Sarah Dea of La Cañada Flintridge earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for fall 2024 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.

The Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is one of the top public research universities in the U.S. developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.

The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts and sciences degrees, as well as professional development and K-12 programs for fostering success at every stage of life. Its more than 53,000 undergraduate and graduate students represent 54 U.S. states and territories and more than 143 countries. They study at the main campus in Atlanta, at instructional sites around the world, and through distance and online learning.

As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the southeast and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.

For more information, visit gatech.edu.

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Tufts University recently announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester. Dean’s List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

Veronica Habashy, Class of 2026, Dylan Tanouye, Class of 2027 and Isabella Lim, Class of 2029, all from La Cañada Flintridge, earned a place on the Dean’s List.

Tufts University is located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville, Grafton, Massachusetts, and Talloires, France. It is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across the university’s schools is widely encouraged.

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Clark University announced that Oliver E. Briskin and Karina H. Fischman, both from La Crescenta, were named to the fall 2024 Dean’s List first honors.

Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.

Founded in 1887, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university that prepares its students to meet tomorrow’s most challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities. Through 33 undergraduate majors, more than 30 advanced degree programs, and nationally recognized community partnerships, Clark fuses rigorous scholarship with authentic world and workplace experiences that empower our students to pursue lives and careers of meaning and consequence.

www.clarku.edu

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Serena Shin of La Crescenta earned a Bachelor of Science cum laude in accounting from University of Maryland Global Campus in fall 2024. Shin was one of nearly 5,900 students worldwide who earned degrees from UMGC in the fall 2024 term.

University of Maryland Global Campus was founded more than 75 years ago specifically to serve the higher education needs of working adults and military service members. Today, UMGC is the largest provider of postsecondary education in Maryland and continues its global tradition with online and hybrid courses, more than 175 classroom and service locations worldwide, and more than 135 degrees and certificates backed by the reputation of a state university and the University System of Maryland. 

For more information, visit umgc.edu.

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William Kim of La Cañada Flintridge was among the more than 8,700 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the Dean’s List for the 2024 fall semester.

Guidelines for inclusion on the list are: degree seeking undergraduate students in the Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Public Health, the Tippie College of Business, and University College who achieved a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher on 12 semester hours or more of UI graded coursework during a given semester or summer session and who have no semester hours of “I” (incomplete) or “O” (no grade reported) during the same semester are recognized by inclusion on the Dean’s List for that semester.

Undergraduate students in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine may qualify for the Dean’s List with fewer than 12 semester hours of graded credit, if deemed appropriate by the college

College of Nursing students participating in clinical courses who have a total of 12 semester hours of earned credit, with eight semester hours of graded credit with a GPA of 3.50 or higher

To learn more about the University of Iowa, visit https://uiowa.edu/.