Emily Belouin of Waterville awarded Kutztown University Presidents Academic Honors Scholarship
Kutztown University has awarded 137 President’s Academic Honors Scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, including to Emily Peyton Belouin of Waterville.
President’s Academic Honors Scholarships are awarded to high school seniors who have a 3.25 cumulative weighted high school GPA and a 1270 total on the SAT or 27 composite on the ACT. The student will receive $1,000 per year for four years as long as the student participates in the Honors program and completes a minimum of 30 credits per year.
KU’s Honors program requires students to complete a minimum of 21 credits of honors coursework, maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, complete 30 hours of community service by graduation, complete living and learning events, attend one Work in Progress Sessions and complete a capstone or senior honors thesis project.
Cloe King inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Cloe King of Eaton was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. King was initiated at State University of New York at Cortland.
King is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of undergraduate student Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different kind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic disciplines. Today, the Society has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States and the Philippines. Its mission is “To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”
Area students named to dean’s list at Paul Smith’s College
The following students were named to the dean’s list at Paul Smith’s College during the fall 2019 semester; each earned a semester average of 3.3 or higher to receive this distinction:
- Johnathan Wood of De Ruyter, majoring in baking arts and service management
- James Rounds of Canastota, majoring in parks and conservation management
- Meghan Austin of Eaton, majoring in baking arts
Elmira College dean’s list for fall 2019 term
Elmira College released its dean’s list for academic achievement for the fall 2019 term. The dean’s list recognizes full-time undergraduate students who were registered for at least 12 computable credit hours and who earned a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher. Students recognized included Anna Kempf of New Woodstock and Elizabeth Shephard of Cazenovia.