Third-place honors went to seniors Lorelei Dimitropoulos, Public Administration, and Jean-Eduard Rodriguez, Social Media Strategies; juniors Karm Patel and Adam Dunkin for Coding & PRogramming; and sophomores Patrick Sobula and Ryan Gal for Digital Animation.
Hughes and Brindley were freshmen together at Michigan.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
Colleges and universities looking at D203 transcripts and seeing freshmen started high school with a second year of language or advanced math already assume the district offers a rigorous academic course load, Willard said.
Casting actors who are well past college age to play fictional undergraduates is nothing new, but the near-decade between Bright and co-star Belmont Cameli has stirred up fans and even commanded a response from one of the show’s stars.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
28 May 2026
Nationally, more than 30 percent of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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