•NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Merrimack College has recognized local students who have achieved Dean’s List status for Fall 2016.

On the list are:

• Kathryn Doiron of Springvale

• Cheyenne Fitzgerald of Kennebunkport

• Julianna Grondin of Dayton

• John-Paul Haley-Read of Kennebunk

• Tatum LeClair of Saco

• Joshua McCauley of Biddeford

• Carly McKenna of Saco

• Sydnie Picard of Saco

• Kyra Schwartzman of Kennebunk

• Taylor Simpson of York

• Nicholas Veino of Sanford

Each semester, Merrimack College undergraduate students earn the right to be named to the dean’s list by earning a minimum 3.25 GPA based on a 4.0 GPA grading system.

Merrimack College is an independent, private college with robust programs in business, education, engineering, health sciences and the liberal arts, whose mission is to enlighten minds, engage hearts and empower lives.

Founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine in the Boston suburb of North Andover, its growing student body of 3,200 undergraduates and 575 graduate students come from 32 states and 31 countries to form an engaged community of thinkers and doers in an academic culture of care that emphasizes hands-on learning, global citizenship and a quest for enduring relevance in an ever-changing world.