Local residents earn second academic honors from Clark University

Worcester, Mass. March 12, 2018 – The following local students have been named to second honors on the Clark University Dean’s List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2017 semester.

* Shannon D. Briden, of Rumford, Rhode Island (02916)

* Molly E. Powers, of Rumford, Rhode Island (02916)

To be eligible for second honors, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, of a maximum of 4.3 (all A+s).

Founded in 1887 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university addressing natural, social and human imperatives from local to global scales. Nationally renowned as a college that changes lives, Clark is a transformative force in higher education, established within a diverse and welcoming community. Clark puts education into action by combining a robust liberal arts curriculum with life-changing world and workplace experiences. Clark’s faculty and students work across boundaries to develop solutions to complex challenges in the natural sciences, psychology, geography, management, urban education, Holocaust and genocide studies, environmental studies, and international development and social change. The Clark educational experience embodies the University’s motto: Challenge Convention. Change Our World.