June 25, 2025 - The University of Texas at Tyler announced the students who were named to the spring 2025 Dean's List which included four Shelby County students. The two local students are Akeelah Garrett, Center, attending the School of Nursing and Makayja Horton, Shelbyville, attending the College of Education & Psychology.
To qualify for the university's Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 or more credit hours of undergraduate college-level credit in the awarding term with a grade point average of at least 3.75.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.
