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Achievements: Students from Inland Northwest earn academic honors

Students from the Inland Northwest have earned academic honors nationwide for the autumn 2015 semester. Grade-point averages (GPA) are calculated on a 4.0 scale. Spokane resident Marshall Jolly has been named to the president’s honor roll at Bismarck State College in North Dakota after earning a GPA of 3.5 or more.
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Inland Northwest students earn academic honors

Students from the Inland Northwest have earned academic honors nationwide for the spring 2015 semester. Grade-point averages (GPA) are calculated on a 4.0 scale, unless otherwise noted. • Spokane resident Jessica Fisher earned a 3.925 GPA and was named to the honor roll at Central Washington University’s College of Arts and Humanities.
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Area residents named to UM spring dean’s list

The University of Montana, in Missoula, has named several local residents to the spring 2015 semester dean’s list. Students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or more on a 4.0 scale to be named to the list. The students are: Ashlee Pedersen, of Mead; Jesse Miller and Michelle Tatko, both of Spokane; Wendy Gregory and Shanna Thompson, both of Spokane Valley.
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WSU honors spring graduates

Washington State University has announced residents of Eastern Washington and North Idaho who graduated with bachelor’s degrees or doctorates in the spring 2015 semester. Graduates are listed by their hometowns and field of studies. Bachelor’s degrees Eastern Washington
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NIC spring dean’s list

North Idaho College recently named area residents to the spring 2015 semester dean’s list. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.75 or more. Students are listed by their hometowns (listings for Idaho towns beginning with A through G were published Monday). Idaho
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NIC names area students to spring dean’s list

North Idaho College recently named area residents to the spring 2015 semester dean’s list. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.75 or more. Students are listed by their hometowns. Idaho
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EWU spring dean’s honor roll

Eastern Washington University announced its dean’s honor roll for the spring quarter 2015. Students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or more on a 4.0 grade scale to be named to the honor roll. Students are listed by their hometowns (listings A through D were published July 15 in the Food section.) Edwall: Shayla Mayer.
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WSU posts spring dean’s list

Washington State University recently named area residents to the president’s honor roll for the spring 2015 semester. Students must achieve a grade-point average of at least 3.75 on a 4.0 scale in a single semester or a cumulative 3.5 grade-point average to be named to the honor roll. Students are listed by their hometowns. Airway Heights: Lisa Adams; Katherine Hipps.
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Innate kindness shows in all of Medical Lake grad’s pursuits

Even when his face was bleeding after being knocked down, or after he was hit hard on his hip during the first play of a game, Jackson Tappero demonstrated sportsmanship. That, plus his innate kindness, earned Tappero recognition and respect from his coaches and peers at Medical Lake High School. During his years at the school, Tappero was a varsity athlete who participated in football, wrestling and track while maintaining a 3.872 grade-point average.
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Switch to alternative high school made all the difference

The first instrument Sydney Casch learned to play was the piano. She learned in the seventh grade and it sparked a passion for music that would carry her through difficult times in school. She attended Davenport High School until her junior year. She excelled in band and enjoyed playing sports, but she had fallen behind in her classes. On top of feeling overwhelmed by her studies, Casch also said that she was in a bad crowd.
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EWU’s winter honor roll

This concludes Eastern Washington University’s dean’s honor roll for the winter quarter 2015. Students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or more on a 4.0 grade scale to be named to the honor roll. Eastern Washington residents are listed by their hometowns:
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EWU posts winter quarter dean’s honor roll

Eastern Washington University announced its dean’s honor roll for the winter quarter 2015. Students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or more on a 4.0 grade scale to be named to the honor roll. Spokane County and North Idaho residents are listed by their hometowns:
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Students from area earn university academic honors

Students from the Inland Northwest have earned academic honors nationwide for the autumn 2014 semester. Grade-point averages are calculated on a 4.0 scale, unless otherwise noted. • Sarah Andrews, of Colbert, and Stephen Sanchez, of Spokane, have been named to the dean’s list at Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, in Omaha, Nebraska, after earning a grade-point average of 3.5 or more for the semester.
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Area residents complete basic military training

Several area residents have graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio. • Air Force Airman Noah Rake is the son of Dawn Oxford, of Temple, Texas, and Charles Rake, of Spokane.
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Achievements: Students earn academic honors

Students from the area have earned academic honors nationwide for the fall 2014 semester. Grade-point averages are calculated on a 4.0 scale, unless otherwise noted. • Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale, Michigan, named Jacob Thackston to the dean’s list for earning a grade-point average of 3.4 or more for the semester. He is the son of Spokane residents Jason and Julie Thackston.
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Students earn honors

Students from the Inland Northwest have earned academic honors nationwide for the autumn 2014 semester. Grade-point averages are calculated on a 4.0 scale, unless otherwise noted. • Logan Rogers, of Spokane, has been named to the president’s list at Gonzaga University after he earned a grade-point average of 3.7 or more for the semester.
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Achievements: GU students earn honors

Area residents were recently named to the fall semester 2014 dean’s list and president’s list at Gonzaga University. Students are listed by their hometowns. Dean’s list
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Area residents graduate from military training

Air Force Airman Shannon Torrence has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Torrence is the daughter of Christine Summerall, of Spokane, and a 2014 graduate of Shadle Park High School. • Army Spc. Justin Roberts has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Roberts is the son of Spokane resident David Roberts. He graduated in 2009 from Gonzaga Preparatory School and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013 from Eastern Washington University.