The University of Mary Washington has announced its Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2012-13 academic year. The Dean’s List recognizes outstanding academic achievement by full-time students who attain a minimum GPA of 3.5 out of a possible 4.0.

The following Botetourt County students are among the 727 students who have been named to the Dean’s List:

Cheyenne Falls, a sophomore from Buchanan

Britta Grim, a junior from Buchanan

The University of Mary Washington is a premier, selective public liberal arts and sciences university in Virginia, highly respected for its commitment to academic excellence, strong undergraduate liberal arts and sciences program, and dedication to life-long learning. The university, with a total enrollment of more than 5,000, features colleges of business, education and arts and sciences, and three campuses, including a residential campus in Fredericksburg, Va., a second one in nearby Stafford and a third in Dahlgren, Va., which serves as a center of development of educational and research partnerships between the Navy, higher education institutions and the region’s employers. In recent years, the university has seen its academic reputation garner national recognition in numerous selective guidebooks, including Forbes, the Fiske Guide to Colleges and the Princeton Review’s 2012 edition of 150 “Best Value Colleges” and the 2013 edition of “The Best 377 Colleges.”

– Submitted by UMW