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Student Irene Lee of La Crescenta was named to the spring 2025 Provost’s List for Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions. At the end of each semester, Ohio University’s undergraduate students are evaluated based on their semester GPA and hours to determine placement on the President’s List, Dean’s List or Provost’s List.

The Provost’s List recognition is shared with high-achieving, part-time undergraduate students who exemplify academic success. Qualifying students must possess a 3.5 or greater GPA and between 6 and 11.99 credit hours attempted for letter grades that are used to calculate GPA.

In spring semester 2025, approximately 2,180 of Ohio University’s part-time undergraduate students qualified for the Provost’s List. A complete listing is available online.

Student Kimberly Chernich of La Crescenta has been named to Ohio’s spring 2025 Dean’s List.

The Dean’s List recognizes undergraduate students who complete a particular semester with a GPA between 3.5 and 3.999 with a minimum of 12 credit hours attempted for letter grades that are used to calculate GPA.

In spring semester 2025, approximately 6,700 Ohio University undergraduate students qualified for the Dean’s List. A complete listing is available online.

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Bucknell University has released the Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean’s list recognition. 

Among those who earned a spot on the list is Jackson Greninger from Glendale, Class of 2027, who is majoring in computer science and engineering.

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Emerson College awarded approximately 1,000 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2025 during the 145th commencement at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

Among those degrees presented was one to Nicole Smith of Tujunga who received a BFA in theatre and performance and Liquan Zheng of La Cañada Flintridge who received a BFA in media arts production.

Victoria Romano of Sunland, who is majoring in stage and production management and is a member of the Class of 2028, and Nicole Smith of Tujunga, who majored in theatre and performance and is a member of the Class of 2025, were.

named to Emerson College’s Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester. To make the Dean’s List, students must have a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester.

Emerson College in Boston is dedicated to the arts and communication, educating and inspiring storytellers and artists to impact and advance creative industries and media throughout the world. Distinguished faculty spearhead a dynamic curriculum, and guide several thousand undergraduate students and 1,300 graduate students to exhibit an unyielding spirit of creativity, professionalism, and critical thought, to transform lives, and make a profound impact on our community and beyond.

For more information, visit emerson.edu.

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Amanda Madison Whiting was among 624 graduates at McNeese State University to receive a degree during the university’s 164th commencement. She graduated magna cum laude and received a Bachelor of Science degree in management. She earned placement on the President’s Honor List for the spring 2025 semester. 

The spring class of 2025 included graduates from 38 parishes, 17 states and 14 countries and 650 degrees were awarded, including 35 associate degrees, 536 bachelor’s degrees, 78 master’s degrees and one doctoral degree.

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Connor Kaprielian was named to The University of Alabama Dean’s List for spring semester 2025.

A total of 14,289 students enrolled during spring semester 2025 at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all As). 

The UA Dean’s and President’s Lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.

For more information visit news.ua.edu.

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Thea Stefan of La Cañada was named to the Dean’s List at Miami University for the 2025 spring semester.

Miami University students who are ranked in the top 20% of undergraduate students within their division for the 2025 spring semester have been named to the Dean’s List recognizing academic performance.

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Lin Lee of Glendale has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lee is pursuing a non-degree program in biomedical sciences.

 To make the Dean’s List, students must have earned at least 12 credits for the spring 2024 semester and have no disqualifying grades. The GPA threshold varies by college – for the College of Education and the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate students must have at least a 3.7 to be named to the Dean’s List. 

The undergraduate GPA requirement is 3.5 for the following colleges: the Diederich College of Communication, the College of Business Administration, the College of Health Sciences, the Opus College of Engineering and the College of Nursing. 

All other programs have a 3.75 GPA minimum.