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Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 16, 2021

Two Caledonia High

School seniors have been

named semifinalists for the

National Merit Scholarship.

Alayna Marvin and Laura

Robotham are among 16,

high school seniors across

the country – representing

less than 1 percent of the

graduating class of 2022 – to

be honored. They are now in

the running for some 7,

National Merit scholarships,

worth nearly $30 million,

that will be awarded next

spring.

To be considered for a

Merit Scholarship award,

semifinalists must fulfill sev-

eral requirements to advance

to the finalist level of the

competition. About 95 per-

cent of the semifinalists are

expected to attain finalist

standing, and approximately

half of the finalists will win a

National Merit Scholarship,

earning the Merit Scholar

title.

Scholarships are under-

written by the National Merit

Scholarship Corporation

with its own funds and by

approximately 400 business

organizations and higher

education institutions that

share NMSC’s goals of hon-

oring the nation’s scholastic

champions and encouraging

the pursuit of academic

excellence. NMSC, a non-

profit organization that oper-

ates without assistance from

the government, was estab-

lished in 1955 specifically to

conduct the National Merit

Scholarship program.

High school juniors

entered the 2022 National

Merit Scholarship Program

by taking the 2020

Preliminary SAT/National

Merit Scholarship

Qualifying Test, which

served as an initial screen of

program entrants. The

nationwide pool of semifi-

nalists includes the high-

est-scoring entrants in each

state. The number of semifi-

nalists in a state is propor-

tional to the state’s percent-

age of the national total of

graduating seniors.

To become a finalist, the

semifinalist and a high

school official must submit

a detailed scholarship appli-

cation, in which they pro-

vide information about the

semifinalist’s academic

record, participation in

school and community

activities, demonstrated

leadership abilities, employ-

ment, and honors and

awards received. A semifi-

nalist must have an out-

standing academic record

throughout high school, be

endorsed and recommended

by a high school official,

write an essay, and earn SAT

or ACT scores that confirm

the student’s earlier perfor-

mance on the qualifying

test.

Three types of National

Merit scholarships will be

offered in the spring. Every

finalist will compete for

one of 2,500 National Merit

$2,500 scholarships that

will be awarded on a

state-representational basis.

About 1,000 corpo-

rate-sponsored Merit

Scholarship awards will be

provided by approximately

220 corporations and busi-

ness organizations for final-

ists who meet their speci-

fied criteria, such as chil-

dren of the grantor’s

employees or residents of

communities where sponsor

plants or offices are locat-

ed. In addition, about 180

colleges and universities

are expected to finance

some 4,000 college-spon-

sored Merit Scholarship

awards for finalists who

will attend the sponsor

institution.

National Merit Scholarship

winners of 2022 will be

announced in four nation-

wide news releases begin-

ning in April and concluding

in July. These scholarship

recipients will join more than

362,000 other distinguished

young people who have

earned the Merit Scholar

title.

Central Michigan

University has released its

dean’s list for the spring 2021

semester.

To be included on the dean’s

list, undergraduate students

must have a semester grade

point average of 3.5-3.99.

Students who earn a perfect

4.00 grade point average for

the semester, with at least 12

graded credit hours, are

placed on the president’s list

and indicated with an aster-

isk(*).

Local students named to

the dean’s or president’s list,

by hometown, include:

Alto – Easton Brown,

Rachael Gorton, Kendall

Krupiczewicz, *Kathryn

Lemon, Elly Medendorp.

Caledonia – Bailey

Birman, Jessica Broach,

*Megan Clarey, Molly Hisey,

Jacqueline Huynh, Elizabeth

Klein, *Emma Larsen,

*Johnny Leek, Kaitlyn

Monson, *Sydney Ruthven,

Savannah Schantz, Jackson

Steenwyk.

Delton – Elizabeth

Vroegop.

Hastings – *Eleanor

McFarlan, Savannah Troseth,

Katherine Weinbrecht.

Middleville – Breana

Bouchard, Madison Craven,

Nate Hobert, Abbigail

MacDonald, Lauren

Vandervort.

Plainwell – Samuel

Badger, Mackenzie Clark,

Alyssa Crill, Mikah

Havenaar, Colby Hills,

Samantha Richardson,

Jessica VanDenBerg, Ayssa

Waswick.

Shelbyville – *Alexandra

Cole.

Wayland – Katelynn

Andrews, Julia Annable,

Nicole Cazala, Shelby

Henshaw, Kelsey Munch.

University officials have
announced that 1,614 stu-
dents received academic hon-
ors for the semester that
ended in August at Ferris
State University and Kendall
College of Art and Design.
To be eligible, full-time stu-
dents must earn a 3.5 grade
point average for the term
while taking at least 12 credit
hours. The minimum require-

ments for part-time students

each term are 3.5 or higher

GPA with completion of at

least 12 accumulated Ferris

credit hours of graded course

work at the 100 level or higher.

Local students named to

the honors list include:

Alto – Scott Beatson,

Casey Depew, Sarah Devries,

Megan Losey, Karleigh

Mrozinski, Eric Nessner,

Elissa Pitcher, Paul Riha.

Plainwell – Erin Campbell,

Dylan Phaneuf, Aryn

Scholten, Meagan Tran.

Shelbyville – Misty Wuis.

Wayland – Sydney

Hielkema, Anna Schiess.

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The first step for students

and families to take when

applying for college scholar-

ships and other forms of finan-

cial assistance is completing

the Free Application for

Federal Student Aid, accord-

ing to the Michigan

Department of Treasury staff.

The FAFSA is needed when

applying for grants, scholar-

ships and other forms of finan-

cial assistance. The U.S.

Department of Education

began accepting FAFSA sub-

missions Oct. 1.

“Completing the FAFSA

should be on top of everyone’s

list when applying for college

financial aid,” Robin Lott,

executive director of the

Treasury’s Office of

Postsecondary Financial

Planning, said in a press

release. “I strongly encourage

students and parents not to

wait to complete this free

application.

“Missing the March 1,

2022, deadline could result in

missing out on critical dollars

that could help pay for col-

lege,” Lott said. “Please do not

delay and submit your applica-

tion sooner rather than later.”

Academic Year 2022-

FAFSA submissions received

at the federal processor on or

before March 1, 2022, are

given priority consideration

for the Michigan Competitive

Scholarship and Michigan

Tuition Grant.

Students who wait to com-

plete their FAFSA after the

March 1 deadline may not

receive all the financial aid

they may have been entitled to

receive.

Prior to completing the

FAFSA online, a student and at

least one parent or guardian

must obtain a Federal Student

Aid ID, available at fafsa.gov.

This ID serves as a legal signa-

ture and confirms an appli-

cant’s identity when accessing

financial aid information

through certain U.S.

Department of Education web-

sites.

Students or parents may

get started by going to fafsa.

gov. More information about

State of Michigan scholar-

ships and grant programs can

be found at the MI Student

Aid website, michigan.gov/

mistudentaid.

Administered by the state

treasury department, MI

Student Aid is Michigan’s

go-to resource for finding the

financial resources needed to

pay for college.

Nearly 735 students com-

pleted requirements for cer-

tificates, associate, bache-

lor’s, master’s and doctoral

degrees at Ferris State

University and Kendall

College of Art and Design in

August.

Students graduating with

honors were recognized for

high academic achievement

on the basis of grade point

averages computed on a 4.

scale. Undergraduate degree

designations use Latin lev-

els of recognition: Summa

cum laude, 3.9 to 4.0;

magna cum laude, 3.75 to

3.89; and cum laude, 3.5 to

3.74.

Area residents who earned

degrees include:

Alto – Joel Shuman,

bachelor of science in dig-

ital media software engi-

neering, summa cum

laude.

Caledonia – Katie Alonso,

bachelor of science in nurs-

ing, summa cum laude.

Hastings – Thomas

Carpenter, associate of

applied science in manufac-

turing technology.

Middleville – Tess Vachon,

bachelor’s degree in allied

health science.

Plainwell – Madison Tran,

bachelor of science in busi-

ness administration and Risk

Management and Insurance

certification.

Wayland – Nicholas Lipp,

doctor of pharmacy; Anna

Schiess, bachelor of science

in nursing, summa cum

laude.

Local students named to

Ferris, Kendall honors list

Caledonia seniors named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

FAFSA submissions now being accepted

Local students among FSU, Kendall summer graduates

Local students named to CMU honors lists

Alayna Marvin Laura Robotham