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.”

Chancellor’s List

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Courtney Fussy

Dean’s List

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

Kai Louie – electrical engineering technology program

Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

Ava Masse

Cooper Smith

Melanie Sun

University at Albany, Albany, New York

Alexander Karri 

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Elizabeth Beck of Eden Prairie was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at St. Catherine University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Beck is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni 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. Phi Kappa Phi’s mission is “To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”

EP students participate in University of Iowa’s Dance Marathon

More than 1,100 current University of Iowa students participated in the 30th annual student-led Dance Marathon, generating more than $1.4 million for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Dancers and Dance Marathon leadership fundraise for 365 days to reach their individual fundraising goal. Dance Marathon works to create special projects to provide emotional and financial support to families treated at the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital with an emphasis on pediatric cancer and bone marrow transplant patients.

Eden Prairie students participating in the 30th annual student-led Dance Marathon include:

Noah Haeger

Matthew Holje, first year of participation

Andrew Kaiser, first year of participation

Katherine Martin, first year of participation

Daniel Pahl, fourth year of participation

Ethan Osborne, first year of participation