VCSU honor roll
Valley City State University announces Gage Elias Wherley, International Falls, has been included in the President’s Honor Roll for spring semester 2021.
The President’s Honor Roll recognizes students who completed 12 semester hours or more of VCSU classes for which grade points are earned with a 4.0 grade point average.
CSB commencement
Olivia Besch, child of Tina and Chad Besch of International Falls, participated in the 106th annual Commencement Ceremony May 15 for the College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph. The 2021 CSB graduating class includes 449 women.
Besch received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.
ICC dean’s list
Bart Johnson, Provost at Itasca Community College, Grand Rapids, MN has named 209 students to the 2021 SPRING Semester Dean’s List. Students qualified for this honor by completing a minimum of 12 credits and attaining a grade point average between 3.25 and 4.0.
Local students include Samantha Butts, Kylie Clark, Kalen Maki, Kelsea Manning, with a 4.0 G.P.A.; and Hayley Gaetzke, Austin Vinar with 3.5 – 3.99 G.P.A.
WSU dean’s list
Winona State University announces the Dean’s List for Spring Semester 2021, which includes Anna Cowman, International Falls, and Kiana Kittelson, Loman.
To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must be an undergraduate enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours for a grade) and achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.5
MSU Moorhead dean’s list
Adnew Stueven, Mizpah, is among the students named to the Minnesota State University Moorhead dean’s list in recognition of academic achievement spring semester 2021.
Stueven, who attended Northome School, is majoring in physical education and health education. Students must maintain a 3.25 or higher grade point average and carry 12 graded credits to qualify for the honor.
UW-Stevens Point honor students
Anna Earley, senior, was among more than 2,270 undergraduate students recognized by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for attaining high grade point averages during the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Earley received honors recognition, accorded to those with grade point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.
Melanie Liechty
The Arrowhead Library System (ALS) is now offering free access to the Creativebug resource for patrons residing in Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods and St. Louis counties, according to a press release put out by ALS June 9.
Users will have “unlimited access to more than 1,000 award-winning arts and crafts video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.”
The website features classes on topics in art and design, sewing, paperwork, holidays and parties, knitting and crochet, quilting, jewelry and more. Users can browse by skill difficulty levels, quick or multi-part classes, specialty techniques or those video tutorials best suited for children.
“We have found that do-it-yourself activities are extremely popular in the Arrowhead Library System region, and we are happy to support the maker movement with this new free resource for patrons,” ALS Regional Librarian Mollie Stanford said.
Those interested can visit www.alslib.info and click on the Creativebug icon or visit https://www.creativebug.com/lib/arrowheadlibrary. Users will need an active library card number to log into the Creativebug site and to create an account.
For more information about how to get an ALS library card, those interested can visit https://www.alslib.info/services/how-do-i-get-a-library-card/ or call ALS at 218-741-3840.
According to a press release put out Monday, the Senior LinkAge Line will offer two Medicare fraud awareness and prevention classes at 10-11:30 a.m. and 2-3:30 p.m. July 14.
Those in attendance “will learn about detecting, preventing and reporting Medicare fraud, avoiding potential COVID-19 fraud and scams, as well as other scams targeting older adults. They will also learn how to read and understand their Medicare Summary Notices and other Medicare-related documents.”
To register, those interested can go to the “Classes, Workshops, and Trainings” page on the Senior LinkAge website: https://www.arrowheadaging.org/classes-workshops-trainings or call the Senior LinkAge Line at 800-333-2433.
