Wilton resident Emily Torkelsen named to dean's list at Bates College

Emily Torkelsen of Wilton was named to the dean's list at Bates College for the fall semester ending in December 2021. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.92 or higher.

Torkelsen, the daughter of Elizabeth Stebbins Torkelsen and Steven M. Torkelsen, is a 2018 graduate of Wilton High School. She is majoring in geology and minoring in physics at Bates.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.