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Emily Belouin of\nWaterville awarded Kutztown University Presidents Academic Honors Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kutztown University has awarded 137 President’s Academic\nHonors Scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, including to Emily Peyton\nBelouin of Waterville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President’s Academic Honors Scholarships are awarded to high\nschool seniors who have a 3.25 cumulative weighted high school GPA and a 1270\ntotal on the SAT or 27 composite on the ACT. The student will receive $1,000\nper year for four years as long as the student participates in the Honors\nprogram and completes a minimum of 30 credits per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KU’s Honors program requires students to complete a minimum\nof 21 credits of honors coursework, maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25,\ncomplete 30 hours of community service by graduation, complete living and\nlearning events, attend one Work in Progress Sessions and complete a capstone\nor senior honors thesis project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloe King inducted\ninto The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloe King of Eaton was recently initiated into The Honor\nSociety of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline\ncollegiate honor society. King was initiated at State University of New York at\nCortland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty,\nprofessional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.\nMembership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a\nchapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are\neligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number\nof candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty,\nprofessional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of\nundergraduate student Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different\nkind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic\ndisciplines. Today, the Society has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the\nUnited States and the Philippines. Its mission is “To recognize and\npromote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the\ncommunity of scholars in service to others.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area students named\nto dean’s list at Paul Smith’s College<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following students were named to the dean’s list at Paul\nSmith’s College during the fall 2019 semester; each earned a semester average\nof 3.3 or higher to receive this distinction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n