Congratulations, St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy Class of 2020! While COVID-19 erased the time-honored ceremonies that have taken place for 135 years prior, the faculty and staff did not (and does not) let the virus stand in the way of congratulating the Class of 2020. In May 2020 each graduate received a package containing their OBAA pin, commemorative swag, and a “You set the Standard” yard sign. Some packages were even personally delivered by Stephanie Ihler, academic dean, and other faculty/staff members! On Saturday, May 23, the first-ever St. John’s Northwestern virtual graduation ceremony was broadcasted to honor the 42 graduates. Speeches were given, awards were received, and well wishes were abundant. We are so incredibly proud of you, Class of 2020! CONGRATULATIONS! And we look forward to seeing you back on campus.
Patrick Farris, Ella Butzer, Nolan Fritsche, Alex Lanz, Michael McNee, Chase Hayden, Tucker O’Meara, Luke Prescott, Luke Hayden, and Ricky Barnes returned to campus in July 2020 to unveil their class stone/bench.
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Class of 2020 College Choices Christian Atkinson – Undecided Ricardo Barnes – Wisconsin Lutheran College Kyle Baxter – Undecided Blake Bender – Undecided Grant Brongiel – University of Iowa Ella Butzer – Edgewood College Skyler Chauff – United States Military Academy at West Point Yunlong Chen – Auburn University Edward Choi – Penn State-Abington Qin Dong – Rutgers University Dimitry Eckert – Undecided Patrick Farris – Undecided Nolan Fritsche – St. Norbert College Zachary Gargano – Milwaukee School of Engineering Gerald Gittens – Woodstock Academy Post Grad Program Liam Griffin – University of WisconsinWhitewater Chase Hayden – Undecided Luke Hayden – Marquette University Shawn Hughes – University of WisconsinWhitewater DC Jensen – Madison Area Technical College Ezra Jun – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Alexander Lanz – University of Kansas Jiarui Lu – University at Buffalo Francesco Maciariello – The City College of New York Wenhao Mai – University of California, Irvine Henry Mandel – Missouri State University Michael McNee – Marquette University Rolf Millan Rosenlehner – St. Norbert College Jorge Mudeci Millan – Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey Simon Murray – GAP Year Tucker O’Meara – Undecided Antonio Perez Orea – St. Edwards College Luke Prescott – Augustana College Yifei Rao – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Trifonas Stabropoulos Velazquez – Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey Sebastian Stadler – Milwaukee School of Engineering Ariel Starr – University of Illinois at Chicago Jaxon Stevens – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Junkang Wu – University of Minnesota Twin Cities Runbo Wu – Binghamton University Jiashuo Zhang – University at Buffalo Yingchi Zhang – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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