Forest preserve district holding January hiking events
The Forest Preserve District of Will County is planning two upcoming hikes in the Naperville area so residents can enjoy the outdoors this winter.
Residents can join the Forest Preserve Trail Club at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Whalon Lake on Royce Road, just west of Route 53 in Naperville, to walk its 1.6-mile loop.
Participants should enter the preserve from Royce Road and follow the access drive until it ends in the parking lot at the southwest edge of the lake. The meeting spot will be the Lakeside Shelter.
The walking club is open to all ages and free to attend. No registration is required.
The Trail Club, a winter walking series that promotes fitness and community, runs from January to March and meets at different forest preserves each month. Participants who attend three walks this season will earn a Trail Club sticker.
The forest preserve district will also host a short, guided hike at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Hidden Oaks Nature Center, 419 Trout Farm Road, Bolingbrook. It will include discussion about birds that stay or migrate through Will County during the winter and how participants can attract winter birds to their yards.
The free event is open to anyone 10 years or older. Registration is required by Saturday, Jan. 10.
For more information, go to www.reconnectwithnature.org.
Naperville residents graduate, make college academic lists
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.
GRADUATES
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Hannan Ahmad, master’s degree, Mechanical Engineering; Jalal Bandealy, bachelor’s degree, Civil Engineering; Kaley Gasior, bachelor’s degree, Mathematics; Yifan Zhou, bachelors’s degree, Economics.
Marquette University in Milwaukee: Dimi Bonoris, bachelors’s degree, Nursing; Joanna Gao, master’s degree, Physician Assistant Studies; Anthonia Jeje, master’s degree, Nursing.
Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa: Christopher Orenczak, bachelor’s degree, General Science.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Charles Bernard, bachelor’s degree, Engineering.
National University of Health Sciences in Lombard: Hunter Clarke, Doctor of Chiropractic; Marie-Ange Ogoudou, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine.
ACADEMIC LISTS
Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa: Michael Mcintyre.
Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa: Alexia McIntyre.
Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais: Cassidy Hastings and Lillian James.
Belmont University in Nashville: Cooper Chu, Michele Dause, Anna Buescher, Colby Van Gelderen, Shelby Littel, Shivam Patnaik, Danielle Hanson, Rylee Ruscitti, Adelyn Haeger.
Northwestern University in Evanston: Omar M. Coleman.
Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Reagan Kreamer.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: Cosmo Champion, Courtney Gaither, Dylan Higgins, Angela Hirsch, Aria Patel, Evelyn Schmidt, Carter Sessa, Bella Thompson.
