DeSales University

Students earn dean’s list

The following local students were named to DeSales University’s fall 2020 dean’s list. To qualify for dean’s list, a student must have a minimum 3.5 grade-point average with no fewer than 12 credit hours.

Bath: Alanna Hartzell, Marissa Shunk, Julia Maruscak, Melanie Hockman, Jennifer Stumer

Catasauqua: Gabrielle Barna, Nicholas Hertzog

Coplay: Christin Delahay, Chad Sodl

Danielsville: Luke Altemose

Northampton: Arianna Troxell, Xavier Gordon, Michael Horn, David Hicks, Bethany Skrapits, Caelyn Harryn, Zachary Kostantewicz

Walnutport: Hallie Muffley, Madison Macknis, Sarah Schmidt, Logan Marsh

Whitehall: Hagar Fadel, Brian Fox, Adrian Anatalio, Dung Nguyen, Travis Fenstermacher, Mechlen Zedan, Fedaa Jabir, Zachary Brodeur, Raneem Abdelaziz, Heba Salloum, Tiffany Le, Amanda Dobeck

DeSales University, in Center Valley, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts Salesian, Catholic university, under the leadership of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. Founded in 1965, the 550-acre suburban campus is located 50 miles north of Philadelphia and about 90 miles southwest of New York City.

A total enrollment of nearly 3,500 includes undergraduate day and evening students and graduate students. DeSales has approximately 135 full-time faculty members and offers more than 40 bachelor’s degrees, 12 graduate programs and more than 20 certificate programs in a wide range of disciplines. Many of these can be completed fully online.

Clarion University

Peters, Setar named to dean’s list

Alyson Peters and Stephanie Setar, both of Whitehall, earned at least a 3.5 GPA to be named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester at Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

Bucknell University

Dean’s list is announced

Bucknell University has released the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. A student must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean’s list recognition. The following students achieved dean’s list status.

Northampton: Drew Filchner, Class of 2022; Carly Masonheimer, Class of 2021

Whitehall: Aldo Alphonse, Class of 2021; Aries Contreras, Class of 2022

Located in Lewisburg, Bucknell University is a highly selective private liberal arts university that offers majors in the arts, engineering, humanities, management and social and natural sciences, along with broad opportunities outside of class, to its 3,600 undergraduates.

Graduate programs are available in select disciplines. Students benefit from a small student-faculty ratio of 9:1, personal attention from faculty, leadership opportunities and excellent graduation rates and career outcomes.