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Wakefield Students Honored By URI

Four from town honored by Kingston, R.I. college.

The University of Rhode Island announced recently that four Wakefield residents were named to the fall 2017 Dean's List.

The four students are Christian Concessi, Shawn Carlson, Kayla LaPierre, and Jessica Vinciguerra.

According to URI, 5,500 undergraduates have qualified for the fall 2017 Dean's List. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island's cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, and many other states and nations.

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To be included on the Dean's List, students must have completed 12 or more credits during a semester for letter grades with at least a 3.30 quality point average. Part-time students qualify with the accumulation of 12 credits with a 3.30 quality point average. The list includes students who have not yet declared their majors as well as those from all of the University's undergraduate academic colleges.

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