Newsmaker: Calvin Wilson

Calvin Wilson of Canyon Dam, was named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the fall semester ending in December 2019. This is a distinction earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.8 or higher.

Wilson, the child of Kenneth A. Wilson Jr. and Debbie M. Wilson of Canyon Dam, is a 2016 graduate of Chester High School. He is a junior majoring in economics at Bates.

Bates College said the news was delayed due to the coronavirus.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.