The following local residents were named to Clark University’s fall 2025 Dean’s List: Oliver E. Briskin and Karina H. Fischman, both from La Crescenta were named to 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 daunting 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.

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Following the completion of each semester, Ohio University recognizes the academic achievements of its students by publishing the President’s, Dean’s and Provost’s Lists. Kimberly Chernich and Esther Wang, both from La Crescenta and Angela Sermanukyan of Tujunga earned spots on the Provost List. Ohio University strives to be the best student-centered, transformative learning community in America. Campuses and centers across the state serve students and online programs further advance the University’s commitment to providing educational access and opportunity. Visit www.ohio.edu for more information.

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Tufts University recently announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2025 semester. Dean’s List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. Veronica Habashy, Class of 2026, and Isabella Lim, Class of 2029, both from La Cañada Flintridge, earned spots on the Dean’s List. Tufts University is located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France. 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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Anna Heur was named to the Siena University President’s List for the fall 2025 semester. Heur is from La Canada Flintridge.
 The President’s List requires a 3.9 grade point average or higher.
 Founded in 1937, Siena University is a private, Catholic Franciscan, residential, liberal arts college with a student body of about 3,000. Siena offers 43 degree programs, 80-plus minors and certificate programs, and professional curricula in teacher preparation/education, pre-medical, pre-law and social work. A student-to-faculty ratio of 11-to-1, average class size of 21, rigorous academics, Division I athletics, intramural sports and widespread service and advocacy experiences nurture each student’s personal growth while providing the education for a lifetime.

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Normandale Community College announced its 2025 fall semester Dean’s List.    To earn a spot, students must be enrolled for at least nine credits and have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 for courses completed in the fall semester ending in December 2025. Among those who earned a spot on the Dean’s List is Russell Golub of Glendale.  Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota enrolls more than 16,000 students each school year and is the largest two-year college in Minnesota State. The colleges and universities of Minnesota State include 26 community and technical colleges and seven state universities serving approximately 270,000 students. It is the third-largest system of two-year colleges and four-year universities in the United States.

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Approximately 1,700 students were named to the Biola University Dean’s List in fall 2025. Biola students are placed on the Dean’s List to honor those with a GPA of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credits and whose cumulative GPA is at least 3.2. The following local residents were named to the Dean’s List: Silas Lee of La Crescenta, majoring in business administration and Prisca You, also of La Crescenta, majoring in health sciences; Emily Low of Sunland majoring in comm sciences disorders; Aiven Martinez of Tujunga majoring in Bible, theology, & apologetics. Biola celebrated its 118th anniversary on Feb. 25 since its founding in 1908. The university has seen the largest incoming class of both undergraduate and graduate students since 2019. With more than 5,000 students at its Southern California campus and around the world, Biola’s eight schools offer more than 250 academic programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. Recognized as the most comprehensive Christian university, ranked highest in North America for operationalizing its mission and ranked as one of the “Best National Universities” by U.S. News and World Report, Biola offers its students a premier educational and co-curricular experience. For more information, visit biola.edu or call (562) 777-4061.