NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Merrimack College recognizes local students who achieved 2016 spring semester dean’s list.

They are: Kayla McLellan, of Topsham, Maine; Kelley McLellan, of Topsham, Maine; David Marshall, of Monmouth, Maine; Leyna Tobey, of Augusta, Maine; Alyssa Curit, of Topsham, Maine; and Mikaela St. Laurent, of Monmouth, Maine.

Merrimack College is an independent private institution with robust programs in business, health sciences, engineering, education and the liberal arts, whose mission is to enlighten minds, engage hearts and empower lives. Founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine in the Boston suburb of North Andover, its growing student body of 3,000 undergraduates and 450 graduate students come from 32 states and 31 countries to form an engaged community of thinkers and doers in an academic culture of care that emphasizes hands-on learning, global citizenship and a quest for enduring relevance in an ever-changing world.