Dean’s list honors are earned by undergraduate students who carry 12 or more credit hours and achieve a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher on the 4.0 scale. Chan Kang of La Canada Flintridge and Caleb Lee of La Crescenta were named to the spring 2022 dean’s list.

Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) is a coeducational Christian liberal arts college noted for its rigorous academics, integration of faith and learning, and consistent ranking among the top liberal arts colleges in the country. For more information, visit wheaton.edu.

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From La Cañada Flintridge, freshman Hayden N. Henderson, who is majoring in general engineering, Gregory R. Navasarkian, who is majoring in computer science and Travis Lange from Tujunga, who is majoring in computer science, have earned spots on the scholastic honor roll for spring 2022 at Oregon State University.

A total of 7,150 students earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.

As one of only three universities in the nation designated as a land, sea, space and sun grant institution, Oregon State serves Oregon and the world by working on today’s most pressing issues. More than 34,000 students come from across the globe, and its programs operate in every Oregon county.

Oregon State receives more research funding than all of the state’s comprehensive public universities combined. Its campuses are located in Corvallis and Bend, marine research center in Newport and top-ranked Ecampus online degree programs.

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Olivia Garland of La Cañada Flintridge graduated from Emmanuel College on Saturday, May 14 during the college’s 100th commencement exercises on its campus in Boston. Garland received a Bachelor of Science in an individualized major of physiology and health studies during the ceremony.

Emmanuel College is a co-educational, residential institution with a 17-acre campus in the heart of Boston’s educational, scientific, cultural and medical communities. Emmanuel’s more than 70 programs in the sciences, liberal arts, business, nursing, and education foster spirited discourse and substantive learning experiences that honor the College’s Catholic educational mission to educate the whole person and provide an ethical and relevant 21st-century education.

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Riley Center of La Crescenta was named to the spring 2022 dean’s list at Western Carolina University. Center was among more than 1,200 students to achieve this honor. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher while completing a minimum of 12 credit hours.

As the westernmost institution in the University of North Carolina System, WCU attracts students from around the globe for its nationally ranked programs, affordability through NC Promise and exceptional student support. Recognized as a top adventure college and surrounded by the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, students can explore the region’s vast natural diversity through unrivaled experiential learning and recreational activities. Offering residential, hybrid and online programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees at our main campus in Cullowhee, WCU in Asheville located at Biltmore Park, and wherever students are through distance learning.

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The University of Hartford announced that Matthew D’Aleo of Sunland has been named to the dean’s list for spring 2022.

On its 350-acre campus alongside Connecticut’s capital city, approximately 4,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students representing 49 states and 44 countries come together for a common purpose: to collaborate across different disciplines, diversify perspectives and broaden worldviews. The University of Hartford is a four-year private university that offers degree programs spanning the arts, humanities, business, engineering and technology, education, and health professions. Visit hartford.edu to learn more.

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Bonnie Kim of La Crescenta was named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring 2022 semester. Kim is in the physician assistant program.

Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for dean’s list if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of “Incomplete,” “D” or “F;” and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

Rochester Institute of Technology is home to leading creators, entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers. Founded in 1829, RIT enrolls about 19,700 students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs, making it among the largest private universities in the U.S.

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The University of Utah congratulates the more than 8,000 graduates of the Class of 2022. Students in the Class of 2022 ranged in age from 21 to 73 and earned 8,702 degrees. Graduates represented 55 U.S. states and territories and 65 foreign countries.

Graduates from La Cañada include Grant Salter who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in summer 2021, Anna Terry who earned an honors Bachelor of Science degree in marketing in spring 2022, Claire Werner who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing in spring 2022, Cameron Kearl who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology in spring 2022; Wesley Fung of La Cañada Flintridge who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in games in spring 2022; Carla Kekejian of Glendale who earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in speech-language pathology and audiology in spring 2022.

The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 32,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 100 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace.

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Emerson College, the nation’s premier institution for the arts, communication, and the liberal arts, awarded more than 1,000 undergraduate degrees during its 142nd commencement at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, May 8.

Maia Tivony from Glendale was among the graduates and received a BFA in stage and production management.

Based in Boston, Massachusetts is opposite the historic Boston Common in the heart of the city’s Theatre District. Emerson College has 3,780 undergraduates and 670 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups. Emerson is known for its experiential learning programs in Los Angeles, the District of Columbia, the Netherlands, London, China and the Czech Republic as well as its new global portals, with the first program launching this fall in Paris. The College has an active network of 51,000-plua alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts.

For more information, visit emerson.edu.

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Ithaca College student Leo Gonta of La Crescenta was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester.

Founded in 1892, Ithaca College in New York is a residential college dedicated to building knowledge and confidence through a continuous cycle of theory, practice and performance. Home to some 5,200 students, the college offers more than 90 degree programs in its schools of business; communications; humanities and sciences; health sciences and human performance; and music, theatre, and dance.

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Olivia Garland of La Cañada Flintridge earned a spot on the dean’s list at Emmanuel College for the spring 2022 semester. To earn a spot on the dean’s list, Emmanuel students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for a 16-credit semester.

Emmanuel College is a co-educational, residential institution with a 17-acre campus in the heart of Boston’s educational, scientific, cultural and medical communities. Enrolling 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the College provides opportunities for students to expand their worldview through rigorous coursework, significant internship and career opportunities throughout the Boston area and beyond, collaborations with distinguished and dedicated faculty, and participation in a dynamic campus community. Emmanuel’s more than 70 programs in the sciences, liberal arts, business, nursing, and education foster spirited discourse and substantive learning experiences that honor the College’s Catholic educational mission to educate the whole person and provide an ethical and relevant 21st-century education.

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Willa P. Gore of Glendale, a freshman attending College of Design at the University of Michigan Twin Cities, earned a spot on the dean’s list. 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.

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Christian Cabello of La Cañada Flintridge was named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the winter semester ending in April 2022. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.92 or higher.

Cabello, the son of Paul S. Cabello and Barbara J. Cabello, is a 2021 graduate of La Cañada High School. He is a first year at Bates.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community.

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Katherine Festen of La Crescenta has been named to Purchase College’s dean’s list for the spring 2022 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 Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Purchase College, SUNY is a community of students, faculty, and friends where open-minded engagement with the creative process leads to a lifetime of intellectual growth and professional opportunity.

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Justin Kouyoumdjian of La Cañada Flintridge was among approximately 3,275 students across all schools who graduated from Tufts University. Justin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in community health.

Tufts University, located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France, is a research university in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions.

For more information about the College, visit www.purchase.edu.

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About 7,700 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 13 and 14, including students from La Crescenta and Glendale.

From La Crescenta, David Komjathy, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, earned a Bachelor of Science in microbiology; Charles Pingry, School of Human Ecology, earned a Bachelor of Science in personal finance.

From Glendale, Megan Gmelich, College of Letters and Science, earned a Bachelor of Arts, legal studies and political science; Conor McGrory, School of Business, earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, business: finance, investment and banking and business: real estate and urban land economics.

For more information about UW-Madison, visit http://www.wisc.edu.