January 10, 2012 > Castro Valley resident named to Dean's List Castro Valley resident named to Dean's List Submitted By Karen Grava Erika Vargas (freshman) from Castro Valley, CA was named to the Dean's List at the University of New Haven for the fall 2011 semester. Full-time undergraduate students must have a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA for the semester to be eligible for the Dean's List. The University of New Haven is a private institution founded in 1920 on the campus of Yale University in cooperation with Northeastern University, UNH moved to its current West Haven campus in 1960. The University provides its students with a unique combination of a solid liberal arts education and real-world, hands-on career and research opportunities.