Honors students named at UAF

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
07/07/09

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2009 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements.

Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list.

UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution with an enrollment of more than 9,000 students. Located 160 miles south of the Arctic Circle, UAF is the only doctoral-degree-granting institution in the state. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and subarctic, in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and global climate change.

The complete honors list is available at http://www.uaf.edu/news/honors/spring09.html.

CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at marmian.grimes@uaf.edu.

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