Alex Birmingham Makes Dean's List at Centre College

2012 Feb 10

Alex Birmingham of Lexington has been named to the dean's list for the fall term at Centre College, an honor reserved for students who maintain at least a 3.60 grade point average.

Birmingham is the daughter of Gerry Gillespie and Mareth Birmingham-Gillespie of Lexington and is a graduate of Henry Clay High School.

Founded in 1819, Centre College in Danville, Ky., is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the country's top 50 national liberal arts colleges and is the most affordable college in that group. Centre is ranked by Forbes magazine as No. 14 among all colleges and universities and as No. 1 in the South; Consumers Digest names it the No. 1 educational value among U.S. liberal arts colleges. In addition, over the last 25 years, Centre leads all colleges and universities in the percentage of alumni who give annual financial support.