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Gabrielle Xena Stanton of Sunland, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, was named a presidential scholar for the fall 2024 semester at Clarkson University.

Presidential scholars must achieve a minimum 3.80 grade-point average and carry at least 14 credit hours.

Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York is a proven leader in technological education, research, innovation and sustainable economic development. With its main campus in Potsdam and additional graduate program and research facilities in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley, Clarkson faculty has a direct impact on more than 7,800 students annually through nationally recognized undergraduate and graduate STEM designated degrees in engineering, business, science and health professions; executive education, industry-relevant credentials and K-12 STEM programs. Alumni earn salaries among the top 2% in the nation: one in five already leads in the c-suite. To learn more go to www.clarkson.edu.

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Thea Stefan from La Cañada Flintridge was named to the Miami University fall 2024 President’s List.
Miami University students ranked in the top 3% of undergraduate students within each division for the fall 2024 semester have been named to the President’s List recognizing academic excellence. Nationally recognized as one of the most outstanding undergraduate institutions, Miami University is a public university located in Oxford, Ohio. With a student body of over 22,600 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students, Miami effectively combines a wide range of strong academic programs with faculty who love to teach and the personal attention ordinarily found only at much smaller institutions.

For more information, visit MiamiOH.edu.

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Christian Cabello of La Cañada Flintridge was named to the Dean’s List at Bates College for the fall semester ending in December 2024. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.92 or higher.

Cabello is majoring in mathematics and minoring in Hispanic studies at Bates.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin.

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Lin Lee of Glendale has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lee is pursuing a non-degree program in biomedical sciences.

  To make the Dean’s List, students must have earned at least 12 credits for the fall 2024 semester and have no disqualifying grades. The GPA threshold varies by college – for the College of Education and the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate students must have at least a 3.7 to be named to the Dean’s List. 

  The undergraduate GPA requirement is 3.5 for the following colleges: the Diederich College of Communication, the College of Business Administration, the College of Health Sciences, the Opus College of Engineering and the College of Nursing. All other programs have a 3.75 GPA minimum.

  Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university that draws over 8,000 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate and professional students from nearly all states and more than 60 countries. In addition to its nationally recognized academic programs, Marquette is known for its service learning programs and internships as students are challenged to use what they learn to make a difference in the world. 

Find out more about Marquette at marquette.edu.

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Matthew Kaufmann of La Crescenta and Ryan Campbell of Sunland have been named to the fall 2024 Dean’s List of Southern New Hampshire University. The fall terms run from September to December.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired eight-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.