List; Claire Kraemer, Clitherall, PSEO, Dean’s List; Jacob Antrim, Deer Creek, Electrical Line Worker Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List; Jayden Doll, Deer Creek, PSEO, Dean’s List; Joel Duncan, Deer Creek, Automotive Service Technology-A.A.S., Dean’s List; Lydia Helmbrecht, Deer Creek, PSEO, Dean’s List; Rita Kysar, Deer Creek, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., Dean’s List; Chad Peterson, Deer Creek, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, Dean’s List; Charli Snyder, Deer Creek, PSEO, Dean’s List; Kelsey Haugdahl, Henning, Massage Therapy-Diploma, Dean’s List; Maiya Kodadek, Henning, PSEO, President’s List; Lily Smith, Henning, PSEO, President’s List; Michele Thalmann, Henning, Child and Adolescent Therapeutic Behavioral Health, President’s List; Anaya Weiss, Henning, Advanced Practice Esthiology, President’s List; Cody Burch, Ottertail, Medical Laboratory Technician, Dean’s List; John Hart, Ottertail, Associate Degree Nursing-A.S., Dean’s List; Jack Wangler, Ottertail, Electrical Technology: Electrician-Diploma, Dean’s List and Alivia Gunderson, Vining, Dental Assisting-A.A.S., Dean’s List.

About M State

A member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, M State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) serves more than 10,000 students in credit and non-credit courses each year in over 70 career and liberal arts programs online and in-person at its four campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. The college also partners with communities to provide workforce development services and other responsive training programs to 500 businesses and thousands of annual participants.

Local students named to Bemidji State University Dean’s List

Two local students have earned Dean’s List honors at Bemidji State University for the Fall 2025 semester. 

  To be eligible for the Dean’s List, BSU students must enroll in at least 12 credits and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester. Of these 716 students, some have received distinctions multiple times.

  Local students named to the Dean’s List include: Amanda Otto, Henning and Michelle Tierney, Henning. 

Located in Bemidji, Minn., Bemidji State University is a member of the colleges and universities of Minnesota State. Learn more at bemidjistate.edu.