On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Kennesaw State announced its summer semester 2019 honorees for the President’s List and the Dean’s List, with hundreds of KSU students on each list.
According to the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, over 600 KSU students were honored by the President’s List for their studies this summer. According to Merit Pages, over 700 KSU students made the Dean’s List.
According to KSU’s academic catalog, the Dean’s List honors students who earned a grade point average of at least 3.5. The President’s List is to honor students who receive a 4.0 GPA for that semester. The catalog states that in order to make either list, a student must also be enrolled in at least nine credit hours of classes that award letter grades.
The summer semester is shorter than fall and spring semester classes, having 10-week sessions, eight-week sessions, six-week sessions and four-week sessions, compared to the usual 15-week classes for fall and spring.
The Dean’s and President’s Lists are a way for KSU to recognize the academic achievement of its students. Being recognized during the fast-paced semester has brought motivation to some of the students who made the list.
Students like senior history major Amber Tubbs have a personal goal to make one of the lists each semester. Tubbs said that being on the list is not so much about her career, but so she can stay focused in school.
“Being on the President’s and Dean’s List has been a goal of mine every semester,” Tubbs said.
Tubbs made Dean’s List in Summer 2019.
“I wasn’t sure that I was on the summer deans list because I did not know that the summer deans list existed,” junior biology major Jeremiah Oh said. “I do like being able to look back and see my hard work that I did throughout the semester.”
Oh was recognized on the President’s List in Summer 2019.