Dozens of students from the Poway and Rancho Bernardo area have recently earned academic honors and college degrees.
Mackenzie Rogers of Poway was named to the Spring 2023 Dean’s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
Rogers was among more than 2,000 students honored at the campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. To qualify, students had to earn at least a 3.75 GPA for the semester while completing at least 12 credit hours.
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Ethan Gilmour of the Rancho Bernardo area among the nearly 300 students who graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Gilmour earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business with a concentration in management.
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Anisia Dumitrascu of the Rancho Bernardo area was recently awarded a $1,000 study abroad grant from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Dumitrascu is one of 125 students nationwide to receive the award given to undergraduates seeking to expand their knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad.
The criminal justice major at San Diego State University will be attending the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Grant recipients were selected based on their academic achievement, campus and community service, relation of travel to academic preparation and career goals, a personal statement, letters of recommendation and acceptance into a study abroad program.
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Ohio Wesleyan University has named three students from the Rancho Bernardo area — Bryan Benavente, Henry Blom and Megan Knee — to its Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. To qualify at the campus in Delaware, Ohio, students had to earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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Coley O’Connor of Poway graduated magna cum laude from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. O’Connor, who majored in philosophy and theology, was among the 424 students to receive degrees during the May 2023 commencement ceremony.
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Brooke Tyler of the Rancho Bernardo area was among the 1,051 students who made the President’s List at Utah Tech University for the Spring 2023 semester. They represented nearly 10 percent of the university’s students.
To make the list, students had to earn a semester GPA of 3.9 or higher and complete a minimum of 15 credits at the campus in St. George, Utah.
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Grace Mihata of Poway was among the Spring 2023 graduates at Auburn University. Mihata earned a Bachelor of Science in business with an emphasis in marketing from the campus in Auburn, Alabama.
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Patrick Oh of Poway was named to the Dean’s List at Miami University for the 2023 spring semester. Oh is working on a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science.
To be honored, Miami University students had to rank in the top 20 percent of undergraduate students within their division during the semester. The campus is in Oxford, Ohio.
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Sydney Barnas of the Rancho Bernardo area was named to the Spring 2023 Dean’s List at Hofstra University. Barnas is a drama major.
To be honored at the campus in Hempstead, New York, students had to earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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Annabel Prodnuk of ZIP code 92127 has graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in games & simulation arts & sciences. Prodnuk was among the 1,957 students to earn degrees this spring from the campus in Troy, New York.
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Trevor Gaswirth of Poway has made the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the Spring 2023 semester at Baylor University. To be honored at the campus in Waco, Texas, students had to earn at least a 3.7 GPA while enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours.
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Two students from the Rancho Bernardo area made the University of Mississippi’s Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring 2023 semester. They are Alyssa Amaral, who is majoring in criminal justice, and Ava Zamadics, who is majoring in biological science.
To be listed at the campus in University, Mississippi, students had to earn a semester GPA of 3.50 to 3.74 and complete at least 12 graded hours.
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Two students from the Rancho Bernardo area have received academic honors from Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee.
Leilani Baker was named to the President’s List for earning a 4.0 GPA. Baker is working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art.
Elliha Baker was been named to the Dean’s List for earning a GPA of 3.4 or higher. Baker is working toward a Bachelor of Science in psychology.
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Dania Grant of Poway earned a Master of Arts in biology from Miami University through Project Dragonfly.
Since joining the Global Field Program master’s in 2020, Grant has traveled to Baja and Namibia, engaged with global conservationists in action projects through an online course, and conducted projects that have made a difference in the Poway area.
Grant’s Master Plan final portfolio was “Tall Tales and Small Scientists: Youth Conservation Education Through Storytelling.” Grant is the Wildlife Conservancy Fundraising Ambassador for San Diego Zoo Global.
Project Dragonfly is based in the biology department at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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Savannah Evanko of Poway earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in commerce & business administration from The University of Alabama. The campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama awarded over 5,885 degrees during its spring commencement ceremonies.
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Abilene Christian University has named two Poway students to its Dean’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2023 semester. They are Emi Aguilar, a sophomore majoring in advertising/public relations; and Lucy Wilkinson, a sophomore majoring in social work.
To be honored at the campus in Abilene, Texas, students had to achieve a 3.6 or higher GPA while enrolled in at least 12 credit hours.
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Two students from ZIP code 92127 were named to the Dean’s Honor List for the Spring 2023 semester at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. They are James Hunt, who is studying biomedical engineering; and Annabel Prodnuk, who is studying games and simulation arts & sciences.
To be honored, undergraduate students had to complete 12 or more credit hours with a GPA of 3.5 or better for that term.
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Tate Nelson of the Rancho Bernardo area was named to Albion College’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. Nelson is majoring in music education with a concentration in K-12 education.
To be honored at the campus in Albion, Michigan, students had to earn a GPA of 3.5 or better while taking four graded courses.
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Ethan Marasco of the Rancho Bernardo area was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Honors List for the 2023 Spring Quarter. Marasco is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in marketing. To be honored at the Milwaukee campus, undergraduate students had to earn a quarter GPA of 3.20 or higher.
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Lehigh University has named Dylan Morschl-Villa of ZIP code 92128 to its Spring 2023 Dean’s List. To be honored at the campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania students had to earn a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses.
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Matthew Hogan of the Rancho Bernardo area was among the more than 6,500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students to receive degrees or certificates during the University of Iowa’s 2023 commencement ceremony. Hogan received a certificate in leadership as part of the university’s Graduate Management Program. The campus is in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Cory Lin of Poway was among the more than 6,500 students who earned undergraduate, graduate or professional degrees from the University of Iowa in May.
Lin received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the university’s Carver College of Medicine at the Iowa City campus.
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Jenna Crowley of the Rancho Bernardo area has received two academic honors from the University of Iowa.
The second-year student majoring in English at the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was among the more than 7,100 undergraduates named to the Spring 2023 Dean’s List for earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher while completing at least 12 semester hours.
Crowley was also among the more than 1,100 undergraduate students named to the Spring 2023 President’s List for earning a 4.0 GPA while completing at least 12 semester hours for two consecutive semesters.
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Three local students have earned academic honors at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont.
Sarah Lawhorn of Poway was named to the Spring 2023 President’s List for being a full-time undergraduate student who earned a semester GPA of 4.0.
Sophia Righthouse of San Diego and Robert Wagenseller of Poway were named to the Spring 2023 Dean’s List. They are full-time undergraduate students who earned a semester GPA of at least 3.40.
