Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, June 5, 2021Local students named to MSU dean’s list
Michigan State University
in Lansing has released its
dean’s list for the spring 2021
semester.
The dean’s list honors all
full-time undergraduates who
earn a 3.50 or higher grade
point average for 12 or more
credits in any given semester.
Local students who quali-
fied included:
Alto – Trenten Beemer,
Alex Bunting, Ella Byam,
Sydney Coffman, Austin
Fedewa, Rachel Forsberg,
Marinne Grider, JT Guntern,
Amber Jakiel, Christopher
Jakiel, Mallory Koning, Zach
Kostelec, Michael Krueger,
Dylan McAllister, Jason
Reeb, Noah Schautz, Sidney
Schering, Joe Shuster, Ezra
Stadt, Madison Stevenson.
Caledonia – Joel Anderson,
Ember Bartnick, Jenny
Belfer, Christopher Boyd,
Sydney Carlson, Adam
Childress, Mckenzie Collier,
Natalie Delamater, Hanna
Duong, Bridget Felkers,
Corbin Foster, Alexander
Garrison, Max Garrison,
Maggie George, Jillian Hagy,
Katelyn Helsel, Bryce
Houser, Aaron Jonckheere,
Katie Klomparens, Savanna
Knoll, Chloe Kurant, Lily
Le, Anamaria Lopez, Lauren
Merritt, Paige Nguyen,
Carson Nitz, Zachary
O’Connor, Maxine Osorio,
Morgan Palmer, Mya
Parshall, Shayla Pham,
Alisha Phan, Evan
Phanrisvong, Michelle
Saumier, Andrej Simic, Evan
Sluja, Ryan Stearns, Michael
Than, Courtney Thang,
Grace Tufer, Caleb Vanloon,
Taylor Vanvuuren, E.V.
Vecziedins, Brooke
Veneman, Taylor Visscher,
Priya Voruganti, Grace Ward,
Sam Watkins, Jacob Widlits.
Delton – Ashley Barstow,
Anna Bassett, Tayah
Boggiano, Abby Burroughs,
Mason Manuszak, Morgan
Manuszak, Sammy Mitchell,
Isabella Postava, Noelle
Vroegop.
Freeport – Hunter DeHaan.
Hastings – Chloe Adams,
Shannon Brown, Erin
Dalman, Devin Dematto,
Matthew Feighner, ClareFeldpausch, Elizabeth Heide,
Allie Horning, Charlotte
Jaqua, Libby Jensen,
Margaret Keller-Bennett,
Brenna Klipfer, Sydney
Nemetz, Aaron Newberry,
Samuel Ogrodzinski, Dylan
Schaffer, Sydney VanGessel,
Lillian Wierenga.
Middleville – Holly
Bashore, Jayden Brewer,
Gabby Encinas, Aiden
Hannapel, Kale Haywood,
Hunter Lapekes, Steven Liu,
Lauren Myers, Luke Noah,
Emily Petrosky, Hannah
Robinson, Anabelle Russell,
Scott Shumway, Breann
Stahl, Lauren Verlinde,
Erikson Walter.
Plainwell – Emma
Calhoun, Kate Farho, Julia
Galovan, Ian Granzow, Lizzy
Irwin, Ben Meddock, Joslyn
Miller, Jessica Myers,
Kristina O’Connell, Alester
Panjikaran, Maia Rostar,
Megan Stefl, Ryan Stefl,
Linda Zhu.
Shelbyville – Kaden
Holverstott, Spencer Irvine,
Abby Joritz, Valerie
McNamara, Gloria Pacic,
Emily Staple, Julia Walters,
Owen Woods.
Wayland – Lorynn Sue
Cotts, Maria Ann Cotts,
Katherine Marie Franklin,
Emma Isabelle Helrigel,
Anna Nicole Kidwell, Olivia
Faith Moore, Callie Nicole
Rose, Mitchell Salisbury,
Hailey Diane Schaendorf,
Michelle Zheng.Two area students awarded
at Model UN conference
In a season unlike any
other for the Model United
Nations student group at
Alma College, the team
reached a historic milestone
at its most important event.
The Model UN team,
which included two area res-
idents, competed at the annu-
al National MUN Conference
this spring and won two “out-
standing delegation” awards,
the highest honor at the
event. Alma College has now
won 100 total “outstanding
delegation” awards since
1994, 53 at the annual
Midwest MUN conference
and 47 at the National MUN
Conference.
Alma College students
who made an impressive
showing at the 2021 Model
United Nations regional and
national conferences, accord-
ing to a press release from
the college, included 2020
graduate Daniel Lynch of
Caledonia and sophomore
Elizabeth Vredevelt of Alto.
“The success of our pro-
gram on a whole has come
pretty quickly, and I’m so
glad to reach a milestone
with this group,” said Derick“Sandy” Hulme, who has
been the faculty adviser of
MUN at Alma College the
entire time. “This is one of
the most talented and largest
group of first-year students
we’ve had, which bodes well
for the future of our program,
and the returning students are
wonderful mentors for them.”
The National MUN
Conference is the world’s
largest collegiate MUN com-
petition, with more than
5,500 students representing
250 colleges and universities
from 151 countries on five
continents. Alma represented
two countries at this year’s
event, Kenya and Nigeria,
and won “outstanding dele-
gation” awards for both
efforts. Lynch was a member
of the Kenya delegation, and
Vredevelt was part of the
Nigeria delegation at the vir-
tual conference.
Alma won 14 “Outstanding
Position Paper” awards as a
group, while 56 percent of
the team won an individual
award. That percentage was
twice as high as the next-high-
est college or university at
the conference, Hulme said.Prior to competing at the
national conference the Alma
College MUN team compet-
ed in February in the virtual
Midwest MUN Conference
and performed very well.
Vredevelt also received
Outstanding Individual
Recognition and was named
an outstanding delegate at
the Midwest conference.
Lynch was recognized
with Outstanding Written
Submission honors at the
national conference.Caledonia
residents
graduate from
U-Alabama
The University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa awarded some
5,860 degrees during its
spring commencement cere-
monies.
Among the graduates were
two Caledonia residents.
Bailey Green received a
master of science degree.
Brendon Kooy received a
bachelor of science degree in
aerospace engineering.Financial tips for the
self-employed
Being self-employed has
some benefits: You get to
choose your own hours, you
don’t have to count “vacation
days” and you’ll never worry
about getting downsized. On
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on your own – there’s no
employer-sponsored retire-
ment plan and no benefits
package. So, if you’ve
recently started a business or
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sibly due to the COVID-
pandemic, what can you do
to get on the road to financial
security?
There are several steps you
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lowing:- Establish a budget.
When you’re self-employed - and especially when you’re
first starting out – you need
to keep tight control over
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So, establish a budget and
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As a self-employed individu-
al, you can choose a retire-
ment plan, such as a SEP-
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To help protect yourself from
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containing a few months’
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Some debts, such as loans to
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Self-employment can be
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when you make the right
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