Shannon K. Hebert was awarded fall semester faculty honors at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Preet H. Patel was awarded fall semester faculty honors at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Meaghan Carey participated in Emmanuel College in Boston’s annual alternative spring break trip to Phoenix, Arizona. The faith-based service trip held during the college’s traditional spring break bridges volunteer work with education and reflection on larger social issues.
Jordan Burt, a student at Assumption College in Worcester, is spending the spring semester studying abroad. Burt, class of 2019, is studying at University of Kent in United Kingdom.
Hanna N. Vescovi was awarded fall semester faculty honors at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
The American Legion Auxiliary of Granby Unit 266 has donated $500 to the Granby Council on Aging to help provide food for Granby Seniors in need. The Auxiliary raises money through its three annual breakfasts: Easter, Halloween and Christmas. These, along with a few other fundraisers during the year enable the Auxiliary to provide scholarships, send girls to Girls State, provide toys for children at Shriners’ Hospital and essential items for those at the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds.
Elena Frogameni and Jarrett Smith, students at Northampton High School, have won an honorable mention prize in C-SPAN’s national 2018 StudentCam competition. They will receive $250 for their documentary, “The First Amendment and Internet Regulation.”
Cuinn Owens, son of Don and Bekki Owens of Springfield, Tennessee, has achieved the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor, Eagle Scout. Owens is the grandson of Don and Theresa Puza of Southampton and Don Owens of Haydenville. He is a sophomore at Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. For his Eagle Project, he stained the prayer garden fence at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and added a concrete pad and flag pole adjacent to the church offices. Brothers Creed and Taw are also Eagle Scouts from Greenbrier’s Troop 460.
Sarah Lynn Girouard, a member of the class of 2018 at Elms College in Chicopee, was inducted into the newly formed Massachusetts Eta Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the international honor society for social sciences.
The following local students were named to the fall semester dean’s list at the university in Boston:
Amherst: Maxwell Hopley, majoring in business administration, and Isabel Tripp, majoring in computer science.
Florence: Sophia Renauld, majoring in biomedical physics.
Hatfield: Christopher Mahir, majoring in Biochemistry.
All of the recognized students are members of the university’s honors program.
The following local students were named to the fall semester dean’s list at the college in Boston:
Amherst: Yeji Lee, majoring in political science.
Belchertown: Jessica MacFarland Andrew and Kate Annalise Bowers.
Easthampton: Sienna Catherine Caron.
Florence: Rylan A. Cote, majoring in exercise science, and Juliet Sofia Bernini, majoring in public relations and marketing communications.
Hadley: Devon Zoe Eckert, majoring in marketing.
Northampton: Aishatou C. Diallo and Ruby Alexandra Townsend, both majoring in nursing, and Sangha Nhan Kang-Le.
Students from Smith competed against students from local vocational high schools during the District Skills USA competition at McCann Technical School in North Adams. Smith students won nine gold, nine silver, and nine bronze medals. There will be 19 students moving on to the State Skills USA competition in April.
Gold medal winners: Patrick McNeil, a student in the agricultural mechanics shop, won the power equipment technology competition; Adam Page, a student in the collision repair shop, won the collision repair competition; Joshua Orrell, a student of criminal justice, won the criminal justice competition; Alura Carter, a student in the culinary arts shop, won the commercial baking competition; Tyler Page, a student in the culinary arts shop, won the culinary arts competition; Dylan Huff, a student in the graphic communications shop, won the screen printing competition; Devlin Petifer, a student in the health technology shop, won the first aid/CPR competition; Amanda Batura, a student in the manufacturing shop, won the CNC milling competition, and Thompson Doyle, a student in the manufacturing shop, won the CNC turning specialist competition.
Silver medal winners: Jesse Pikul, a student in the collision repair shop, won the auto refinishing competition; Payton Atwell, a student of criminal justice, won the criminal justice competition; Jason Orcutt, a student in the graphic communications shop, won the advertising design competition; Hannah Montegue, a student in the graphic communications shop, won the graphic communications competition; Michael Coocen, a student in the graphic communications shop, won the screen printing competition; Alexandra West, a student in the health technology shop, won the first aid/CPR competition; Emma Tobin, a student in the health technology shop, won the nursing assistant competition; Daniel Ashton, a student in the manufacturing shop, won the technician competition; Matt Webber, a student in the plumbing shop, won the plumbing competition.
Bronze medal winners: Eric Stoltz, a student in the cabinetmaking shop, won the cabinetmaking competition;
Dakota Blakesley, a student in the collision repair shop, won the auto refinishing competition.
Lindsey Bak, a student in the cosmetology shop, won the under 500 hours competition;
Kristen Carter, a student in the cosmetology shop, won the over 500 hours competition;
Hailey Michalenko, a student in the criminal justice shop, won the criminal justice competition; Natasha Ding, a student in the culinary arts shop, won the restaurant service competition; Josh Carpenter, a student in the manufacturing shop, won the CNC milling competition; Robert Starka student in the manufacturing shop, won the technician competition, and Adam Thouin, a student in the plumbing shop, won the plumbing competition.