Katherine Festen from La Crescenta has been named to Purchase College’s dean’s list for the spring 2021 semester. Festen is studying theatre and performance.

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 Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Today, 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. For more information about the College, visit www.purchase.edu.

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The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,000 of its newest alumni during the University’s 135th commencement. Among the graduates was Caitlin Elizabeth Smith of Glendale who received a Bachelor of Science in psychology, summa cum laude.

More than 3,700 undergraduate degrees and 680 graduate degrees were conveyed to students during nine individual ceremonies held over three days in May.

Students who received the honor summa cum laude graduated with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.7.

Founded in 1892, the University of Rhode Island is the principal public flagship research and graduate institution in Rhode Island. Competitive and highly regarded, its 14,500 undergraduate students and more than 2,250 graduate students represent 48 states and 76 countries across the globe.