Local Students Named to Dean's List at Roger Williams University

The following local residents are among those to be named to the Roger Williams University Dean's List for the Fall 2012 semester:

• Ellington resident Brianna Mellen, majoring in Marine Biology

• Somers resident Lauren Astone, majoring in Criminal Justice

• Somers resident Brianna Herbert, majoring in Elementary Education

• Somers resident Matthew Hoff, majoring in Finance

• Somers resident Daniel McDonald, majoring in Psychology

Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean's List that semester.

About RWU: Roger Williams University, located in Bristol, R.I., is a leading independent, coeducational university with programs in the liberal arts and the professions, where students become community- and globally-minded citizens through project-based, experiential learning. Offering 43 majors and a plethora of co-curricular activities as well as study abroad options, RWU is dedicated to the success of students, commitment to a set of core values, the pursuit of affordable excellence and to providing a relevant, world-class education above all else. In the last decade, the University has achieved unprecedented successes including recognition as one of the best colleges in the nation by Forbes, a College of Distinction by Student Horizons, Inc. and as both a best college in the Northeast and one of the nation's greenest universities by The Princeton Review.

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