More than 1,600 graduated May 18, 2019

Coastal Carolina University graduates are exactly what the world needs, according to commencement speaker and doctoral candidate Leigha Peterson. Peterson addressed the graduating class of 2019 - more than 1,200 students - during three separate commencement ceremonies at the HTC Student Recreation and Convocation Center May 10-11. "Whatever you are, put it out there," she said, "because it is better than good enough. It is exactly what the world needs!"

Area students graduated from Ripon College on Sunday, May 13, 2018.

Augustana College announced more than 1,000 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2019 spring term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

More than 900 students have been named to the Carthage College dean's list for the spring 2019 semester.

3,085 students earned the honor

"Wisconsin's Finest" band names members

The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform at 3:15 p.m., Sunday, April 15 in the newly renovated Demmer Recital Hall in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts.

Three Carthage physics students have been selected across two different NASA locations to participate in summer internships within the agency. NASA internships are highly competitive opportunities with selection rates often as low as 1/1000. These internships are considered gateway opportunities to careers in aerospace. All three students have worked for several years on space technology development projects at Carthage. The three NASA internships are financially supported by the NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium at Carthage.

Yearly, Carthage College invites the community to celebrate the joy of the holiday season at the annual Carthage Christmas Festival, three performances of readings and music in the A. F. Siebert Chapel. These annual concerts are the College's Christmas gift to the community. Tickets to the Christmas Festival have been free since the festival began more than 20 years ago.

A team of three mathematics and physics students represented Carthage at SCUDEM (the SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Modeling), winning the local competition at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in October 2018.

Ambassadors serve as the face of the university

More than 40 Carthage students were selected to conduct research with faculty as part of the 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience.

Five students from the Carthage Microgravity Team tested an ongoing Modal Propellant Gauging experiment aboard a zero-gravity aircraft near Kennedy Space Center in March.

A hallmark of the Carthage experience since the mid-1990s, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience offers students across academic divisions the opportunity to engage in collaborative full-time research with professors. Students work closely with a faculty mentor on a new or developing line of research.

Celestine Ananda has been named a 2018-19 Rossing Physics Scholar.

One hundred and six students out of 210 enrolled in the PGA Golf Management Program at Coastal Carolina University currently have GPAs above a 3.0. The minimum GPA to remain eligible for the program is a 2.0.

The newest Carthaginians include 720 freshmen and 90 transfer students. They come from 23 U.S. states and five foreign countries: Canada, China, Japan, Kenya, and Serbia.