Leah Faulconer, a resident of Suwanee, made the Spring 2012 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus and was among 516 students recognized for scholastic achievement, according to ReadMedia newswire.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or better and take a minimum of 15 credit hours.

Georgia Southwestern State University is a public, four-year unit of the University System of Georgia with 3,050 students. Georgia Southwestern offers outstanding professional programs of study as well as programs in the arts, humanities, sciences and graduate programs in business, computer science, education, English, and nursing.

Founded in 1906, Georgia Southwestern is recognized as one of the best colleges in the South. For more information visit www.gsw.edu.

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