Madeline Garfunkel, a resident of Bainbridge Island, has been named to the Emerson College Dean’s List for the fall 2017 semester.

Garfunkel is majoring in communication studies.

The requirement to make Emerson’s dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.

Located in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city’s Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning. The college has 3,750 undergraduates and 750 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries.