On Campus

Eden Prairie Local News (EPLN) is proud to periodically recognize Eden Prairie post-secondary students who are honored by the colleges and universities they attend.

EPLN relies on schools to send us this information. If you don’t see your student’s school listed, please send your student’s name, the school’s name and location, award (e.g., dean’s list, graduation), year in school, and major, to editor@eplocalnews.org with the subject “On Campus.”

Dean’s List

Bradley University, Peoria, IL

Kendall Minta

Central College, Pella, IA

Drew Edwards

Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

Carter Arneson 

Aaron Peterson

Des Moines Area Community College, IA

Michael Wagner, Pathway-Engineering/Manufacturing

Emerson College, Boston, MA

Reagan Sissel

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Nitya Potti

Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN

Jason Elyea-Wheeler – College of Liberal Arts

Sawyer Kurtenbach  – College of Liberal Arts

Annabel Mehta – School of Business

Devyn Stanton – School of Business

Maddie Swanson – College of Liberal Arts

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Catherine Komp

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Izzy Anderson, senior, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, music and psychology

Adam Michael Beer, senior, College of Business, actuarial science

Brian Michael Claver, senior, College of Engineering, mechanical engineering

Bobby Heiberg, sophomore, College of Business, finance

Katelyn Jensen, sophomore, College of Business, international business

Sophia Wencan Murphy, sophomore, College of Arts and Sciences, psychology

Alexa Russo, senior, College of Education and Human Sciences, communication sciences and disorders

Jarett Dean Taylor, sophomore, College of Business, marketing

Marissa Eileen Thelen, senior, College of Education and Human Sciences, elementary education

Samuel Eli Thomas, senior, College of Business, supply chain management

Anna Grace Tupa Clark, sophomore, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, dance

University of Tampa, Tampa, FL

Ethan Dummer, junior, cybersecurity.

Kaitlin Leonard, freshman, psychology

Faculty Honors

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Yousef Eldahshoury

(This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.)

President’s List

Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

Justin Tran, software engineering

Graduations

St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN

Elizabeth Thoresen – Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Nursing

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Mythili Iyer of Eden Prairie was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Southern California.

Iyer is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction. Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of undergraduate student Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different kind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic disciplines.