Frederic Brandt of Glendale (91208) and Jason Rowton of La Cañada were among the more than 400 students named to the Fort Lewis College dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester. These students took at least 15 credits of gradable hours and achieved a 3.60 or higher grade point average.

Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado is the Southwest’s crossroads of education and adventure. Small classes and academic programs and a liberal arts perspective leads to transformative learning experiences that foster entrepreneurship, leadership, creative problem solving and life-long learning.

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Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad announced that Dojun Kim of La Crescenta has been named to the dean’s list for the first, second and third grading periods of the 2018-19 school year. Students with a grade point average of 3.80 or higher are named to the dean’s list. Kim is from the Class of 2022.

Yung Erickson of La Cañada has been named to the honor roll for the third grading period of the 2018-19 school year. Erickson is from the Class of 2022.

Students with a grade point average of 3.50 or higher are named to the honor roll.

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Georgia Jane Cervenka of La Cañada, who is majoring in general engineering, and Danika C. Christensen of La Cañada, who is majoring in biological sciences, have been named to the fall 2018 dean’s list at Clemson University in South Carolina.

To be named to the dean’s list, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.

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Anthony Avellano of La Crescenta was named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York for the 2018 fall semester. Avellano is in the photographic and imaging arts program.

Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for dean’s list if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of “Incomplete,” “D” or “F;” and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

Founded in 1829, Rochester Institute of Technology – RIT – enrolls about 19,000 students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs, making it among the largest private universities in the U.S.

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Sydney Lew of La Cañada Flintridge and Anica Quizon of La Crescenta earned second honors and Sophia Austin, Madeleine Braun and Samantha Lee of La Cañada, Anne Bishop and Rodrigo Torres of La Cañada Flintridge and Erin Cross of Glendale (91208) earned first honors in the fall semester of 2018 at University of San Diego. First honors students have a grade point average of 3.65 or higher; second honors students have a grade point average between 3.4 and 3.64.

The University of San Diego boasts 8,000 students from 77 countries and 44 states and is the youngest, independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States.

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Matthew Schetina, a graduate of Crescenta Valley High School, earned academic distinction for the most recent semester at Whitman College. This recognition is given to students who have completed a minimum of 12 credits, passed all credits attempted, and have earned a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on no fewer than nine graded credits during the semester.

Founded in 1882, Whitman College is a highly selective private, independent, co-educational, non-sectarian residential liberal arts college located in Walla Walla, Washington. The college is home to approximately 1,500 undergraduates exploring 45 departmental majors that lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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La Cañada Flintridge resident Sean King, Class of 2020 at Connecticut College in New London, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2018 fall semester, achieving dean’s honors. King is a computer science major.

Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal college located on a 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound and the Thames River. Its educational approach, “Connections,” integrates everything its 1,800 students experience there – classes, majors, study abroad, internships, even residence hall and campus life – so they learn how to look at problems from multiple angles and find value in differing points of view.

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Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts recently announced the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester. Among students earning dean’s list honors are: Charlotte Leis, Ryan Newquist, Katharine Pinney and Kevin Sung from La Cañada Flintridge and Leo Mandani from La Crescenta.

Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

Tufts University 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.

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Several local residents made the academic deans’ list at Azusa Pacific University. These students are honored for a fall 2018 grade point average of 3.5 or better. They are joined by 1,976 students receiving the same honor.

From La Crescenta: Gary Bondy, Grace Ko, Matthew Manalo, Kristen Pinchbeck, Sarah Rubin and Hannah Sy; from La Cañada Flintridge: Yujin Chu, Abigail Frederich, Charis Gee, Timothy Gee, Ian Lee; Nicholas Lee of La Cañada Flintridge; from Tujunga: Megan Fish and Jun Kim; from Sunland Gabriella Gettings and Nadia Khamoo; and Kieran O’Neill of Glendale (91208).

Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical, Christian university committed to God first and excellence in higher education. It offers 61 bachelor’s degrees, 45 master’s degrees, 24 certificates, 12 credentials, and eight doctoral programs.

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Elizabeth Toomarian of La Cañada graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Education, with a doctorate of philosophy, educational psychology.

More than 3,320 students received degrees from the University during the winter commencement ceremony on Dec. 16. About 1,300 graduates took part.

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Richard Hathaway of La Cañada Flintridge was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Hathaway is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences.

To qualify for the dean’s list in the College of Arts & Sciences, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units.

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Harvard-Westlake School graduate Katie Kim of La Cañada Flintridge, a member of the Colgate Class of 2022 and a classics major, and Capistrano Connections Academy graduate Colin Apel of La Cañada Flintridge, a member of the Colgate Class of 2021 and a biology major, earned the fall 2018 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. To earn the award, students must have a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses for a conventional letter grade.

Colgate offers 56 majors to a student body of approximately 2,900 undergraduate students and it 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.

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Aidan Phillips of La Cañada Flintridge has been placed on the Gettysburg College deans’ commendation list for outstanding academic achievement in the fall 2018 semester.

Students with a quality point average in the range of 3.300 to 3.599 for a semester’s work are placed on the college’s deans’ commendation list.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition.