The following residents are among 1,470 prospective candidates for degree who attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee commencement exercises on Sunday, December 17, in Milwaukee. Congratulations to: Sebastien Brown, Peck School of the Arts, Bachelor of Arts, from Manhattan; and from Alissa Breen, School of Education, Bachelor of Science, from New Lenox.

Students at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, have been honored for projects presented at the university’s seventh annual STEM Research and Design Symposium, held December 5 on the concourse of the MTI Center. The symposium featured 44 student projects representing multiple academic departments, including Paige Hull from New Lenox. Projects included departmental freshman and research projects, as well as Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).

Pictured are Trine University biomedical engineering majors, from left, Margaret Armintrout, from Bonner Springs, Kansas, Ava Dobbins, from Barberton, Ohio, and Paige Hull, from New Lenox, as they discuss their project, “Kinematics and kinetics of foot and ankle motion in relation to custom foot orthotics.” The project received the People’s Choice award for Research Project in Biomedical Engineering. –Photo by Dean Orewiler / Trine University.