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Editors: News Services offers an online database with detailed local angle information for students who graduated and/or earned dean’s list honors in spring 2005--instructions below.

CHAPEL HILL -- More than 4,600 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the May 15 commencement ceremony, which featured remarks by the Rev. Peter Gomes of Harvard University.

In addition, more than 5,200 Carolina students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement by their selection for the dean’s list for spring 2005.

Students are eligible for the list if they earn at least a 3.2 grade-point-average on a 4.0 scale while taking 15 or more letter-grade credit hours. They are also eligible if they earn a 3.5 grade-point-average while taking at least 12 letter-grade credit hours. Students must have no grades lower than a "C." On a 4.0 scale, "A" equals 4, "B" equals 3 and "C" equals 2.

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For Editors -- How to Use the Web Page Site

§ Go to: http://www.ais.unc.edu/sis/focus/newsservicecan.html

To search for those students in your circulation area:

§ On the left side of the browser, choose option 1 (Dean’s List) or option 2 (Degree Recipients). Note: You must choose a field. The browser does not default to a value.

§ For the Semester/Year, choose "Spring 2005".

§ For "ALL STUDENTS" choose "Yes" OR

§ For "North Carolina County," select your county OR

§ For "State" select your state.

§ Choose an output type – HTML is the default but other options include MS Excel, MS Word or Adobe PDF formats.

§ Click "Submit" – the results will be displayed in a browser window.

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Gomes' full address (text): http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may05/commaddress051605.html
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony address: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may05/jwalkersmith051605.html

Contact: Michelle Greene, (919) 962-2091, news@unc.edu