Area scholars receive high marks

Alzada Drane was recently named to the spring 2017 President’s List at Chadron State College. Drane earned the honor by earning a 4.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify.

Students at the University of Montana received $5 million in scholarships during the 2016-17 academic year. Cory Lovec, a 2010 CCHS graduate, was among the recipients of more than 2,000 scholarships awarded.

Lovec recently won a $1,000 Lyle and Shirley Glascock Scholarship in Pharmacy from UM’s Skaggs School of Pharmacy. He is the son of Patricia and Steven Lovec.

At the University of Montana, 2,743 students made the spring semester 2017 Dean’s List and President’s 4.0 List. To qualify for the Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. Students who receive any grade of C+ or below or no credit (NC/NCR) in a course are not eligible.

Cory Lovec was on the President’s 4.0 List and his wife, Ashley Lovec, was on the Dean’s List.s