Michael Harkins Barry received a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he majored in economics.
Greta Lennon Devoney graduated magna cum laude from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California with a major in communication and minor in marketing. She recently completed an internship in entertainment market research at National Research Group in Los Angeles.
Melina Lennon Devoney graduated cum laude from Occidental College, Los Angeles with a degree in biology. Devoney also received the Yeomans Athletic Award for excellence in the class room and in an individual sport. She will work as assistant cross country and track coach at Occidental prior to pursuing a graduate degree next year.
Noa Pisani was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.
Erin Finn was named to the president’s list at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Her major is music performance.
Connor D. Gibbs was named to the “A” spring semester dean’s list at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York.
Rachel Larson has been named to the spring semester president’s list at Western New England University in Springfield, where she is working toward a doctor of pharmacy degree.
Todd Gagnon, son of Barbara and Glen Gagnon and a current resident of Katy, Texas, was named to the 40 under 40 class of 2017 by the Houston Business Journal. Gagnon is the general manager of Omni Houston Westside, and was the youngest person to become a general manager in all of Omni Hotels & Resort’s properties. He received his bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Francois Venne, son of Fred and Genevieve Venne, has been named to the second semester dean’s list at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Venne is a third-year student majoring in international studies and French.
Corey James Baker was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York.
Kacy Ninteau, daughter of Jill and Steve Ninteau of Orange, recently graduated from Mahar Regional High School where she was valedictorian of her class. She is the granddaughter of Patricia Pipczynski and the late John Pipczynski of Hadley. She will be attending Brandeis University, Waltham, in the fall with a neuro science pre med major.
Sydney M. Denault was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York.
Jeff E. Beauregard and Brian Robert Bak were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
Amber Niedbala, daughter of Karen and John Niedbala, graduated from Springfield College in May with a bachelor’s degree in health science.
Crystal Niedbala, daughter of Karen and John Niedbala, was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She is enrolled in the Isenberg School of Management.
The following local students, with the exception of DeFilippo, received bachelor’s degrees from the university in Framingham:
Belchertown: Jennifer DeFilippo received a master’s degree in nursing; Kelly Thompson
Northampton: Alida Griffin
South Hadley: Bryan Garcia
Southampton: Eric Belisle
The following area students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at the college in Holyoke.
Amherst: Hesham Ahmed, Arfa Ayaz Ansari, Paula I. Ayala Martinez, Damien Kayne Crockett, Yulia El Khoury
Brandon Listernick Estrada, Catherine Elizabeth Fox, Alexander Jacob Friedman, James Richard Gross
Laura Dorfman Hardegree, Jill Jarrett, Sara R. Lord, Jamie Ruth Mayer, Alison Marie McIntire, Brianna Marie Owen
Phung Kieu Yen Pham, Nicolas Martin Reda, Alexander Joseph Pienkawa Rosenbach, Marcela Rosenberg
Samuel Olukayode Teluwo Jr., Miriam Tess Trobaugh, Elena Valenzuela-Stookey, Karell A. Zea, Xiaobin Zheng, Nan Zhou.
Belchertown: Cody Rudolph Amelisko, Melissa Jean Anderson, Chelsea Beaulieu, Allison R, Crowner, Joran Moses Florian
Isabelle Marie Griffin, Aisling Aileen Hannah, Brittany L. Lamotte, Samantha Marie Laramee, Alexis Morgan LaVallee, Ryan Lee McIntosh
Richard D. Megarry, Makenzie Rose Mikalunas, Mikayla Mae Mikalunas, Brandon Joseph Netkovick, Devang D. Patel
Hannah Nicole Pease, Lucas Andrew Reed, Nicholas Sarna, Sara A. Sears, Aryell Mae Sugrue, Sheila Sullivan, Ming Ze Sun
Carl Frank Teschke, Andrew Tocci, Liam Thomas Weston, Alexander Scott Wordsworth
Cummington: Austin Robert Taylor, Cameron Taylor
Deerfield: Michelle Mary Melnik
Easthampton: Hajar Abaakil, Melanie Lacy Ayer, Elijah Joseph Boivin, Kayla Bresnahan, Joshua Delano Clarke, Nicholas K. Coleman
Joseph Michael Collins, Kari Anne Dabek, Athena S. Dansereau-Majewski, Wayne A. Ducharme II, Frederick Mansfield Egan, Ashleigh M. Ely, Amanda Virginia Fuller, Sade Lanell Garvey, Blake Matthew Geraci
Aidan Foster Greenwood, Kyle Gribi, Richard J. Harris, Mary C. Hurley, Jessica Elise Katusich, Sarai Kon-Siv, Dylan Krupa
Chelsea Marie Laveck, Ian Francis Leavens, Cassandra Ann LePouttre, Katya-Denae Lilley, Wade Curtis McGannon, Daniel John Mcinerny
Maura Gormally Milbier, Charlsey Lee Mitchell, Lura Pen, Alyssa Peterson, Justin Edward Poirier, Ashley Reardon
Jesse James Sands, Derek Anthony Simeone, Saovardy Som, Jason Stuart Stasinos, David William Thomas, Jessica Wiseman
Florence: Laurel Bickar, Thomas Edward Bradbury, Corinne Ann Carey, Elena Linda Ciampa, Ira Eulice Gaudette
Maria C. Hartmann, Kelley Carol Jordan, Michael James Keilty, Stephen Stanley Kloc IV, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Maduka
Molly Rose McCusker, Abigail Leilani Morton, Jessica Mae North, Addison M. Olsson, Shane Grady Pinkham
Jordan Power, Jay Rowan Snyder, Patricia A. Torrey
Goshen: Zachary Polwrek
Granby: Aisha Mae Babbitt, Jaime Lynn Baker, Mallory Elizabeth Beauregard
Shannon Rae Bennett, Isabella Maeve Chehade, Alec Emery Duarte, Alex Richard Frank, Angela French, Megan E. Hudgik, Aaron Joseph Jeffers
Justin Kevin Kleeberg, Hannah Grace LaDuke, Annette Marie Mercier, Olivia Amber Morin, Katherlyne O’Connor
Samantha Rose O’Grady, Tracy O’Connor, Jenna Louise Obremski, Hannah Rose Pomerantz
Stephen B. Raina, Ann Katherine Rood, Sarah Elianor Rood, Kelsea Nicole Roule
Lisa Ebeling Santos, Eric Matthew Sawyer, Isabelle Jane Shepard, Eric Paul Teall, Toni Tirozzi, Mael Walkowiak
Hadley: Miguel Aquino Jr., Richard T. Downie, Noah M. Koski, Cynthia Maddison, Ethan Pierre Picard, Lucian Robert Picariello, MohamadZachary Yahman
Hatfield: Mary Catherine Ingram
Haydenville: Sonia Ivelisse Mendez
Huntington: Theresa Michelle Dahill, Amanda Lee Loiselle, Casey M. Naumowicz, Colleen Marie Pease
Leeds: Adam Michael Bouley, Tsungda Hsu, Colin McDermott
Leverett: Daniel E. Mashrick
Northampton: Macklin Kendall Allen, Diana Barrios, Alan Jay Black, Matthew Michael Boynton
Unnza Butt, Carson Allen Caraluzzi, Andrea Charette, Adam Michael Corriveau, Jillian Sophia Daniels, Derick Delloro, Michael Dion, Cara Elizabeth Evans-Janes
Pelegrin Gonzalez, Sara Kendall Haller, Evelene H. Hawley, Michael David Hickey, Garrett Jackson, Dorian Julian Kos, Heather A. Kristek
Megan Kroll, John Michael Phillips, Lydia Eleanora Powell, Michelle B. Reardon
Samantha Nicole Rice, Wandyvelis Rivera, Lisandra Rivera-Lucena, Josefina M. Rodriguez, Cynthia Soriano, Elijah Parker Rain Travis, Hilary Varney
Pelham: Drew Lewis Delorey, Matthew DiPoto
Shutesbury: Susan Brigitta Reyes
South Deerfield: Sara Ells
South Hadley: Logan Douglas Abbey, Kim Marie Allore, Brittany Sharlene Alvarez, Kiara Koriya Bartlett, Cheri Ann Bergeron
Tasha Lee Blanchard, Grace Evelyn Boisvere, Sean Patrick Bresnahan, Matthew V. S. D’Onofrio, Nicole Marie Descheneaux, Elyzabeth V. Erwin-Stevens, Christopher Justus Frank
Sahara Lynn Garcia, Kayla D. LaBombard, Chris Larrow, Timber Anthony Lewinski, Melanie R. Lorenz, Alyssa Dawn Lucchesi, Daniel Marcoux, James William Moriarty
Schuyler L. Newton, Brianna Renee Nickerson, Peter Paik, Kalee Passwaiter, Caitlin R. Pereira, Joshua Andrew Perreault, Meredith Prough, Jeremy Joseph Ramondetta
Thalia Megan Rivers, Nicholas Alan Robert, Emily Joy Roberts, Jenna Nicole Russo, Madeline Sakowicz, Jude Dominic Samlall, Anthony Schauman
Kiera Rose Sears, Kerri Sexton, Cynthia Ann Shea Desroches, Mary Suzanne Shone, Michaela Solano, Sara Taheri, Scott Nelson Wetherby, Jerry P. Will
Southampton: Zachary David Archambault, Stephen Daniel Buckner, Matthew Robert Carrier, Emily J. Chaput
Sage Hannah Clark, Jessica Leigh Cowley, Sarah Elizabeth Falcetti, Kevin P. Gagnon, Eleanor Elisse Hinchliffe, Catherine Marie Hotham, Kathleen I. Kaehn, Tracey C. Malanson, Anthony Tiger Muse
John Nadolski, Tyler F. Peich, Andrew Charles Poehlman, Jeremy Daniel Routhier, Desiree R. Short, Paula Ann Thibodeau, Brian Allen Williams
Sunderland: Paul Jones, Maija Lee Orlovsky Nagels, Katie L. Suprenant
Westhampton: Kyle James Powers
Worthington: Paul B. Matica, Willis Lee Pollard, Scott Brian Risley
The following local students have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at the university in West Hartford, Connecticut:
Easthampton: Mary Gyeidu, Liam Bernier, Angelena Delaney
Montague: Ryan Lenois
Northampton: Patrick Clancy-Geske
Southampton: Benjamin Ashley
Local students graduating from the college on Staten Island, New York, include Sydney M. Denault of South Hadley, awarded a bachelor’s degree in physician assistant studies; Connor D. Gibbs of Easthampton, awarded a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in music; and Emma E. Konieczny of Hadley, who was awarded a master’s degree in advanced physician assistant studies.
The following local doctor of pharmacy degree students were named to spring semester dean’s list at the college in Springfield:
Belchertown: Pegah Shakeraneh; Karolina Kwietniak
Easthampton: Grayson Nash
South Hadley: Thomas Spring
Sunderland: Jessica Zewski

