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Illinois Wesleyan announces fall 2023 Dean’s List
BLOOMINGTON, IL — Illinois Wesleyan University’s Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year consisted of 752 students from 33 states and 30 countries. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As. Anna Beyers of Pana…
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Bradley University Fall 2023 Deans List PEORIA, IL — Nearly 1,850 students were named to Bradley’s Dean’s List for Fall 2023. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester on a 4.0 scale. Brogan Tolly of Moweaqua Gracie Dahler of Nokomis Kristen Stauder…
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Millikin celebrates new graduates at the 2023 Winter Commencement DECATUR — Millikin honored 95 graduates at the 2023 Winter Commencement at Kirkland Fine Arts Center on December 10, 2023. The ceremony recognized graduates from the College of Professional Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, Tabor School of Business, and the College of Fine Arts. “The…
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Millikin University Fall 2023 Dean’s List DECATUR, IL — Millikin University is pleased to announce the names of the outstanding undergraduates who have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester. Students who attempt 12 graded credits during a fall or spring semester and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or…
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University of Mississippi Announces Fall 2023 Chancellor’s Honor Roll UNIVERSITY, MS — The University of Mississippi announced students named to the Fall 2023 Honor Roll lists, including Chancellor’s Honor Roll. Daniel Sloan, of Taylorville, IL, majoring in Economics, is one of those students on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn…
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Area students receive Dean’s List recognition GREENVILLE — The following students were placed on the Dean’s List at Greenville University for the fall 2023 semester. To qualify for the Greenville University Dean’s List, a student must successfully complete a minimum of 12 hours for the semester. Freshmen (0-29.5 credits) must have a semester GPA…
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SNHU Announces Fall 2023 Dean’s List MANCHESTER, NH — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List. The fall terms run from September to December. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the…
Read MoreThe rapper Ye, who has a long history of making antisemitic comments, issues an apology in Hebrew
Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has a long history of making anti-semitic comments, apologized to the Jewish community in an Instagram post written in Hebrew on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. “I sincerely apologize to the…
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Elizabeth Wood, Breeze-Courier reporter CHRISTIAN COUNTY–One of the coldest nights Matthew and Jennifer Mahnke gave sleigh rides was at Manners Park in Dec. 2022. That night, Mahnke said the temperatures dipped to ten degrees and the windchill well into the negatives. Mahnke donned a ski mask and a pair of goggles before grabbing the…
Read MoreFROM THE ARCHIVES: Sisters spent decades making angels
TAYLORVILLE — In an era rip with meaning, we have pulled out of our Breeze-Courier archives a story published on November 29, 2011, written by then staff-reporter Derek Parris, about two sisters (Velma and Verla) who spent 50 years making golden angels. We thought it was appropriate to share this story again on Christmas Eve…
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