This week, the University of Illinois announced the names of students recognized for outstanding academic achievement with the release of the Fall 2020 Dean's List. Thirty-seven students with ties to The Sentinel area at Illinois' flagship university were among the 10,867 students earning recognition for their scholastic performance.
Students named to the UIUC Dean's List must complete coursework and grading to fall into the top 20% of a student’s college class or curriculum. Classes taken pass/fail are not counted toward their academic standing for this award.
The list below does not include Dean's List honorees added after Jan. 27 or students who did not list their hometown as Royal, Ogden, Philo, Tolono, Sidney or St. Joseph with the University.

Benjamin Albrecht,
St. JosephSenior, Applied Health Sciences
Elanor Atkins,
TolonoSophomore, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Emily Bluhm,
St. JosephJunior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Nicholas Cagle,
OgdenJunior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sarah Chahine,
St. JosephSophomore, Applied Health Sciences
Zachary Chalmers,
PhiloJunior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hailey Collum,
St. JosephSenior, Fine and Applied Arts
Andrea Cunningham,
St. JosephFreshman, Education
Carson Florey,
St. JosephSenior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tyler Gadbury,
TolonoFreshman, Liberal Arts and Sciences
William Gay,
PhiloSenior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Lauren Gherna,
St. JosephSenior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Christian Hasler,
PhiloJunior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Evan Hawkins,
St. JosephSenior, Media
Mason Housenga,
St. JosephSenior, Engineering
Ian Hulette,
St. JosephSenior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Kohlten Johnson,
St. JosephSenior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Riley Knott,
St. JosephSenior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Mark Maddock,
St. JosephJunior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mira McLain,
St. JosephSenior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Emma Messman,
SidneyJunior, Education
Abigayle Mizer,
OgdenJunior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Brendan Olauson,
St. JosephJunior, Engineering
Natasha Plummer,
TolonoFreshman, Applied Health Sciences
Skylar Price,
St. JosephJunior, Applied Health Sciences
Kassidy Reno,
PhiloSophomore, Applied Health Sciences
Jenna Schaefer,
St. JosephSophomore, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Abigail Schlueter,
St. JosephJunior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Rylee Sjuts,
St. JosephSophomore, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Benjamin Snodgrass,
TolonoJunior, Applied Health Sciences
Emilee Sorensen,
OgdenSenior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Abigail Tierney,
PhiloSenior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Shelby Turner,
PhiloSenior, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Israel Wells,
SidneySenior, Applied Health Sciences
Madisyn Welsh,
St. JosephJunior, Social Work
Madison Wilson,
PhiloSenior, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Zoey Witruk,
St. JosephFreshman, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
The list above does not include Dean's List honorees added after Jan. 29 or students who did not list their hometown as Royal, Ogden, Philo, Tolono, Sidney or St. Joseph with the University. If you were on this semester's Dean's List and your name were omitted from our list above please know it was not intentional. University communications and public affair offices typically provide or make available lists of fall and spring graduates by zip code. Quite often students living off-campus supply their school address in the city they live while attending school as their contact address instead of their hometown address. If you supplied the institution with a different home address, and would like to have your name added to the list hometowns we cover above, email us your information to editor@oursentinel.com. We'll be happy ato add your name to the listing.
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