Gurudarshan Morse has received his master’s degree in mathematics education from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City.
Luke Aldrich has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Aldrich is a junior in the college of biological sciences.
Rebecca Carkhuff has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Becker College in Worcester.
Nicole McCann, a tennis player at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has been named an ITA 2017 Division III Scholar Athlete by The Intercollegiate Tennis Association. McCann previously attended Amherst-Pelham Regional High School.
Joanna Kowalski graduated from Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences in Ithaca, New York, with a degree in art history.
Elizabeth Amato has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Becker College in Worcester.
Dennis Lelic will attend State University of New York at Oswego in Oswego, New York. He last attended Belchertown High School and intends to major in computer science.
Reaghan Lapinski of Rockingham, Vermont, formerly of Easthampton, has recently been named to the dean’s list for her freshman year at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Lapinski is majoring in marine biology and is a 2016 graduate of Bellows Falls High School in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
Shaheim Torres, a postgraduate student at Worcester Academy in Worcester, has received second honors at the school.
Mira Vance, grade 11, was named a distinguished scholar during the spring term at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
Keith Bessette has received his bachelor’s degree in information technology from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City.
Shane Coyle has earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
Emily Pitchko has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Becker College in Worcester.
Connor Roach has earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
The following local students have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston:
Amherst: Allison Lam, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical and health care business, class of 2018.
Belchertown: Angela Martoccia Grabazs,pursuing a doctorate degree of pharmacy, class of 2022; Urvi Patel, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in premedical and health studies (physician assistant studies), class of 2018.
Hatfield: Miranda Wendolowski, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in diagnostic medical sonography, class of 2017.
The following local students graduated in May from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Amherst: Adan Angel Alarcon, Derrick Graham Andrews Jr., O’Malley Richard Hruby Bach, Curtis
Evan Barnes, Bethany Marie Basal, Matthew Daniel Bates, Joseph Alfred Belanger, Kassidy Grace Beyerlin, Damiran Booway, Jessica Lynn Bowe,Isaac Ross Burke, John Robert Burns IV, Steven Capo
Jeffrey Michael Carreiro, Patrick Carron, Paige Elizabeth Casey, William Chen, Haechan Leyna Cho, Amy Wanyi Chou, Jamie Clement, Bianca Dalmau, David Faulkenberry
Eric Anthony Flores, Olive Francis, Todd A Goulston, Geoffrey Sean Grady, Arthur Weber Hayden, Zachery Jay Houser
Eunsung D Jang, Robin Lee Jenner, Rollin W Johnson, Rushi Kang, Hyun-Gyu KIm, Jong Man Kim, Michael Kochneff, Jared James Koester, Rachel Eileen Kurcon
Benjamin A. Kushigian, Kalju Virks Lee, Simon Lee, Jacob Stone Liberty, Anthony Lorencette-Desouza, Peter Ghaiss Makhoul, Delbar Mamedzade, Sarah Emily Mangels
Patrick James McDonough, Thomas G Moll, Daniel M. Moseley, David Huyhn Nguyen, Richard Truong Nguyen, Alyson Paige Nichols, Suzet Baraka Nkwaya
Caroline Norton, Rory Hugh O’Connell, Paul R O’Connor, Lawren Mark Petrowicz, Aviva Nancy Richardson, Susana Aimée Serralde
Margaret Joy Seyfried. Lingyi Shi, Weijie Shi, Destiny Shropshire, Stacy Blair Simonson, Katherine Elizabeth Soper, Rhomni Coleen St. John
Galaxie Story, Anna Talia, Shao Yu Tseng, Dan Wang, Ruijia (Rose) Wang, Shuaichen Wang, Mari Anna Washburn, Jaime Lynn Wasoka
Adrian Wen, Greta Rose Wilt, Daniel Chida Wu, Christina Aya Yacono, Julia Alice Zakashansky, Siyu Zhao, Xiaoyi Zheng
Ashfield: Richard Ralph Hebert II
Belchertown: Adam Adadevoh, Jill Beiermeister, Nicholas Andrieu Capell, Erin Rose Chrzanowski
Jacob Michael Downs, Eric Ryan Gendreau, Paul Y Giang, Nisha Humayun, Heather Jablonski
Sothary Kong, Kevin Anders Lindhult, Bradley M. Marszalkowski, Zachary T O’Donnell
Kelsey Lynn Paterwic, Mackenzie Stanton, Ruthann Imelda Sterling, Benjamin Todd Thornton
Caitlin Marie Waskiewicz, Darian Kathleen Weldon, Alexandra G. Werbicki
Chesterfield:Sam Bavelock
Cummington: Ryan Thomas Camp, Timothy John Wagner
Deerfield: Atticus Wilson Moeckel-Cole
Easthampton: Rebecca Lynn Aubrey, Megan Leigh Conner, Kyle Cote-Houghton, Aaron James Lucia, Kimberly H Maule, Allysen C. Parent
Florence: Leva Aryan, Ben Ken Cheung, Sara Kathleen Glidden, Mara Olivia Kahrmann, Shannon Kathleen Keefe, Rebecca Marie Landry
Margaux Frances Paine, Thunvathrady Pheng, Nicole Lauren Miller Pinard, Mercedes Evan Premo
Maggie R. Russo, Puneet Kaur Singh, Landon Lee Steere, Madeline Warren, Hannah Wilson, Elizabeth Sing Nicole Woods
Goshen: Collin Alexander Cichy, Alyssa Rose Labrie
Granby: Spencer Michael Gagnon, Morgan Jean O’Connor, Jesse Lee O’Donnell, Irfan Ullah Siddiqui
Hadley: Ali Hazem Abdelhamid, Robert John Alessandro, Jacqueline D Ben Abbes
Sydney Lawson Connor, Avery Elizabeth Klepacki, Paul D Marshuk
Serena Viviane McConkey, Hayden m Menard, Mikaela Anne Momot, Jankikumari Nitin Patel
Akshar P. Patel, Sarah Rany Phou, Ana Sofia Varela Semedo, Nathan A Waite, Alexander William Wakaluk, Jake Foley Griffin
Haydenville: Gary K. Gingras, Rune Alexander Percy
Huntington: Monica T Guzik
Leeds: Karissa L. Stanley
Leverett: Anna Livia Edge, Ryan Michael Mathers, Ilana Jean Morris
Northampton: Jacob Max Beigelmacher-Smalkin, Samuel D Castillo, James Nepenthe Smith Frank, Jamaal G. Lewis, David S. Maciorowski
Juliette McBreen, Natalia Sofia Morales Vila, Loriann E Morse, Margaret Murphy
Aammar Alam Paracha, Andrew S. G. Preston, Michael Reed Schmittlein, Jason M. Talbot
Pelham: Jacob William Light, Savannah Joy Stuitje
Shutesbury: Kyle Alexander Bartos, Elliot A. Jerry
South Deerfield: Timothy Arthur Eve-Cowles, Sydney Eren Foster, Quinn Michael Hickey, Abdurrahman Ibn Munir, Thomas Anthony Sandberg
South Hadley: Derek A. Berman, Gabrielle Michaela Bouyea, Zachary D. Carvalho, Robert Nathanial Ely, Samantha Beverly Englaish
Elizabeth Mae Hollering, Jonathan Matthew Jamroga, Jairo Salvador Lopez, Robert John Loughrey, Eric Lee Maryea, Jonathan Mark Melhorn
Nicholas Prentiss, Jeffrey Stephen Rainaud, Sarah Rebekah Andrea Samlall, Renee Michelle Slater, Christa L. Spedding
Danielle Marie Venne, Meriza Carol Werenski
Southampton: Angela Rose Essa, Courtney Ann Haskins
Sunderland: Matthew Robert Buono, Scott Andrew Cook, Peter Russell Davis, Sherry Dong, Sydney Marie Judge
Casey Leigh Kampegaard, Bryan Matthew Kim, Prince Kojo Nipah Korang
Chelsea Elizabeth Launier, Diana Rose Lemczak-Loomis, Alexander Edmond Lloyd, Joshua Mangan
Patricia Jane Murphy, Christopher Jordan Parsons, Enjoli Paige Pescheta, Alexander Proulx, Austen G. Rioux
Westhampton: Jacob Henry Geryk
Whately: Hattie Love Adastra
Williamsburg: Cesi Marie Marseglia, Shane Mathieson-Jacob, Megan Elizabeth Thompson-Munson
Worthington: Virginia Mae Martell, Jamie Sue Pease
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