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Ridgefield Student Named To Dean's List At Bates College

Students must earn a grad point average of 3.8 or better for a spot on the Dean's List.

Press release from Bates College:

July 28, 2020

LEWISTON, ME (07/28/2020)-- Sofie Sogaard of Ridgefield, Conn., was named to the dean's list at Bates College for the fall semester ending in December 2019. This is a distinction earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.8 or higher.

Sogaard, the child of Morten Sogaard and Chung-Hyun Lee-Sogaard of Ridgefield, Conn., is a 2016 graduate of Ridgefield High School. They are a senior majoring in American cultural studies and minoring in women and gender studies and anthropology at Bates.

Though we have been delayed in sharing this news due to our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, please know that our pride in our students who reached this high level of academic achievement is as strong as ever. Congratulations to Sofie and to all of the students on our Dean's List!

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.

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