Two From Charlotte Earn Dean's Award At Colgate University

CHARLOTTE, NC — Two college students from the Charlotte-metro area earned the fall 2018 Dean’s Award with Distinction, Colgate University announced Thursday.

The two students are:

• Nathan Jeffries, Colgate Class of 2020 and current biology major
• Weiyu Zhong of Mint Hill, who is a graduate of Charlotte Country Day School and a current biochemistry major

Colgate University has about 3,000 undergraduate students and offers 56 majors.

According to the university, students who receive a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher while completing at least three courses for a conventional letter grade during the fall 2018 semester are eligible for the award.