MILTON — Here are highlights involving area students:
Haley Hart of Milton was named to the fall 2017 President's List at Mississippi College
Margaret Gilbreath of Gulf Breeze named to the 2017 Dean’s List at Mississippi College
Megan Hawkins of Gulf Breeze named to the 2017 Dean's List at Mississippi College
Emily Simmering of Gulf Breeze named to the 2017 Dean's List at Mississippi College
MC releases the president's list and dean's list after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic year. To be eligible for the President's List, a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average.
Mississippi College, affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention, is a private, co-educational, Christian university of liberal arts and sciences serving more than 5,100 students from 40 states and more than three dozen countries. Founded in 1826, Mississippi College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississippi, the largest private university in the state and America's second oldest Baptist college.
Mississippi College is home to 84 areas of undergraduate study, 16 graduate programs, a doctor of jurisprudence, a doctor of education leadership degree and a doctor of professional counseling degree. Mississippi College seeks to be a university recognized for academic excellence and commitment to the cause of Christ.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Santa Rosa County students recognized