Juneau students named to deans’ lists

The University of Wyoming, Northern Arizona University, and Sam Houston State University have released fall semester deans’ lists that include Juneau residents, according to emails from those universities.

Juneau’s Emily Lukshin was named to the dean’s list for the University of Wyoming. At the university, a student must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours and have earned a 3.4 or better grade-point average (3.25 or better as a freshman).

Juneau resident Anna Ham, the daughter of Tonya Essary, was named to Northern Arizona University, College of Engineering, Forestry & Natural Sciences Dean’s List for the Fall 2017 term. Students must earn a 3.5 GPA or better to be placed on the list.

Brita Fagerstrom of Juneau was named to Sam Houston State’s dean’s list for fall 2017. The list at that school is limited to students who have achieved a grade-point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not fewer than 12 semester hours.

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