Two recent graduates of the Wrangell High School class of 2018 made the honor roll at Montana State University last semester. Ian Jenson (left) made the Dean's List with a 3.5 GPA and Kayla Hay (right) made the President's List with a 4.0 GPA. They are both pursuing future careers in education.
Montana State University recently released its honor roll for undergraduate students in the fall 2019 semester. According to a press release from MSU, 4,904 students made the honor roll this past semester, either in the President's List or the Dean's List. To be eligible for the honor roll, students must be enrolled in at least 12 college credit hours of classes, and maintain a high grade level. This semester, two former students of Wrangell High School made the honor roll: Kayla Hay and Ian Jenson
Hay made the President's List, meaning she maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Currently a sophomore, she said this was her toughest semester at the university. She is pursuing two majors, in general science and German teaching. She hopes to get into the teaching field one day, Hay said, and depending on how her classes go she will graduate from MSU in 2022 or 2023. When she graduates, she said she hopes to return to Southeast Alaska to work as a high school teacher. Graduating from Wrangell High School in 2018, she said she hopes to return to her old school someday, specifically.
"I'd love to come back and teach in Wrangell, but that depends on where the jobs are," Hay said.
Ian Jenson made the Dean's List in the fall 2019 semester, maintaining a 3.5 GPA. He graduated from Wrangell High School in 2018, the same year as Hay. Also like Hay, he is pursuing a career in teaching. He is majoring in secondary education, with minors in teaching economics and teaching government. He pointed to one of his former high school teachers, Jack Carney, and his parents as inspirations for his career choice.
"I'd like to be a history teacher as soon as I graduate," Jenson said. "I'd like to end up in Wrangell at some point."
Jenson recently transferred to MSU, previously taking classes with the University of Alaska Southeast. The fall 2019 semester was actually his first at MSU. While the Dean's List is a good achievement, Jenson said he wants to improve the farther along he gets in his college career.
"I hope that it [my GPA] will actually get better," he said. "My goal is to be on the President's List this next semester."
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