BERNARDSTON — Skyler Cohen of Bernardston was named to the Dean’s List at Simmons University in Boston for the spring semester.
To qualify for Dean’s List status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on 12 or more credit hours of work in classes using the letter grade system.
NORTHFIELD — Dickinson Memorial Library is organizing a free trivia night, to be held outside under the tent at the Beech House at the Northfield Golf Club, on Friday, Sept. 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
According to a notice from Programming Librarian Matt Atwood, teams can include up to six players. There will be three rounds of 10 questions, which will be loosely themed around fall.
Drinks will be available for purchase. Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic.
NORTHFIELD — Dickinson Memorial Library will present a free evening of live jazz with Sarah Clay and the StarCats, to be held outside under the tent at the Beech House at the Northfield Golf Club, on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Sarah Clay and the StarCats is made up of Sarah Clay on flute and vocals, Draa Hobbs on guitar and Steve Bulmer on bass. Drinks will be available for purchase.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Northfield Cultural Council.
NORTHFIELD — Thomas Aquinas College’s flagship campus in Santa Paula, California recently received high ratings for academics, quality of life and financial aid in The Princeton Review’s 2023 edition of its annual guide, The Best 388 Colleges.
The guide rates colleges in key aspects on a scale from 1 to 99. Thomas Aquinas College earned 91 for academics, 93 for quality of life and 96 for financial aid. Faculty members likewise earned scores of 97 and 98 for being “interesting” and “accessible,” respectively.
The Best 388 Colleges also includes 50 lists of “Top 25” colleges based on a survey it conducted of 138,000 students nationwide. Thomas Aquinas College appears on the following “Top 25” lists:
■No. 1 — Most Religious Students
■No. 3 — The Students Love Their College
■No. 4 — Best Classroom Experience
■No. 6 — Most Beautiful Campus
■No. 7 — Great Financial Aid
■No. 8 — Happiest Students
■No. 9 — Most Accessible Professors
“We are pleased that, once again, The Princeton Review has featured Thomas Aquinas College in its annual guide of the country’s best colleges,” the college’s president, Paul O’Reilly, said in a statement. “We find the high scores for our academic and financial aid programs especially gratifying. Our goal has always been to provide the best education at the most affordable price, and The Princeton Review’s latest profile strongly suggests that we are succeeding.”
To view the 2023 edition of The Best 388 Colleges, visit princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges.