Shelton-Derby Students Named To College's Spring 2026 Dean's List

SHELTON-DERBY, CT — A number of Shelton and Derby students were named to the spring 2026 Dean's List at Western Connecticut State University.

The following list of students was provided this week by Western Connecticut State University:

Shelton

• Kalli Kinsman, Music Education

• Tessa Kovarczi, Elementary Education Interdisciplinary Major

• Kate McPadden, Musical Theatre

• Alexis Resto, Social Work

Derby

• Cynthia Acevedo, Pre-Nursing

• Melissa May, Criminal Justice (Part-Time)

According to WCSU, Dean's List recognition is awarded each semester to full-time matriculated students with satisfactory completion of a minimum of 12 graded semester hour credits and a 3.5 semester average, with no "incompletes" for the semester at the time grades were processed.

Also eligible are full-time students whose minimum 12 credits includes course work required in their programs of study that must be taken with a pass/fail option, excluding credits that do not count toward graduation, and whose semester average is 3.5, according to WCSU.

An appropriate academic standard for Dean's List for part-time undergraduate students shall be a minimum of 12 graded semester hours satisfactorily completed within one academic year (fall and spring semesters) with a grade point average for the year of 3.5, the university noted.

The only exception is for students whose minimum of 12 credits includes course work (a) that is required in a program of study, taken on a pass/fail basis, and (b) that does not count toward graduation. For such students, both the academic year average and the cumulative grade point average must both be at least 3.5, according to WCSU.