Abi-Mansour of Hinsdale named to Dean's List at Washington University in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO (08/23/2010)(readMedia)-- Jad Abi-Mansour of Hinsdale, Ill. (60521), was named to the Dean's List for the fall and spring semesters of the 2009-2010 academic year at Washington University in St. Louis. Abi-Mansour is a graduate of Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Ill., and is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences.

To qualify for the Dean's List in Arts & Sciences, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units.

Washington University is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 125 countries. The total student body is more than 13,500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

The approximately 3,290 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law, School of Medicine and George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, with nine doing the major portion of their pioneering research here.

The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.

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