The following Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or have been named to their school’s dean’s list, honor roll or similar academic achievement list.
Names, degrees and honors appear below as provided by the respective schools.
GRADUATIONS
University of Illinois-Chicago: Matthew J. Miller, bachelor’s degree, Psychology.
Trine University in Angola, Indiana: Terence Coutinho, master’s degree, Information Studies; Varun Sai Karasala, master’s degree, Information Studies; Fnu Shaik Ahmed Hussain, master’s degree, Information Studies.
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale: Vaughn A. Beallis, bachelor’s degree, Exercise Science; Jack T. Rose, bachelor’s degree, Automotive Technology; Kamil A. Rizvi, bachelor’s degree, Zoology.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester: Mikayla Ramos, Adriana Rodriguez, Jodie Kelly, Floyd Wills, James Rotramel, Imari Collins, Aravind Shankar Suresh Kumar, Nicole Mendoza, Gavin Chavez.
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Aneesh Bangalore, Natalie Bannon, Sasha Baranovski, Ellie Beck, Emma Bednar, Harry Bonoris, Nicholas Chen, Arshiya Chugh, Nina Davis, Ian Denker, Dyaus Dhar, Grace Ellinger, Cameron Felix, Mia Flowers, Connor Furby, Eshaan Ganguly, Harshad Gunasekar, Aarti Gupta, Talula Hayes, Peyton Hennig, Yuxuan Hu, Joshua Hung, Aryan Jain, Sydney James, Safa Jeffery, Maria Kondrasheva, Grace Larsen, Ariana Liu, Joshua Liu, James Lukasevics, Lindsey McDonald, Michael Meng, Hrutik Munigeti, Sarojshree Namasivayam Janaki, Lexi O’Brien, Owen O’Hara, Nathan Pease, Maddie Pecak, Victoria Petrina, Liv Phillips, Vinay Ramanathan, Rittvic Ray, Evan Scamehorn, Alexander Schwartz, Jack Shabaker, Atiksh Shah, Elizabeth Shamoun, Sufiyah Siddique, Thomas Stras, Venus Svec, Claire Tanza, Anika Telu, Prithvi Thakur, Tomasz Wargala, Jason Xu, Timothy Zangler, Reigna Zhang, Connie Zhao.
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale: Grace A. Davidson, Hannah Thomas-Johnson, Vaughn A. Beallis, Cate L. Thompson, Lillian G. Witte, Aidan D. DiLallo, Ryan A. Emmens, Alex Goff, Clark R. Hastings, Avery I. Irvin, Gabby S. Samaan, Jack W. Schuerenberg, Anthony J. Affatato, Sophie E. Benavent, Jack R. Butler, Ali Fawzi, Josh M. Frait, Vincent C. Jones, Michael J. Landato.
Elmhurst University: Bianca Cima, Teresa Duffrin, Rohan George, Kelly Hamman, Elana Jackson, Amanda Kovacs, Victoria LaPointe, Jayden Louie, Alec Murphy, Gianna Ptaszek.
Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin: Arthur Landorf, Kayla McElhatten, Rachel Viehweg, Sofia Esposito, Jackson Wasson, Emmerson Childs, Ermuun Batchuluun, Maya Stone, Hannah Stumpf, Grace Pantano, Tristan Gildemeister, Carter Schoeck, Katie Amato, Samantha Lockhart.
University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana: Christopher McCormack.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: John Feddor, Ryan Saran.
Missouri State University in Springfield: Halle Sullivan.
Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio: Jamie Kwon, Gabrielle Schlecht.
McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois: Mark Wagner.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/naperville-residents-college-graduation-honors/
