MEDINA, Ohio — Here’s the latest news about college students from Medina County:
Baldwin Wallace University:
Jayanti Upadhyay of Brunswick was honored at the 23rd Annual Dr. Obie Bender Multicultural Awards at Baldwin Wallace University during the spring 2025 semester. The awards honor and affirm the contributions of underrepresented members of the BW community as well as those who contribute to the overall spirit of inclusion.
Upadhyay, a graduate of Brunswick High School majoring in biology and chemistry, received the First-Generation Trailblazer Award. The award recognizes a student who has demonstrated significant commitment, leadership, service, and/or support to the First-Generation community at BW.
Baldwin Wallace celebrates outstanding multicultural students each spring with the Dr. Obie Bender Multicultural Awards. The awards are named for Dr. Obie Bender ’62, who was an officer of the University for 36 years. Throughout his tenure, Bender provided exceptional leadership as a BW administrative liaison and was responsible for intercollegiate athletics, campus security, and the health and physical education and recreation facilities.
More from BW:
Students from our area were among 56 participants in Baldwin Wallace University’s 24th Annual Dance Marathon, raising over $3,000. Local participants included Maddie Bohrer of Brunswick, a graduate of Brunswick High School majoring in criminal justice and psychology; Hailey Fisher of Brunswick, a graduate of Brunswick High School majoring in hospitality, tourism and event management; Kymberli Cleal of Brunswick, a graduate of Brunswick High School majoring in music education and Jillian Gillespie of Valley City, a graduate of Brunswick High School majoring in nursing.
As the largest philanthropy organization on campus, Dance Marathon is a campus-wide event that brings together students, staff, administrators, alumni, parents and community members in the name of one cause – the kids. All proceeds go to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, which seeks to educate and reduce the transmission and cases of pediatric AIDS worldwide through life-saving treatments and tests.
Students danced for nine hours, raising money and awareness. This year’s event featured performers, service projects, vendors, raffles, dancing and educational sessions on AIDS/HIV.
Kent State University:
A total of 9,249 Kent State University full-time students were named to the Dean’s List for superior academic achievement during the 2025 Spring semester.
Of the full-time students named to the Dean’s List, 1,252 were also named to the President’s List (indicated by *) in recognition of an extremely high level of academic achievement.
From Brunswick: Aiden Bernhardt, Alexis Bertemes, Maeghan Borza, Briandi Brazil, Alex Brown, Isabella Bryson, Devin Cannon, Taylor Carter, Mary Case, Isabella Chismar, Madalina Chiveri, Alexis Clark, Alexis Dempsey, Anna Dinger, Ava Discenza, *Andrew Dobbins, Chase Dubber, Taylor Dubois, *Alyssa Dye, *Lindsey Dye, Haley Fink, Dennis Fletcher, Anthony Frasure, Nolan Gillis, Alaina Goodhart, Sophia Gorka, *Megan Green, Melody Haddix, Madelyn Halfhill, Journey Hildebrand, Ellis Hoert, Blake Holiday, Braiden Kaiser, Alexea Kania, *Mallory Kendrick, Delaney Kenik, Morgan Kolesar, Ashley Kramer, *Serena Kramer, Natalie Kuntz, Emily Leichliter, Brendan Middendorf, Cameron Middendorf, Brooke Moncol, Reagan Moner, Dylan Murach.
Riley Nestor, Chad Novicky, Madison O’Malley, *Madison Paoletta, *Madison Perciado, *Kayla Perciak, Vincenzo Petitto, Matthew Puleo, Johnathan Puts. Susan Puts, Breanna Radigan, *Blake Reichenbach, Maria Rocco, Jack Safko, Jakob Serwatka, Zachary Shedlock, Jacob Sims, Dominic Slomski, Ava Snider, Kate Staunton, Shaun Stephens, Hailey Strnad, Angelina Tench, Gavin Tennyson, Samantha Timar, *Alexis Tracy, Raili Vandercook, Kaitlyn Vasas, Noah Vasiliou, Alyssa Wolf, Avery Wrentmore. Garrett Wrentmore.
From Hinckley Township: Emma Chesek, Gabe Colbrunn, Graceanne Eaton, Sarah Espenschied, Andrea Filote, Natalia Griffiths, Abigail Huml, Nathan Laszlo, Arianna Maur, *Trever Maur, Anthony McBee, Olivia Modic, Victoria Modic, Andrew Mordaunt, *Jacob Rouge, Mary Sims, Madison Slivka, Andrew Tatulinski.
From Medina:
Addison Alspach, Jadelyn Ames, Sarah Bacho, Erin Baker, Nicole Beard, Portia Becks, Kaliana Beranek, Chloe Bertemes, Willow Bertemes, *Lauren Bischof, Grace Bohan, Meghan Brady, Aiden Brown, Renee Carr, Aiden Cassel, Blake Chenevey, Hayden Chenevey, *Olivia Clemetson, Ainsley Culp, John Curtis, Addysen Cusick, Meredythe Darr, Jake Davis, Kaylee Davis, William Delorm, Ioan Donici, Mihail Donici, Bridgette Donohue, Rose Dove, Michael Doyle, Jacob Dreibelbis, Evan Easterly, Jessica Edmisten, Evan Feora, Jenna Fioritto, Matthew Fjeldstad, Kamron Forshew, Brendan/Forster, Brayden Foster, Avery Frohlich, Regan Funfgeld,
Caroline Gambaccini, Gianna Giannini, Patrick Gillespie, Ryan Gillespie, Sommer Gombar, Jacob Gorman, Tyler Greathouse, Samantha Haas, Theresa Haney, Cameron Hartman, Nicole Hemming, Jacob Higgins, Sharon Hionides, Nadia Hutkay, Lillian Ivey, Maggie Jackson, William Jerome, Juliana Johnson, Kayla Joyner, Jacob Juron, Daniel Keller, Lucas Kennedy, Carly King, Charles Klicman, *Jacob Knapp, *Jayson Knapp, Logan Kolar, Alison Kollar, Claire Kollin, Ryan Kucera, Ava Latham, *Olivia Leach, Madison Lee, Jaclyn Lewis, Kelsey Linard, Connor Love, Olivia Lucarelli, Hanna Luna, Joseph Malbin, Jacob Mancini, *Peter Marinelli, Eli Mathews, *Zurich McNeilly, Alexis Metz, *Michael Midea, Leslie Miguel, Kate Milewski, Evelynne Morgan, James Morrison, Ruth Musser, Alayna Myosky, Emma Nagy, *Erik Newell, *Colin Nice, Riley Nicol, Lucas Nowosielski, Ava Nutter.
Kaitlyn O’Brien, Grayden Oney, *Jenna Owsiak, Dominic Pagura, Abby Pappas, Gabriel Parry, *Molly Patterson, Jayda Pearson, Isabella Pintos, Adam Ploskonka, *Marina Prentiss, Thomas Raklovits, Willem Reagan, Logan Reakoff, Rhianna Reddick, Jacob Reilman, *Sydney Rininger, Genevieve Ross, Alexander Rossetti, Nathan Sabol, Axel Sanchez, Gary Seger, Desmond Sherry, Matthew Shrivastav, Corinne Siefring, Elena Smith, Nikole Smith, Gabriella Stanziano, Kaylee Tabor, McKenna Tabor, Michael Terrell, Anna Theis, Ariana Toth, Justine Traczyk, Morgan Travis, Clare Tschannen, Maxwell Uveges, Dalton Van Leeuwen, Mia Vela, Tara Walters, *Torie Weisenseel, Bronwyn Yannayon, *Michelle Youngquist, *Jamie Zickefoose.
From Valley City: Jaclyn Amersbach, Julia Fike, Brooke Hayner, Hagan Lubowicki, Griffin Mitchell, Ethan Mougrabi, Natalie Myers, Sydney Novotny, *Samantha Sustarsic, Dillon Swank, Haylie Talbott, Nathaniel Wickersham.
University of Tampa:
University of Tampa has honored 2,340 students who were named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the dean’s list. Local students include Kayla Moner, of Brunswick, earned dean’s list honors as a Junior in the Spring 2025 semester. Moner is majoring in Marketing; Alexa Rundle, of Valley City, earned dean’s list honors as a Junior in the Spring 2025 semester. Rundle is majoring in Biology; Nolia Sanders, of Brunswick, earned dean’s list honors as a Junior in the Spring 2025 semester. Sanders is majoring in Allied Health and Brianna Torres, of Brunswick, earned dean’s list honors as a Junior in the Spring 2025 semester. Torres is majoring in Psychology BS.
