COLLEGIANS

The following area residents graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz, with graduate degrees:

Jacob Chandler, Elizabeth Johnson, Marina Moses, Michelle Ravit and Suzanne Timbrouck, all of Kingston. Dana Burnett of Ulster Park. Chad Allen, Emily Nomer, Jennifer O’Connell Reid and Kathleen Sweeney, all of Highland. Louise Bigando of Saugerties.

Xuanwei Chen, Jake Demenkoff, Mary Beth Fiorentino, Jessica Gaddis, Pratikkumar Kishorbhai Gohil, Benjamin Kellogg, Bryan Krebs, Justine Marsh, Rituben Patel and Mansi Thakkar, all of New Paltz. Jonathan Vermilyea of Cottekill. Christy Bennett of Accord.

Joseph Gentile and Rebecca Ronk, both of Gardiner. Samrat Pathania of Kerhonkson. Imma Rutigliano of Tillson. Joseph Saffioti of Wallkill. Wyatt Buesing, Matthew Clegg and Cynthia Gray, all of Pine Bush. James Loveland of Tivoli.

••• Nicholas “Biko” Skalla graduated, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications., with a bachelor of science degree.

A 2015 Saugerties High School graduate, he is currently working for the MLB Network in Secaucus, N.J.

••• Three area residents — Dominique Lindsay of Kingston, Matthew Bevilacqua of West Park and Louis Bush of Catskill — graduated from Hofstra University in Hempstead, with undergraduate degrees.

Lindsay received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics. Bevilacqua received a bachelor of business administration degree in international business. Bush received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.

••• Suzanna Liddle of Halcottsville graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., on May 27, with a degree in psychology.

A graduate of Holderness School, she is the daughter of Jenny and Richard Liddle.

••• Eliza Benfer of Milton, a student at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, was recently by the national “It’s On Us” campaign as a campus organizer.

It’s On Us is a proactive sexual assault prevention and awareness program. Orange County, N.Y. was the first county in the United States to join the It’s On Us campaign, with the Mount’s kickoff in February 2016 garnering nearly 600 signatures from members of the college community who pledged to help put a stop to dating and sexual violence wherever they go.

As a campus organizer, Benfer will serve as the president of the college’s It’s On Us activities and act as a liaison between the national organization and the college. She will also meet with other campus organizers from the Northeast Regional Team of It’s On Us to develop ways to further implement the campaign on campus. Benfer is a senior.

••• Three area residents — Isaac Thomas-Markarian of New Paltz, Isabel Carleton of Rhinebeck and Emily Moore of Pleasant Valley — were named to the dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., for the spring semester.

Students earn dean’s list status by achieving a grade point average of 3.6 or higher.

Thomas-Markarian is a student in the university’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. Carleton is a student in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences. Moore recently graduated from the university’s College of Arts & Sciences.

••• Two area residents — Adrianna Elashker of Kingston and Alyssa Mast of New Paltz — received the dean’s award for academic excellence for the spring semester.

Students earn the award by achieving a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher.

Elashker is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in molecular biology. She is a Kingston High School graduate.

Mast is a member of the Class of 2021 and is majoring in peace and conflict studies. She is a New Paltz High School graduate.

••• Seven area residents — Jazmine Ramirez of Saugerties, Rebecca Davidson of Gardiner, Michael Wolek of Goshen, Louis Libutti of Monroe, Stephanie Gunderman of Tuxedo Park, Joshua Riley of Roxbury and Anthony LaRegina of Florida — were named to the dean’s list at The College of New Jersey in Ewing for the spring semester.

Students earn dean’s list status by achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Ramirez is majoring in visual arts. Davidson is majoring in deaf and hard of hearing education. Wolek is majoring in biology. Libutti is majoring in health and exercise science.

Gunderman is majoring in English. Riley is majoring in political science. LaRegina is majoring in civil engineering.

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Eight area residents — Lilith Haig of Saugerties,

Hunter Reinhardt of Port Ewen, Caroline Roberto of Highland, Abigail Baxter, Abadie Ludlam and Elizabeth Ricci, all of Red Hook: Brianna Cummings of Staatsburg and Jacquelynn Burmester of Germantown — were named to the dean’s list at Union College in Schenectady.

Students earned dean’s list status by achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the entire academic year.

Haig is a member of the Class of 2021 and is majoring in visual arts. Reinhardt is a member of the Class of 2021

and is majoring in political science. Roberto is a member of the Class of 2018and is majoring in neuroscience. Baxter is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in English and classics.

Ludlam is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring in geology. Ricci is a member of the Class of 2018and is majoring in mathematics and computer science. Cummings is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in biochemistry and French and Francophone studies. Burmester is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in psychology

and German studies.

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Four area residents — Jillian McManus and Jenna Serrano, both of Kingston; and Sierra Curran and Lydia Drakontaidis, both of Saugerties — were named to the dean’s list at Le Moyne College in Syracuse for the spring semester.

Students earn dean’s list status by achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

McManus and Serrano are both majoring in biology. Curran is majoring in management and leadership. Drakontaidis is majoring in psychology.