Belmont Univ.

Area student

on dean's list

Rachel Bennicoff of New Tripoli was named to the fall 2013 dean's list at Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.

Eligibility for dean's list is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

Providence

Kempton resident

on dean's list

Austin King of Kempton, a member of the class of 2016, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2013 semester at Providence College, Providence, R.I.

To qualify for dean's list status, a student must achieve at least a 3.55 grade point average with a minimum of 12 credits.

Millersville

Students named

to dean's list

The following local residents were named to the dean's list for the fall 2013 semester at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millers- ville.

Kempton: Magenta Hensinger, Nathan Vogels;

Kutztown: Rachel Stump;

To qualify for dean's list status, a student must earn a semester grade-point-average of 3.50 or higher and attempted at least 12 credits of course work.

Bloomsburg

Local residents

on dean's list

The following students were named to the dean's list for the fall semester of the 2013-14 academic year at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg.

To qualify for dean's list, a student must earn a quality point average of 3.5 or higher (based on 4.0) during the semester.

Germansville: Jennifer Lauren Groller, Jaryd M. Karpyn, Sean T. Nagle;

New Tripoli: Michael P. Oswald, Timothy Allen Schaeffer; and

Slatington: Joshua D. Caley, Alexa N. Muhr, Emily A. Uetz.

IUP

Local students

named scholars

The following student has been recognized as a Provost Scholar at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa.

New Tripoli: Kyra E. Barron, Bachelor of Science in communications media; Melissa Lynn Wessner, Bachelor of Science in nursing;

At the start of the fall semester, any undergraduate student who meets the following requirement was eligible to be named a Provost Scholar: a current junior with a minimum of 45 semester hours with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Provost Scholar recognition is given only once during a student's time of study at IUP.

Lebanon

NWL graduate

is peer mentor

Jacob A. Kasprenski of Orefield, was selected to serve as a peer mentor during the 2013-2014 academic year at Lebanon Valley College, Annville.

Kasprenski, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, is a graduate of Northwestern Lehigh High School.

LVC's peer mentor program begins during orientation and continues throughout the first semester.

This program eases the transition of new students to LVC.

The primary goals of the program are for new students to succeed socially and academically, to ensure that each new student has an upper-class student from whom they can seek assistance, and to help students become well acquainted with other new students.

New and transfer students are assigned to a group composed of 10 other students who likely share the same major.

Every group is led by a peer mentor, an upper-class student who has displayed leadership ability and a willingness to assist new students during their first year of college.

Peer mentors serve as positive role models and acquaint all new students with LVC's structure, services, and culture.