Dean’s List

    OAKFIELD — Paul E. Suitter of Oakfield was named to the dean's list at Bates College as a result of his scholastic standing during the second semester of the 2007-08 academic year.
    To qualify for the dean's list at Bates, a student must maintain a better than B+ average for the semester, for a minimum quality point ratio of 3.67.
    Suitter, a junior majoring in political science, was named to the College Key in recognition of his outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement. He studied abroad in Vienna in fall 2006. A 2005 graduate of Southern Aroostook Community High School, he is the son of Heidi Pratt, 331 Oakfield-Smyrna Road, and Timothy Suitter of Houlton.
    Bates College is widely regarded as one of the finest U.S. liberal arts colleges. Alumni frequently cite the capacities they developed at Bates for critical assessment, analysis, expression, aesthetic sensibility and independent thought. About 40 percent of students participate in career internships, and more than two-thirds of recent graduates enroll in graduate study within 10 years after graduation. Bates was founded in 1855 by Maine abolitionists, and Bates graduates have always included men and women from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.