Lisa Kenigson of La Crescenta was named to the chancellor’s list at Troy University in Alabama for the summer semester/term five of the 2014-15 academic year.

The chancellor’s list honors full-time undergraduate students who are registered for 12 semester hours and who earn a grade point average of 4.0.

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Jae Lee, a 2011 graduate of Crescenta Valley High School and a 2015 graduate of Cornell University, has been accepted into the Teach for America 2015 teaching corps. Teach For America is a national nonprofit working to expand educational opportunity for students in low-income communities. Corps members commit to teach in high-need urban or rural public schools and become lifelong advocates for educational equity.

Lee will teach in Greater Philadelphia.

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Caylie Denham of Tujunga is a member of the 2015 Hofstra University volleyball team. The Hofstra volleyball team has begun its preparations for the upcoming 2015 campaign as the 16 student-athletes on the team have returned to campus and begun fall camp practice. Hofstra is coming off a solid 2014 season as the Pride went 28-6 and captured its third Colonial Athletic Association title and second in the last three years.

Hofstra University is a nationally ranked private university just 25 miles from New York City and all its cultural, recreational and professional opportunities.

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Christopher Louk of La Cañada was among an estimated 6,700 graduates who participated in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s spring 2015 commencement exercises.

Louk graduated from the School of Business, Master of Accountancy, Business: Accounting. For more information about UW-Madison, visit http://www.wisc.edu.

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The San Diego State University fall 2015 semester welcomed its first group of honors college inductees, including Lauren Case-Mcfate, a Sunland native and SDSU student studying environmental engineering.

SDSU’s Weber Honors College features a unique interdisciplinary curriculum made up of small, discussion-based seminars and innovative teaching techniques that promote active engagement in the subject area and prepare students for high-impact educational experiences beyond the classroom, including study abroad, research, leadership, service, and creative activity; and for future graduate work and successful careers regardless of their chosen field of study.

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The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut honored the 186 members of the Class of 2015 at a gathering on campus for the 99th commencement ceremony in May. Danielle Comorre from Tujunga was an honor roll student, a recipient of the Coaches’ Award for varsity softball, and was a tri-varsity athlete on the field hockey, girls’ ice hockey, and softball teams. Comorre also served as a dorm prefect and was a member of PRISM, a multicultural group on campus.

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Jae Eun Lee of La Crescenta, a member of the Colgate Class of 2018, has earned the dean’s award for academic excellence for the spring 2015 semester.

This recognition is awarded to students with a 3.30 or higher term average.

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. The university’s 575-acre campus in rural central New York is renowned for its beauty and for the important role it plays in the student experience.