Local students Lorva Prophete and Evan Chartier receive Colgate University Dean's Award

Courtesy readMedia Newswire, Colgate University

The following students from Colgate University were recipients of the Dean's Award for academic excellence during the 2012 fall term at Colgate University.

To be eligible for the Dean's Award, a Colgate student must achieve a minumum 3.30 average while enrolled in at least four courses.

• A member of the Colgate class of 2013, Lorva Prophete is a graduate of Trinity High School and lives in Oak Park, IL.
• A member of the Colgate class of 2014, Evan Chartier is a graduate of Oak Park & River Forest HS and lives in River Forest, IL.

Colgate University is a highly selective residential liberal arts institution distinguished by academic excellence and interdisciplinary inquiry. Located on a beautiful campus in upstate New York, Colgate takes pride in the active engagement of its students and faculty in local, national, and global communities.

Colgate offers 52 majors and 13 additional minors to an internationally and culturally diverse student body of 2,900 students. Our Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, which has been in place since 1928, has been recognized as one of the most ambitious and elegant general education programs in the country.