Oregon State University graduated more than 7,300 students during ceremonies on Saturday, June 11 at Reser Stadium on the Corvallis campus and Sunday, June 12 at the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend.

Over 7,574 degrees were presented with 250 students receiving two degrees and three who received three degrees.

Local students who graduated included from Burbank: Brittany Morales, Bachelor of Science, animal sciences; Emma Reiter, Bachelor of Science, cum laude, psychology; Timothy Yoon, Bachelor of Science, computer science; from Glendale: Isabella Daher, Doctor of Pharmacy, pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy (four-year); Sophia Daher, Bachelor of Science, cum laude, public health; Grant James, Bachelor of Science, finance; Jonathan Krol, Bachelor of Science, computer science; Olivia Maurer, Bachelor of Science, psychology; Karla Miller, Bachelor of Arts, German; from La Canada Flintridge: Tessa Coffey, Bachelor of Science, cum laude, art; from Montrose: Runa Maeda, Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, speech communication; from Tujunga: Marcelino Martinez, Bachelor of Science, kinesiology.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science students Megan Gmelich, from La Caañda Flintridge, and Eliza Sullivan, from Glendale, were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester of the 2021-22 academic year.  

To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the distinction.

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Jared Nishimura of La Cañada, who is majoring in electrical & computer engineering at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, was named to the spring 2022 president’s list. The president’s list recognizes students who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester to receive this honor.

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Julia Cha of La Cañada graduated from Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts in organismal biology and ecology.

Colorado College awarded 500 Bachelor of Arts degrees and 13 Master of Arts in teaching. The ceremony marked CC’s 148th academic year.

Colorado College was founded in Colorado Springs in 1874. In 1970 the college created the Block Plan, in which its approximately 2,300 undergraduate students take one class at a time in intensive three-week segments. A master of arts in teaching degree also is offered.

For more information, visit www.coloradocollege.edu.

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Diana Curtis Kim of Glendale was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College on May 22. Kim majored in environmental studies. She also earned dean’s high honors.

The following students from Glendale earned placement on the college’s dean list: Amanda Brady, 2025, dean’s high honors, undeclared, and Matthew Gottfried, 2025, dean’s high honors, undeclared.

Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college of 1,800 students located on a 750-acre arboretum campus in New London, overlooking Long Island Sound and the Thames River.

For more information, see www.conncoll.edu.