Andrew B. Nomoto of La Cañada Flintridge whose parents are Bruce and Kathy Nomoto graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College Class of 2022.

St. Olaf’s 300-acre campus is located in Northfield, Minnesota, approximately 40 miles south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. 

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Maia Tivony of Glendale, majoring in Stage and production management and a member of the Class of 2022, and Liquan Zheng of La Cañada Flintridge, majoring in media arts production and a member of the Class of 2025, were named to Emerson College’s dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. The requirement to make dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester.

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and 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–plus alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts. For more information, visit emerson.edu.

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Erica Um of La Crescenta was named to the dean’s list at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis for the spring semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester.

The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. Undergraduate degrees prepare students for health professions careers and serve as the foundation for graduate or professional study, while the University’s Doctor of Pharmacy program prepares students to be leaders and innovators in the profession of pharmacy.

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Andres Torres of La Crescenta earned the distinction of being included on the president’s honor list at Cal Poly Pomona. The distinction signifies that he demonstrated “exceptional academic standing during the 2021-22 academic year.”

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Local students were named to the dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis. They included (from La Cañada Flintridge) Katie Lee, enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences; Grace Li and Carsten Petersen, both enrolled in the university’s Olin Business School. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units.

From La Crescenta, Tyler Carlson, enrolled in the university’s McKelvey School of Engineering. To qualify for the dean’s list in the McKelvey School of Engineering, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 12 graded units.

And from Tujunga, Nathaniel Demoura, enrolled in the university’s Olin Business School. To qualify for the dean’s list in the Olin Business School, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units.

Washington University in St. Louis draws students to St. Louis from more than 100 countries and all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The total student body is more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.

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Ara Khoylyan of Glendale was among the 116 incoming medical students who received a white coat at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s 14th annual ceremony welcoming the Class of 2026.

The future doctors participated in a ceremony, held in common with virtually every other medical school in the nation, designed to introduce them to the profession. Students recited an oath acknowledging their responsibilities as future physicians and their obligations to future patients. Then they were cloaked with the white coat, the mantle of the medical profession.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth), located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is a member of the Geisinger family. Geisinger Commonwealth offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Danville, Lewistown, Scranton, Sayre and Wilkes-Barre. Geisinger Commonwealth offers Doctor of Medicine (MD) and a portfolio of graduate degrees. The school’s curriculum attracts the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its region, as well as from across the state and the nation. Visit www.geisinger.edu/gcsom.

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Hannah Whyley, who attends the Hankamer School of Business, and Robert Whyley, who attends the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University, both from Glendale, are among the more than 4,800 Baylor University students named to the dean’s academic honor list for the spring 2022 semester.

The dean’s academic honor list recognizes Baylor undergraduates who earned a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.70 with no grade lower than a “C” while enrolled in at least 12 graded semester hours.

Eric Albano from La Cañada Flintridge graduated with a Bachelor of Science in family and consumer sciences and apparel merchandising from the Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences.

For more information about Baylor University, visit www.baylor.edu.

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Joshua Christopher Schirripa of Tujunga graduated from Pacific University (Oregon) in May with a Doctor of Medical Science from the College of Health Professions.

Pacific University serves nearly 4,000 students in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, optometry and health professions. Pacific offers a transformational liberal arts foundation paired with meaningful professional preparation. Pacific is the No. 1 private research university in the Northwest, with campuses in Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Eugene, and Woodburn, Oregon.

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Ian Phillips from La Cañada is one of more than 4,500 students who began their collegiate journey at Utah State University, enrolling in the fall 2022 semester as a first-year college student. Phillips will attend USU at the USU Main campus.

Since its founding in 1888, Utah State University has evolved from a small-town college tucked away in the Northern Utah mountains to a thriving research university respected around the world. Students can choose from an array of academic and social opportunities at a university known throughout the world for its intellectual and technological leadership.

The mission of Utah State University is to be one of the nation’s premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities by fostering the principle that academics come first, by cultivating diversity of thought and culture, and by serving the public through learning, discovery and engagement.