Madison Rodriguez was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Regis University in Weston, where she is a member of the class of 2020.
Mikaela Cormier and Stephanie Zajac were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Morrisville State College in Morrisville, New York.
Cadet 1st Class Stephen Michael Owczarski graduated with a degree in marine engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay.
Mikayla Weigel placed first among her teammates on the University of New Hampshire Woodsmen Team for the second consecutive year, earning the right to compete in the Stihl Timbersports Northeast Championship.
The competition consisted of three events, Underhand Chop, Stock Saw and Single Buck. In the Single Buck event, UNH alum and current Single Buck World Champion Kendall Kunelius worked the wedge for Mikayla.
Cassandra Golob was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Regis University in Weston, where she is a member of the class of 2017.
Lauren Kate Kennedy has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she is a rising junior economics and international studies major. A graduate of Northampton High School, she is the daughter of Mark and Mary Jo Kennedy.
Anna Martin Ross graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social work from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.
Benjamin Cooper graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he majored in religion and classics and was named to the spring semester dean’s list. A graduate of Northampton High School, he is the son of Richard Cooper and Catherine Kay.
Katie Erin Keegan graduated from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, where she was also named to the spring semester high honors dean’s list. Keegan graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and was the recipient of The Greek Woman of the Year award.
Michael E Mieczkowski, a graduate of Williston Northampton School, will attend Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, as a member of the class of 2021. Mieczkowski will be majoring in engineering studies.
Timothy Girouard took a Bronze medal, placing third in the country, at a national plumbing competition sponsored by SkillsUSA in Louisville, Kentucky. Girouard is a student at Smith Vocational High School.
Katie Sperry, a senior, was elected to the Sigma Xi honor society at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Election to the national honor society indicates that a student has demonstrated evidence of research potential in a field of pure or applied science.
Marlena Candelario Romero,a student in Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca, New York, is conducting research on “Voices of Motherhood” as part of the summer scholars program there.
Cecilia Hoff was inducted into the Tau Sigma National Honor Society at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. Hoff is studying culture and communication.
Anna Tarren, a student at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York majoring in biochemistry, gave a presentation at the 2017 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.
Coleman Lynds was inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society at Emmanuel College in Boston.
Colleen Glidden was inducted into Phi Sigma Tau International Honor Society at Assumption College, Worcester. Glidden is a member of the class of 2019 and a student in the philosophy department.
Kimberly Logan was inducted into the Mortar Board National Honor Society at Western New England University, Springfield. Logan is majoring in finance.
Kathryn Chevalier was initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Cadet 1st Class Maxwell K. Dowd graduated with a degree in facilities engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay.
Daniel Valinski, Andrea Boraski, and Ryan Dean graduated from Siena College in Loudonville, New York.
Matthew Fletcher was named to the spring semester president’s list at Morrisville State College in Morrisville, New York, where he is majoring in dairy management.
Kerri Ann LaBerge graduated from Mount Ida College, Newton, earning a bachelor’s degree in interior architecture and design. LeBerge graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Alpha Chi honor society. She is the daughter of the late Beth LaBerge and Jim LaBerge.
Colton Garelli, a student in Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca, New York, is conducting research on “Fluorescent signatures of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins” as part of the summer scholars program there.
Elizabeth Jekanowski has been accepted for fall enrollment at the University of California, Berkeley, for dual master’s degrees in public health and public policy.
Local students named to the spring semester dean’s list at the college in Worcester include:
Bryanna Veroneau of Belchertown, class of 2018; Lynsey Schafer, class of 2017, and Jordan Burt, class of 2019, both of Easthampton; Lauren Chapdelaine of Huntington, class of 2019, and Colleen Glidden of Shutesbury, class of 2019.
The following local students have been named to the spring semester first honors dean’s list at the university in Worcester:
Koby L. Gardner-Levine and Natalie M. Piontkowski of Amherst; Lenore J. Eaton of Easthampton; Meghan C. Paradis of Florence; Olivia M. Cotton, Olivia R. Landry, Emma Y. Landsman and Sadie N. Levy, all of Northampton.
The following local students have been named to the spring semester second honors dean’s list at Clark:
Cora Torton of Amherst; Valerie C. Ingmann and David B. Katz, both of Florence; Zachary E. Kelley of Hadley; Jonathan C. Lee of Hardwick; Benjamin M. O’Connor of Leeds; Sawyer T. Merritt of Northampton; Doran N. McMillan of Plainfield, and Serina A. Cook of Sunderland.
The following local students received outstanding student achievement awards at the college in New London, Connecticut:
Ege Sakirt of Amherst, class of 2019, Connecticut College Bookshop Prize; Jillian Ryan of Florence, class of 2017, Hispanic Studies Book Prize; Samantha Weisenthal of Northampton, class of 2018, Henrietta O. Rogers ‘28 Prize, for excellence in poetry.
Nurses who have completed their baccalaureate degrees at the School of Nursing at College of Our Lady of the Elms were honored in a pinning ceremony May 15 on the college campus. Local graduates include: Kiah Crowley, Leeds; Kathy Nevejans, Florence; Anna Kosciolek and Hannah Powers, both of South Hadley; Rebecca McKenzie, Southampton, and Brittany Hulse, Belchertown.
The following local students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the university in Fairfield, Connecticut:
Courtney Campbell, majoring in management, and Vicki Law, majoring in politics, both of Belchertown; William Smiarowski, majoring in marketing, of Hatfield; Madeline Gatzounas, majoring in biology, of South Hadley.
The following local residents have been named to the dean’s list at the school in Mount Hermon:
Hann-Yu Wu of Amherst; Riley Kullen Humphrey of Leverett; Isaac Bond Foster and Sofia Assab, both of Northampton, and Annika Wrenn Fulton Voorheis of Sunderland.
The following local residents have been named to the academic honors list at Northfield Mount Hermon:
Skylar Merryfield Nieman of Florence, Elizabeth Katherine Platzner of Sunderland, and Matthew Geoffrey Olsen of West Whately.
Steinmetz Symposium Day at Union College in Schenectady, New York, features an extensive array of oral presentations, posters, performances and exhibits. Local students included as presenters are:
Brendan O’Connor, Kevin Tran, and Natalia Ciesielska, all of Amherst, and Maddison Stemple-Piatt, of Hatfield. All are members of the class of 2017.
The following local students graduated from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth:
Nathan Kane, Nash Lochner and Yenny Otalora Sevilla of Amherst; Sunha Chung of Belchertown; Shannon Baker of Florence; Miles Wilhelms-Tricarico of Hadley; Jillian Ruyffelaert of Leeds; Meredith Brown of Montague, and Jennifer Niedbala of South Hadley.
The following local students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the university in Kingston, Rhode Island:
Johann Sebastian Becker, Cary Alexander Pazmany and Nina-Monique Choquette, all of Amherst; Stephanie Elizabeth Therrien of Easthampton; Patrick James Michalak and Madisyn Burke Stevens, both of Hadley; Caitlin May Sullivan of West Whately, and Emma Rose Findlay of Florence.
Local students who received academic prizes, fellowships and scholarships at a reception May 10 in Middletown, Connecticut, include:
Sofia Taylor of Deerfield (formerly of Deerfield Academy), Frank Capra Prize.
Jesse Cohen of Conway (formerly of The Academy At Charlemont), Plukas Prize.
Mae Moskin of Hadley (formerly of Amherst-Pelham Regional High School), Scott Prize-Arabic.
Nadja Shannon-Dabek of Amherst (formerly of Amherst-Pelham Regional High School), Trench Prize.