WCU announces dean’s list students for fall 2012

Published 6:34pm Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A total of 2,034 students at Western Carolina University were named to the dean’s list for fall semester 2012, according to Angi Brenton, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must achieve at least a 3.5 grade-point average out of a possible 4.0 on a regular semester’s work of not less than 12 hours, excluding remedial courses, with no grade of D or F.

Students from Polk County making the list include:

Abigail Faith Hall of Columbus, Angelina Joann Lilly of Columbus, Brittany Nicole Conner of Mill Spring, Samantha Jean Mazzilli of Mill Spring, Brandy Leigh Bradley of Saluda, Christin Ashley Jones of Saluda, Kayla Danielle Shipman of Saluda, Matthew Sanders Alexander of Tryon, William Deshea Briscoe of Tryon, Robert Brett Butler of Tryon, Sofia C. Lilly of Tryon, Lindsey Michelle Newsom of Tryon and Chad Michael Ross of Tryon.

– article submitted by Randall Holcombe

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