Gettysburg College students take pride in their work, and we are likewise proud to announce their recent academic achievements. Students with a quality point average in the range of 3.300 to 3.599 for a semester's work were recently placed on the Deans' Commendation List. The following students from your area have been placed on the Fall 2020 list:

Gettysburg College students take pride in their work, and we are likewise proud to announce their recent academic achievements. Students whose semester averages were 3.6 or above were recently placed on the Dean's Honor List. The following local students have been awarded this outstanding academic achievement in the Fall 2020 semester.

Opportunities to learn and grow exist around every corner for Gettysburg College students, from extracurricular activities on campus, to community-based learning, and the valuable global perspective offered through studying abroad-a Gettysburg program ranked No. 7 in the nation by International Educational Exchange's Open Doors Report. Here at Gettysburg, the world is your classroom. Recently, two Gettysburg College students-Valerie Ramos '22 and Mariah Beck '22-were awarded scholarships from the competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, which will support their studies abroad. Read the story.

Jonathan Trilleras will spend the Fall 2019 semester studying in Denmark. He was presented with a $1,000 award from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program.

When he was seven years old, Jaeger Held '23 visited Washington, D.C., for the first time. It was the winter of 2008-09, shortly after Barack Obama was elected president. The air was crisp, and all around him, the excitement was palpable. Seven years later, there was a shift in Washington. He remembers watching with unease as the 2016 election and the Trump administration unfolded. From then on, he felt an urgency to act and to be an active participant in the change he wished to see. During his high school days, Held attended American Legion Montana Boys State, which teaches youth the fundamentals of government, and served as a legislative aide and page for the Montana House of Representatives during the 2017 and 2019 legislative sessions. Most recently, in June, he contacted the chair of the Montana Democratic Party and attended the state convention, which was conducted virtually via Zoom due to COVID-19.

At Gettysburg College, creative thinking is more than a skill taught in the classroom. It's cultivated in everyday life and evident in the various hands-on learning opportunities available to students, such as student-faculty research. This summer, as the College and the world, navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, 35 students and 15 faculty members, with the support of the wider College community, creatively collaborated to conduct Cross-Disciplinary Science Institute (X-SIG)-sponsored research, remotely. Our faculty were innovative in their approaches, as they not only pivoted their projects from an in-person experience to a fully remote one, but they did so in a way that was dynamic and engaging for students. Read the full story.

At Gettysburg College, we see value and power in the passionate voices of our students. Individually and collectively, their voices not only facilitate meaningful and productive conversations, but they also spur innovative ideas, action, and change. Consortium of North American Peace Programs (CONAPP), a new undergraduate student-run and student-centered peace and justice conference, was built on this idea of uplifting student voices. CONAPP intends to give students in peace and justice studies and other related programs from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico a platform where they can share their research, cutting-edge ideas, and practices around peace, justice, conflict resolution, and activism. Read more.

At Gettysburg College, our students are given the opportunity to explore new subjects and perspectives and tap into experiences that challenge them to think critically and reflexively. International student Srey Nich Vunn '22 who flew to the U.S. from her home country, Cambodia, to pursue higher education in 2018, has experienced this firsthand, as Gettysburg has given her many opportunities to further pursue her passion for social change.

In March, Benjamin Roy '21 of Bostic, N.C., was named one of the 18 winners of the 2020 Beinecke Scholarship, selected from more than 664 college juniors in 110 undergraduate institutions nationwide. Roy, a history major with minors in Civil War era studies and public history, is the first Gettysburg College recipient of the scholarship.

Being selected for a prestigious scholarship or fellowship shines like a badge of honor on a resume. But how one translates that distinction into the real world means much more. Recently named Gettysburg College scholars now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue paths that pique their curiosity, actively seek answers to profound questions, and adopt a personal drive to enact change.

Melanie Ourhaan '20, a political science major and business and economics double minor, has had the unique experience of interning for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) as a Virtual Student Federal Service content creator. The IVLP, the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program, has helped strengthen U.S. engagement with countries around the world. During her internship, Ourhaan created digital content for the Faces of Exchange website that showcases the impact featured IVLP alumni have had on the world. Read more.

Gettysburg College students hold internships and have experiential learning opportunities that help them make intellectual and professional connections. A perfect example: Abigail Major '19 interned at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a result of following her natural curiosity and using connections she made through The Gettysburg Network.

As the son of two secondary school teachers and a member of a family filled with educators, Logan Grubb '21 of Hummelstown, PA, has always known the value of learning. Although he'll more than likely be the first to break this line of succession, Grubb is drawing on his economics and public policy majors to impact a field that has influenced him throughout his life - music education. Read Grubb's full story.

Gettysburg College's Matt Granito '22 was recently named a regional winner at the Draw the Lines competition--a nonpartisan state-wide contest for people of all ages to draw their own election map of Pennsylvania, end gerrymandering, and improve democracy. This is the second time Granito has been honored at the legislative mapping contest. Granito earned second prize in the Higher Education division in Central Pennsylvania and his map will be entered into the statewide round for a chance to win a prize up to $5,000. "As with my previous map last fall, my goals are still compactness and contiguity. With that, I was able to ensure that all 17 districts were connected, and not just by a road or small landmark," said Granito, who plans to major in organization and management studies and minor in computer science. "Districts are clearly unfair if a district is not whole or broken up into pieces. This is the reason that both compactness and contiguity are important factors that lead to a fair map." Learn more about Granito's accomplishment.

Challenge. Failure. Resilience. Triumph. And what it means to be a Gettysburgian through it all. These and other themes were reflected during Gettysburg College's 184th Commencement ceremony as we celebrated the accomplishments of our 611 graduates and looked forward with them to the future. Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition that includes Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate and other distinguished scholars among its alumni.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition that includes Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate and other distinguished scholars among its alumni.

Gettysburg College Mathematics Prof. Beth Campbell Hetrick's First-Year Seminar (FYS) students Matt Granito '22 and Douglas Cummings '22 earned recognition at the Draw the Lines competition- a nonpartisan state-wide contest for people of all ages to draw their own election map of Pennsylvania, end gerrymandering, and improve democracy. Granito and Cummings were awarded honorable mention for accurately dividing Pennsylvania into 18 contiguous, equally populated districts using district builder software and maps. As part of their FYS assignment, they submitted their final map and a statement articulating their goals to the Draw the Lines competition. "My two main goals were contiguity, districts being connected, and compactness, districts with the least perimeter and most area," said Granito. "In class, we heard from a number of guest speakers who explained to us the importance of fair maps, as well as the impact of gerrymandering. Without a doubt, Mathematics of Voting prepared us well for the competition." Gettysburg College encourages students to step out of their comfort zone and explore new ideas through problem solving and critical thinking. Likewise, Hetrick's Mathematics of Voting seminar engages students in hands-on research that bring relevant voting topics to life and helps students analyze hotly contested political actions through a mathematical lens.

There are 55 Gettysburg College students being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in the spring of 2019. Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest Greek-letter society in America, exists to promote liberal learning, to recognize academic excellence, and to support and encourage scholars in their work.