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The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the Dean’s List after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic year. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12…

The University of Southern Mississippi has released its President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 spring semester. The President’s List includes full-time students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average (all A’s). Students recognized on the President’s List from the local area include: Jayess – Haven Johnson Busbin, Samuel Cole Powell, Alyssa Tayia Thompson,…

Jones College in Ellisville has announced the 2021 spring semester Honor Roll scholars. Full-time students with 15 hours or more and who maintain the following grade-point averages will make the Honor Roll: President’s List–4.0; Dean’s List–3.99-3.5: Faculty List–3.49-3.0. Local students named to the President’s List include Sydney Ruth Pevey, of Jayess; Rebecca Jamison Speights, of…

Mississippi State University has announced the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 spring semester. Students on the President’s List achieved a 3.80 or better grade-point average, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of course work with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C. Local students named…

Mississippi State University has released a list of students graduating for the 2021 spring term. Honor graduates include all bachelor-degree candidates with exceptional scholastic averages and at least half the total required course hours earned at MSU. Their specific levels of recognition and the minimum required averages for each, based on a 4.0 scale, include:…

Lauren Halase Jackson has received a Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Alabama. UA awarded some 5,860 degrees during its spring commencement ceremonies April 30 through May 2. Jackson is a native of Jayess currently residing in Ridgeland. The University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa, offers its students a premier educational,…

Hinds Community College President’s and Dean’s Scholars have been named for the spring 2021 semester. President’s Scholars are those with a cumulative 4.0 grade point average. Local students recognized as spring 2021 President’s Scholars are Daquori Hooker, Stephen Jasper, both of Monticello; Pedro Casas, of New Hebron; and Kadarra Johnson, of Sontag. Deans’ Scholars are…

Michellee Johnson, of Monticello, was named to the Dean’s List at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., during the recently completed spring 2021 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the dean’s list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or…

The University of Mississippi recently announced students named to the Spring 2021 Honor Roll lists, including Chancellor’s and Dean’s Honor Roll. Maianh Ngoc Tran, of Jayess, was named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.0. The following students were named to the Dean’s Honor Roll,…