BURLINGTON, Vt. — The following area students were named to the 2015 fall dean’s list at the University of Vermont:

Delaney Curran, of Skowhegan, a biology major in UVM’s College of Arts & Sciences.

Allyson Drummond, of Augusta, a zoology major in UVM’s College of Arts & Sciences.

Peter Ackerman, of Augusta, a Greek major in UVM’s College of Arts & Sciences.

Emily Higgins, of Waterville, a athletic training education major in UVM’s College of Nursing & Health Sciences.

Emily Listowich, of Kingfield, a natural resources major in UVM’s Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources.

Natalie Palmer, of Manchester, a environmental studies major in UVM’s Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources.

To be named to the dean’s list, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school.

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its charter. UVM now has 10,081 undergraduates in seven schools and colleges, 1,360 graduate students and 457 medical students. The University of Vermont combines faculty-student relationships most commonly found in a small liberal arts college with the resources of a major research institution.