People Making News

Clayton Carver Weirick from La Cañada Flintridge was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Weirick is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences.

Washington University is counted among the world’s leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 100 nations.

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The following Lafayette College students were named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring 2015 semester. Each student achieved at least a 3.60 semester grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Alexandria Battison of La Cañada Flintridge, a graduate of Westridge School and Kaelin King of La Cañada Flintridge, a graduate of Flintridge Preparatory School.

Lafayette is a top liberal arts college with 2,400 students and 215 full-time faculty that offers a wide variety of undergraduate degree programs including engineering.

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Lukas Currim, a peace & conflict studies major from La Cañada Flintridge, is a member of the Colgate University Class of 2015. Currim was one of 732 students to graduate from Colgate on May 17 during the university’s 194th commencement.

Colgate University is a highly selective residential liberal arts institution that offers 54 majors to a diverse student body of approximately 2,900 undergraduate students, and supports 25 Division I athletic teams.

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JiHye Moon of La Crescenta was a candidate for graduation with a Bachelor of Accounting, accounting degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s undergraduate commencement on Saturday, May 16 at the Amsoil Arena.

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Michael Ameel of Glendale was named to the dean’s list at Carroll University for the spring 2015 semester. To be named to the dean’s list, students must have a grade point average for the semester of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale.

Carroll University was incorporated in 1846, making it Wisconsin’s first four-year institution of higher learning.

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Aaron Crasnick from Sunland has been named to the University of Delaware’s dean’s list for the 2015 spring semester.

To meet eligibility requirements for the dean’s list, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.33 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester.

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Avrielle Corti La Cañada has been named to the 2015 spring semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Corti is a junior at the  College of Liberal Arts.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average.

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Kristen L. Hicks and Lois Y. Lee of La Crescenta have been named to the Whitworth University Laureate Society for spring semester 2015.
The students qualified for the academic honor society by maintaining a grade point average of at least 3.75 during the semester.

Located in Spokane, Washington, Whitworth is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian church. The university, which has an enrollment of nearly 3,000 students, offers 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

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Saint Mary’s College named Katherine Johnson from La Cañada to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester. To earn academic honors at Saint Mary’s, a student must achieve a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.6 on a 4.0 scale, have at least 12 graded credit hours, no incompletes, and no grades lower than a C.

Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, is a four-year, Catholic, residential, women’s liberal arts college offering five bachelor’s degrees and more than 30 major areas of study, such as business, nursing, art, chemistry, and social work.