People Making News

Katherine Festen of La Crescenta was named to Purchase College’s dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. Festen is studying theatre and performance, anthropology.

To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must carry a semester GPA of 3.5 for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science programs and 3.75 for Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Music Performance programs. They must take a minimum of 12 credits.

Purchase College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) network of 64 universities and colleges, was founded in 1967 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. For more information about the College, visit www.purchase.edu.

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Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a grade point average of 3.4 or greater. The following earned dean’s list honors: from La Cañada Flintridge Veronica Habashy, Rucha Kadam and Caroline Nowak. Kadam and Nowak graduated from Tufts University in May.

Tufts University, located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States.

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Sarah Hansen, whose parents are Christopher Hansen and Lloyd Wong and is studying Chinese, was named to the St. Olaf College dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester.

The dean’s list recognizes students with a semester grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4-point scale.

One of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf challenges students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.

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Sophomore Willa P Gore from Glendale, who attends University of Minnesota – College of Design, was named to the 2023 spring semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average.