Advertisement Onalaska High School juniors Misha Subhani and Kyla Fredrickson competed at the International DECA Competition in Atlanta in the Business Law and Ethics category.
The following area students graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at spring commencement ceremonies:
Lindsey Heim of Onalaska graduated from Creighton University in Omaha with a doctor of dental surgery degree.
Andrew Stern of Holmen graduated cum laude from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a bachelor of music degree and a bachelor of arts degree, with majors in creative writing and English with a minor in instrumental performance. The son of Sheryl and Oscar Crary, he earned the Nelle Erwin Prize and the Vera Elliott Memorial Prize in music.
Tara Seleen (Guberud), a 2000 Holmen High School graduate, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on May 18 with a master’s degree in nursing. She is the daughter of Joel and Roxanne Guberud.
Laura Gratton, daughter of Kevin and Marilyn Caulum of Onalaska, graduated from Des Moines University with a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree.
Samuel Williams of Onalaska graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College of Letters and Science with a bachelor of arts degree.
Benjamin Csiacsek of Holmen graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College of Letters and Science with a master of arts degree.
Suchita Shah of Holmen was one of four students out of a pool of 150 chosen to receive the Herfurth-Kubly Award for Initiative and Efficiency, which carried a $2,000 award. The award is the highest university-wide honor an UW-Madison senior can receive. Students are selected through highly competitive consideration of academic achievements, personal initiative and integrity, community service, constructive leadership and verbal communication skills.
Shah also was one of 26 students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive the Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Award for Leadership, Service and Scholarship. Recipients of the award are chosen for their leadership and service contributions to the university or surrounding communities while maintaining a high academic record.
The following area students graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville:
Scholze wins honors at Wartburg College
Holmen High School graduate Hannah Scholze was honored as the outstanding senior among secondary education history majors at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
Scholze majored in history, world history education and American history education. In honoring Scholze, the department noted: “Hannah already has a significant record of scholarship. She co-authored with her mother a history of her home congregation in Wisconsin. She has done substantial research on Aaron Burr, including work in East Coast archives and has found a solution to one of his enciphered letters that has heretofore baffled historians. She has twice presented papers at regional conferences of Phi Alpha Theta, the history honorary society. ... She plans to teach history, and her students will surely benefit from her passion for the subject.”
Scholze, the daughter of Edward and Ruth Scholze of Holmen, also will graduate with a dean’s honor cord, given to graduates with the top 40 grade point averages.
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