People Making News

Amy Michelle Hall, daughter of Henry and Debra Hall of La Crescenta, graduated from Dickinson College on May 20 with a BA in Medieval & Early Modern studies. Hall is a graduate of Polytechnic High School.

Dickinson College, located in historic Carlisle, Penn., was chartered in 1783. The private, national liberal-arts college is home to 2,400 students from around the nation and the globe.

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Bard College at Simon’s Rock announced that Eleanor Cardell of La Cañada Flintridge earned a place on the dean’s list for the spring semester of her sophomore year. To be eligible for this honor, a student must carry 14 or more credits and achieve a grade point average of 3.5.

Cardell made the dean’s for her distinguished work overall.

Bard College at Simon’s Rock (www.simons-rock.edu) has been a leader in educational innovation for more than 40 years. The first early college Simon’s Rock is the only residential college in the country specifically designed to let bright, highly motivated students begin college immediately after the 10th or 11th grade.

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Mallory LeeWong graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Political Econ cum laude from Colorado College.

LeeWong is the daughter of Elaine and John LeeWong of La Cañada.

The college awarded 525 undergraduate degrees and five master of arts in teaching degrees at its 130th commencement ceremony held on May 21 outdoors on Armstrong Quad.

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Daniel Gordon and Natalie Sherif, both of La Cañada, qualified for the dean’s commendation list at Gettysburg College. Students with a quality point average of 3.33 or higher for a semester’s work are placed on the deans’ commendation list.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition that includes Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate and other distinguished scholars among its alumni.