Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University is pleased to announce that 256 students have been named to the Dean’s List for the first term of the 2009-2010 academic year, including 66 students who achieved a perfect grade point average of 4.0 for the first term.

Full-time students with a term grade point average of 3.5 or greater and part-time students who completed four or more credits in a term with a grade point average of at least a 3.5 are eligible for the Dean’s List.

Please refer to the information below for the Briar Cliff students in your newspaper’s distribution area. Students’ names are compiled alphabetically according to their states/provinces and hometowns. An asterisk following a student’s name denotes a 4.0 grade point average.

Briar Cliff University Dean’s List – First Term 2009-2010 Academic Year

Arkansas: Bentonville – Laura Herbst.

California: Riverside – Annessa Garcia.

Colorado: Arvada – Amanda Zimmerman; Longmont – Craig Harris.

Florida: Tarpon Springs – Lincoln Dunham.

Iowa: Akron – Tana Colt;* Algona – Alison Fox, Laurie Harms,* Kristina Schiltz, Tina Shillington;* Leslie Wolf; Alta – Leah Staton; Anita – Beau Brown; Anthon – LaDonna Crilly; Audubon – Nicole Bruch; Burlington – Breanna Garcia; Burt – Jack Bradley; Mitchell Ditsworth; Carroll – Nikole Gross, Kyle Semprini, Caitlin Wordekemper;* Cherokee – Erich Braun, Kallyn Buschkamp;* Council Bluffs – Bryce Kinard; Denison – Tara Brockman;* Dubuque – Louise Warren; Dunlap – Emily Melby; Early – Kelsey Schomaker; Fort Dodge – Ashley Dencklau, John Engler;* George – Tracy Feldman,* Kayla Groen;* Glenwood – Matthew Wanning; Greenfield – James Larson; Hartley – Tara Hansen, Jayna Hilbert, Molly Rost, Whitney Waechter;* Hawarden – Marissa Van Driel; Iowa Falls – Michael Collison; Kingsley – Austin Carlson, Andrea Slota, Danielle Sudbeck, Amanda Thomas; Kiron – Shane Bengford, Shawn Bengford; Lawton – Susanne McArthur;* Le Mars – Jared Clement,* Kendra Collins,* Lisa DeRocher,* Jessica Heeren, Allison Holtgrewe, Kelsey Homan, Kelli Langel, Emily Schilmoeller, Rachael Swisher, Alan Vonnahme,* Carissa Courtright, Briana Engebretson,* Sara Heck, Eric Rohe;* Manilla – Bailey Huls; Mapleton – Amy Bruning,* Molly Tullis, Alexander Wimmer; Marcus – Margaret Rohwer;* Maurice – Lynn Schlesser;* Merrill – Megan Uhl; Milford – Trayna Alm; Moville – Erin Baird, Martha Harris, Vicky Phillips,* Bethany Sailer, Brenda Schroeder; Odebolt – Brittany Walsh;* Palmer – Melissa Engel; Peterson – Jenna Biedenfeld; Remsen – Erin Holzman, Alyssa Langel; Renwick – Sarah McCullough;* Rockwell City – Brent Miller; Scranton – Melinda Brosh; Sergeant Bluff – Charles Griminger,* Jennifer Hadley, Clint Jiroux, Jamie Schmid; Sheldon – Katherine Beldt,* Andrew Dykstra;* Sioux Center – Kelsy Armstrong, Michael Dickes,* Nicole Hoogeveen; Sioux City – Florence Agyeman, Kendra Alderson,* Gabriel Alves,* Erin Barkley, Britney Below,* Marie Branch, Litisha Brown, Morgan Brown, Fredrick Chartier, Sandra Chavez, Matthew Chicoine, Sonja Christensen,* Maureen Cownie, Hannah Daniels, Zachary Deming, Kylie Dilla, Amanda Elbert, Lindsey Eliason, Lee Engel, Russell Engel, Alicia Everton, Mariah Flair,* Brian Gameros,* Samantha Garay, Julian Gunnels, David Hantla,* Kory Henshaw, Joshua Hindman, Adam Hinds, Ciera Hoesing, Adam Kavan, Thavary Keo, Reem Khodor,* Cecelia Kinney, Anthony Kiser, Melissa Konken, Tamara Landon,* Chantae Larson, Katie Lehmann, Benjamin Lenhart,* Heather Mansfield, Danielle Merchant,* Monica Mondragon, Catherine Nelson,* Robert Nelson, Catherine Olenek, Cassondra Peck, Christine Pencil, JoAnn Peterson, Sheena Reuer,* Lucas Roder, Gabriel Rodriguez, Chris Rosener, Craig Samek, Julie Sampers, Camilla Santana, Amy Sappingfield, Amanda Stanek, Bradford Stearns, Kayla Sweeney, Aime Tatou, Victoria Thomas, Heather Thompson,* Rachelle Travis, Amy Trometer, Kristen Vogel, Jennifer Vrbicky, Janet Ward,* Siera Whitlock, Andrea Wilen, Traci Zimmer; Sloan – Dana Gray; Spirit Lake – Casey French; Sutherland – Jami Bailey; Treynor – Chehala Pace; Vail – Daniel Blair; Wesley – Amanda Cruise; West Bend – Darla Winkelhorst;* West Des Moines – Carly Hansen; Westfield – Jessica Ream; Whiting – Elizabeth Benjamin; Woodbine – Daniel Griesel.

Illinois: Bensenville – Anthony Cosentino.

Kansas: Overland Park – Emily Campbell.

Minnesota: Adrian – Jonathan Konz; Cottage Grove – Hana Verhoeven;* Duluth – Samantha Nordman; Meadow – Amy Gehling; Lismore – Alice Reker; Pipestone – Brittany Gentzler; Stillwater – Katharine Hogeboom; Waltham – Paul Blanchard

Missouri: Kansas City – Patricia Rogers.

North Dakota: Bismarck – Alexandra Alberda; Dickinson – Taylor Braunberger;* Fargo – Michaela Carew.

Nebraska: Allen – Samantha Bock,* Lukas Sachau;* Bennet – Kayla Nisley;* Ceresco – Shelby Carter; Columbus – Chase Beiermann, Alisoun Luckey, Parker Staroscik, Daniel Zach; Creighton – Courtney Becker,* Samantha Neumann, Erica Zuhlke; Curtis –Elizabeth Mortensen; Emerson – Christina Severson, Timothy Vogel; Genoa – Denni Mitchell;* Grand Island – Alex Witmer; Gretna – Rebecca Hartmann;* Hartington – Sarah Wieseler; Hastings – Alexandra Anstine; Homer – Jody Wingert; Hoskins – Alissa Bressler; Humphrey – Alyssa Keller;* Juniata – Charlotte Schumacher;* Lincoln – Michelle Dulac, Brianna Steiner; Lindsay – Lisa Oberhauser; Lyons – Jason Bring,* Derek Haskell; McCool Junction – Mikaela White; Murdock – Teresa Fritz; Nebraska City – Elizabeth Krog; Newcastle – Samantha Pearson;* Norfolk – Michael Becker; Omaha – Rosemary Bernth,* Jennifer Kruckenberg, Megan Salcedo; Palmer – Rikole Santin; Ponca – Heather Bennett, Jason Jones; South Sioux City – Martin Guzman, Cassondra Corkin, Christel Eriksen,* Theresa Lederer,* Kendra O'Dell, Jodie Schmidt; Spalding – Tara Cockerill; Stanton – Chelsie Weatherholt; Superior – Kayla Rempe; Verdigre – Kelsey Randa; Wahoo – Erin Gerdes;* Walthill – Gwendolyn Porter; Yutan – Andrea Neukirch.*

South Dakota: Aberdeen – Veronica Haug; Black Hawk – Rachel Kampa; Christina Schilling; Dakota Dunes – Ryan Blackman, Matthew Collins, Pamela Deets;* Dante – Megan Cimpl; Elk Point – Carol Chytka; Hartford – Lyndze Thompson; McCook Lake – Mollie O'Mara;* Contessa Windeshausen; Mitchell – Madelyn Essig; Plankinton – Bert Bucher; Rapid City – Amanda Burckhard-Neff.*

Texas: New Braunfels – Brady Summers; San Antonio – Nathanael Olson.*

Wisconsin: Green Bay – Sarah Novickis.

Wyoming: Cheyenne – Joanne Sweeney.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.