People Making News

Robert Loakes, of La Cañada Flintridge, is among the 217 high achieving students from Whittier College who made the fall 2012 dean’s list.

Undergraduate students are awarded dean’s list honors if he or she earns a 3.70 grade point average (GPA) while completing a full-time course load (12 units) in the fall and spring terms.

Founded by Quakers in 1887, Whittier College is an independent, four-year college offering a traditional liberal arts program integrated with both professional and pre-professional courses of study.

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Alexis Bicomong of Montrose earned a Bachelor of Science with a focus in criminal justice management from Union Institute & University in January 2013.

Union Institute & University, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a non-profit, accredited, private university specializing in adult and distance education since 1964.

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Elizabeth Charky, a member of the class of 2013 at Connecticut College and a resident of Montrose, has been named to the dean’s honors list for the 2012 fall semester.

At Connecticut College, located in New London, Conn., dean’s honors is a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.65, and dean’s high honors is a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.78.