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A group of Eastern Connecticut State University Visual Arts students recently participated in a logo design contest for an upcoming research conference.

Eastern Connecticut State University's chapter of the English honor society Sigma Tau Delta recently inducted new members.

This achievement is awarded to students who have participated in Eastern's clubs during the academic year. The student club programs range from social to educational, physical to spiritual, and civic engagement programs that benefit and enrich the Eastern community.

During the fall 2014 semester, members of the History Club attended the fall conference of the New England Historical Association at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire.

Eastern Connecticut State University's women's lacrosse opens the season with a young team.

Loyola University Maryland has announced the members of its fall 2014 Dean's List. In order to qualify for the Dean's List at Loyola, a student must have a GPA of at least 3.5 with a minimum of 15 credits. The following local students have achieved this honor:

Eastern Connecticut State University recently released its list of newly enrolled full-time students for the spring 2015 semester.

The Academic Services Center is a free tutoring service where all peer student tutors are selected for their ability and interpersonal skills. Tutors are trained undergraduate peer tutors who help students on a one-on-one basis to improve in any level of class.

Eastern Student Dominique DuBois of East Lyme recently received a travel grant so that she could attend and present at the 38th annual International Waterbird Society meeting in La Paz, Mexico.

To be named to the dean's list, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school.

Springfield College Recognizes Dean's List Students for the 2014 Fall Semester.

Select students have been named to the Fall 2014 Dean's List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean's List that semester.

Eastern's student Shannen Barnard '15 was elected Little East Conference Swimmer-of-the-Week for the second time this year.

The following students have been named to the Champlain College Dean's List for the fall 2014 semester.

Eastern Connecticut State University recently released its Dean's List for the fall 2014 semester.

Eastern Connecticut State University released the names of full-time students who were named to the Dean's List for the fall 2014 semester.

The following students have been named to Dean's List at Western New England for the fall semester of 2014. Students are named to the Dean's List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

To qualify for the Dean's List, students must have a semester grade point average of 3.50 or better and must have completed successfully all courses for which they were registered.

This semester, a total of 144 Stonehill students are studying abroad during the Spring 2015 semester in locations throughout the world. Recently named one of the top study abroad institutions in the nation by the Institute of International Education, Stonehill has more than 200 study abroad programs in 35 countries which students can choose from.

More than 400 Nichols students have earned Dean's List or Dean's High Honors during the just-completed fall term. The Dean's List recognizes students who have achieved high grades during a single semester. In order to be included in the Dean's List, a student must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.2 for at least 12 credit-hours and receive no grade below a C+ during the semester. A student who earns a grade point average of 3.6 or higher is awarded Dean's High Honors.

Kai Hansen, a Visual Arts student in Professsor June Bisantz's ECSU Design Group course, assisted in creating a design for one of five local billboards commemorating Eastern's 125th anniversary.

Eastern Visual Arts students contributed theme-based artwork to Windham Hospital's Auxilary's 19th Annual Autumn Gala held at the Marriott Hotel at Adriaen's Landing in Hartford.

The Psychology Department and Psychology Club at Eastern Connecticut State University co-sponsored the first ever Psychological Science Night on Dec. 10 in the Student Center. Through poster and oral presentations, the event showcased the undergraduate research of 60 students in Eastern's psychology program.

This past May, 14 students from Eastern Connecticut State University visited Costa Rica for 12 days to study tropical biology. The trip focused on the basic aspects of tropical rainforest ecology and the natural history of tropical organisms.

Eastern Student Shannen Barnard '15 named Little East Conference Swimmer-of-the-Week in the first report of the year.

More than 300 Eastern Connecticut State University students took part in the Center for Community Engagement's Poverty Awareness Marathon on Sept. 19, 2014.

Eastern student Karly Grillo found a summer 2014 internship opportunity at the Norwich Bulletin which has led to a full-time job offer after graduation.

On Oct. 15, Eastern Connecticut State University hosted its annual Scholarship Reception in the Betty R. Tipton Room of the Student Center. The event brought together major ECSU Foundation scholarship donors and their respective student-recipients. This year, more than 325 scholarships were awarded, totaling more than $750,000 in financial aid to students of all backgrounds and academic majors -- both of these totals are Foundation records.

Eastern Student Rachel Skelton '16 named LEC Goalkeeper-of-the-Week.

The Eastern Connecticut State University swim program kicks off its 19th intercollegiate season Oct. 18 at the University of Saint Joseph (CT) Pentathlon.