Alyson Shields
  • Mass Communications
  • Class of 2013
  • Johns Creek, GA

Alyson C. Shields from John's Creek, Ga., Earns Dean's List Honors at Brenau University

2012 May 18

Alyson C. Shields from John's Creek, Ga., was named to the Dean's list at Brenau University for academic success during the 2012 spring term. The Brenau senior majors in mass communication.

Dean's List students must maintain at least a 3.6 grade point average while carrying at least 15 semester hours of course work.

ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate and undergraduate programs on campuses and online. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. Brenau's 2011 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's sixth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2012 Brenau online programs scored high in national rankings by U.S. News, including a #9 in the nation "Honor Roll" listing for graduate degree tracks in Brenau's College of Education. Brenau University also was granted "Honor Roll" status among the 2012 listings of the great colleges and universities to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education and one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. Breanu's extraordinary learning environment also was highlighted among the Colleges of Distinction.