More than 950 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Dec. 16 commencement ceremony.

Out of 988 students who received a degree, 568 earned a bachelor’s, 275 earned a master’s, 131 earned a doctoral degree and 14 earned a professional degree.

In addition, 6,484 Carolina students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement through their selection for the Dean’s List for Fall 2012.

Dean’s list recognition requires full-time students who enter the University as new first-year students starting in fall 2010 or thereafter to earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale with no grade lower than a “C” for 12 hours of letter-grade credit. Students who enrolled before fall 2010 must post a 3.2 grade-point average for 15 hours of letter-grade credit or a 3.5 for 12 hours of credit. No grade can be lower than a “C.”

Below are local students named to the Dean’s List.

Fuquay-Varina

Laura Biesack - Senior, Austin Black - Senior, Maurice Carrier - Sophomore, John Darling - Freshman, Kathryn Fanning - Junior, Cristi Finch- Senior, Chiraayu Gosrani - Freshman, Maxwell Gregson - Junior, Jessica Holleman - Freshman, Danielle Hunt - Sophomore, Alan Karnofsky - Junior, Jordan Lindsey - Sophomore, Kaitlin Miller - Sophomore, Ashley Miller - Senior, Martha Miller - Junior, Dakota Proctor - Sophomore, Ana Parker - Sophomore, Julia Ramos - Junior, Lance Ramsey - Senior, Taylor Schmidt - Senior, Robert Schoonover - Sophomore, Tyler Sotak - Senior, James Stevens - Sophomore, Hannah Wallace - Freshman, Emilyn White - Senior

Holly Springs

Samantha Beavers - Junior, Sarah Brady - Senior, Joshua Carmenate - Senior, Shannon Cobb - Senior, Collin Drummond - Freshman, Katherine Fambrough - Sophomore, Karli Gast - Junior, Erin Gillespie - Senior, Sarah Humphrey - Senior, Lara Kontos - Junior, Tiffany Mccreary - Senior, Lauren Meyer - Senior, Devon Rolison - Sophomore, Taryn Rothstein - Sophomore, Elizabeth Sherling - Junior, Shannan Twomey - Senior

Willow Spring

Anna Kelley - Junior, Taylor Mercado - Senior