Three to receive EKU dean’s award

Three area students are among 505 that Eastern Kentucky University announced as Dean’s Award recipients for the Fall 2012 semester.

Award recipients include: Jillian Leigh Butcher, Carrollton, a junior pre-RN Pre-Nursing major; Jacob Allen Blair, Bedford, a sophomore journalism major; Karen Denise Popp,  Bedford, a senior General Studies in arts and sciences major.

To earn the dean’s award, students must achieve dean’s list honors at EKU for three semesters, not necessarily consecutive. A lapel pin is presented to students by the dean of their academic college.

To achieve dean’s list honors at Eastern, students attempting 14 or more credit hours must earn a 3.5 grade average out of a possible 4.0. Students attempting 13 credit hours must earn a 3.65 GPA, and students attempting 12 credit hours must earn a 3.75 GPA.