Ashley E. Haru of Scarborough was named to the dean’s list at Bates College as a result of her scholastic standing during the first semester of the 2007-08 academic year.

To qualify for the dean’s list at Bates, a student must maintain a better than B+ average for the semester, for a minimum quality point ratio of 3.67.

Haru, a sophomore, is the daughter of Katherine Littlefield, 340 Heath Road, and Terry Haru, Decatur, Ill. She is a 2006 graduate of Scarborough High School.

Bates College is widely regarded as one of the finest U.S. liberal arts colleges. Learning at Bates is honed through seminars, research, service-learning, study abroad and the senior thesis, and a 10-1 student-faculty ratio enables close collaborations in classroom and laboratory. Alumni frequently credit Bates for developing their powers of critical and aesthetic assessment, expression and independent thought. Bates was founded in 1855 by Maine abolitionists and its graduates have always included men and women from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.