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Local students from Arlington Heights are receiving honors from various colleges and universities. We round them up with College Credits. (Shutterstock)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL We re keeping track of all the major higher education accomplishments of area students. Send your submissions to eric.degrechie@patch.com.
Nebraska Awards Record 3,594 degrees In May ceremonies
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred a record 3,594 degrees during commencement exercises May 7 and 8. The 3,512 graduates are from 58 countries, 43 states and the District of Columbia, and more than 250 Nebraska communities. The following is a list of area graduates:
Madeleine Elizabeth Grant, of Arlington Heights, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Bachelor of Journalism with distinction.
Westphal Earns All-American Honors kciiradio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kciiradio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Listen Friday and Saturday to the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III National Championships today and tomorrow on KWAY Country AM 1470 FM 96.3. The top-ranked Wartburg College wrestling team has 10 wrestlers to competing in for a title. There will be no team titles awarded, only .
UNK qualifies all 10 wrestlers for nationals unkantelope.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from unkantelope.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Top news from 1996, 1971, 1946, 1921
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1996 – 25 years ago
The most popular baby names in 1995 were Michael for boys and Ashley and Elizabeth for girls.
1971 – 50 years ago
Rochester Police Chief James Macken told the Downtown Kiwanis Club that Rochester’s major crimes showed a 7.1 percent increase over 1969.
The University of Iowa’s Steve DeVries – a Rochester Mayo high school graduate – won the 177-pound championship in the eighth annual Midlands Wrestling Tournament in Chicago. (DeVries would coach at Cornell College and has been inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Hall of Fame.)
1946 – 75 years ago
Thirty U.S. cadet nurses arrived at Rochester State Hospital to begin studies and training in the three-month psychiatric course. The course includes training in electric shock therapy, bibliotherapy, recreation therapy, neurology, and work in the hospital wards. (Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic appr