Kent State recognized more than 8,700 undergraduate students who have been named to the Dean’s List for fall 2016. Undergraduate students who obtain a 3.400 GPA or higher while maintaining 12 or more credit hours during the spring qualify to receive this honor.

Locals who made the list include:

Makayla Dean of Jamestown; Taylor Easter of Leesburg; Kristen Hayes of Washington Court House; Larken Temple of Washington Court House; and Kathryn Zeigler of Washington Court House.

Kent State University is northeast Ohio’s leading public research university with more than 41,000 students. The university’s eight-campus system is among the largest regional systems in the country. Today, Kent State has become an engine for economic, cultural and workforce development – locally and internationally – as one of the premier Ohio universities. The university is ranked among the nation’s 74 public high-research universities and among the top 76 in community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

For more information about Kent State, visit www.kent.edu.