2026-10-12 2:38 AM

F.C. Residents Earn Academic Honors Across the Nation

Several Falls Church residents recently earned academic honors from colleges, universities and other academic institutions across the nation.

Christopher Earman, Kate Highnam and Matthew Irvine all graduated from the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science with Bachelors of Science degrees in computer engineering.

Anna Caroline Grishaw graduated magna cum laude from the University of the South with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Thuy Phan graduated from Manchester University with Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

Matthew William Abel, Anna Elizabeth Ayre, Christian Alexander Ledwin Bean, Jacquelyn Colette Borman, Amelia Lauren Carolus-Hager, Mia Rani Chand, Matteo Koji D’Agostino, Timothy Allen Donis, Natalie Grace Frye, Thomas Grant Gittins, Sofia Goyonaga-Calatayud, Rebekah Elizabeth Koch, Peter Kress, Grace Ellen Murray, Ivie Sophia Dorothy Orobaton, Camila Prock, Robert Hugh Rank, Erica Marien Schneider, Hannah B Shenouda, Mary Katherine Winebrenner and Karen Wu made the dean’s list at the College of William & Mary, where students must earn at least a 3.6 quality point average while taking a minimum of 12 semester hours.

Ashley E. Alexander made the dean’s list at Elon University, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average with no grade below B- while carrying a minimum of 12 semester hours. Sinan Kokuuslu, a psychology major, and Yael Urbach, a theatre major and member of the University Honors Program at Northeastern University, made the dean’s list at Northeastern.

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