Community and Technical college awards
Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, has announced its 2025-26 graduates.
These students have completed degree, diploma or certificate programs.
HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, PROGRAM (if listed), HONORS (if listed)
Bagley, MN - Sarah Hecht, Associate of Science, Nursing, Honors
Clearbrook, MN - Hannah Swartzentruber, Diploma of Occupational Proficiency, Practical Nursing, Honors
Goodridge, MN - Hunter Vad, Diploma of Occupational Proficiency, Heavy Equipment Operation & Maintenance
High honors students earned a 3.75-4.0 GPA. Honors students earned 3.25-3.74 GPA. The list includes all but those students with data privacy requested. Central Lakes College is a comprehensive community and technical college in the Minnesota State System. The college serves about 5,5000 students annually in liberal arts and career education programs.
M State announces spring 2026 academic honors
Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) has named 922 students to its President's List and 742 students to its Dean's List for the spring 2026 semester.
HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, MAJOR/COURSE (if listed), HONOR
Bagley, MN
Alisha Anderson, Dean's List
Reed Dickens, Sonography-Echocardiography Technology, Dean's List
Malakai Gunderson, Post Secondary Enrollment Options, President's List
Georgetown, MN
Kylie Fagre, Post Secondary Enrollment Options, Dean's List
McIntosh, MN
Rose Burpo, Human Resources-AAS, Dean's List
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% of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.
Students on the Dean's List earned a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75% of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.
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.