Congrats to Local College Grads and Those Who Made it on the Dean's List

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Here are some college successes of local youth.

The following local residents were honored for receiving degrees from California Lutheran University at the Graduate Commencement Ceremony last month:

Lorena Torres of North Hollywood earned a Master of Business Administration degree in marketing.

Jason Cupp of Valley Village earned a Doctor of Education degree in higher education leadership.

Yuliya Kaminskaya of Valley Village earned a Master of Business Administration degree .

A total of 517 students were eligible to participate in the ceremony, the first commencement held in the university's new William Rolland Stadium.

The following local residents were among 610 students who made the Dean's List at California Lutheran University for the spring semester.

Thomas Manella of North Hollywood is a sophomore majoring in criminal justice .

Paul Smith of North Hollywood is a junior majoring in communication .

Students qualify for the Dean's List by maintaining a 3.6 grade point average in their academic subjects.

CLU is a selective university located in Thousand Oaks, Calif. It also offers graduate programs at centers in Oxnard and Woodland Hills and online. Doctoral degrees in educational leadership, higher education leadership and clinical psychology are also offered. Members of the CLU student body come from across the nation and around the world and represent a diversity of faiths and cultures. For more information, visit www.callutheran.edu.

The following students were named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis.

Lena Kelly of Studio City, CA (91604), was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Kelly is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences.

Andrew Marsh of Studio City, CA (91604), was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Marsh is enrolled in the university's John M. Olin School of Business.

Nathan Schoen of Studio City, CA (91604), was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Schoen is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences.

Gregory Comanor of Valley Village, CA (91607), was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Comanor is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences.

To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above.

Washington University is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 110 nations. The total student body is nearly 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

Cornell University's Peter Telesca of Valley Village has been placed on the Dean's List of the College of Arts and Sciences for Excellence in Scholarship for the Spring 2012 semester.

The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell University's largest undergraduate college. It provides a high-quality liberal arts education to its own students, and its courses are also accessible to all other students at Cornell. The college's faculty includes national and international leaders in their respective disciplines.

William Amon, a resident of Toluca Lake and a first year at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, is listed on the honor roll. To be listed on the SMU honor roll, students must be in the top 15 percent of their school of record. SMU's Spring 2012 enrollment included 10,471 students.

SMU is a nationally ranked private university in Dallas founded 100 years ago. Today, SMU enrolls nearly 11,000 students who benefit from the academic opportunities and international reach of seven degree-granting schools.

Congrats to all!