Delco students earn degrees, dean’s list status coast to coast

Bucknell University

LEWISBURG, PA. » The university presented degrees to 1,090 graduates at commencement on May 20, including the following area students:

BERWYN: Emma Brumbaugh, Trevor Fennimore, Caroline Clancy

BROOMALL: David Levengood

BRYN MAWR: Gray Warden

GLEN MILLS: Katherine Mesmer, Korey Leidheiser

HAVERTOWN: Emily O’Brien

NEWTOWN SQUARE: Brittany Swanson

PHILADELPHIA: Dunni Adenuga, Daniel BarnumSwett

VILLANOVA: Ali Lenard, Henry Leonardi

WALLINGFORD: Jamie Kenney

WAYNE: Eric Senior, Kelly Manning, Kate Murphy, Caroline Barker, Natalie Leiser

WEST CHESTER: Maxwell Kane

Cabrini University RADNOR » Kevin Delaney

of Media was named to the deans list for the spring 2018 semester. Delaney, a finance and math major, earned a 3.9 GPA. He was also selected to the 2018 Lacrosse Colonial States Athletic Conference [CSAC] All Academic Team. He is a 2015 graduate of Penncrest High School.

Coastal Carolina University

CONWAY, S.C. >> Nearly 750 students have been named to the president’s list for the spring 2018 semester, including the following students, earning a 4.0 GPA: Raymond Jefferis, an intelligence and national security studies major from Glen Mills; Kristen McGovern, a communication major from Wayne; Bailey O’Brien, a management major from Springfield; Jacqueline Rodgers, an accounting major from Glen Mills; and Samantha Thompson, a communication major, from Clifton Heights.

DeSales University

CENTER VALLEY, PA. » The following students made the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester:

ASTON: Natalie N. Gray, Lindsay E. Wigo

DREXEL HILL: Savannah M. Kelly; Renee M. McFillin

HAVERTOWN: Courtney G. Elcock

RIDLEY PARK: Eric A. Magro

SPRINGFIELD: Brandon M. Dichiacchio

THORNTON: Colin T. McLaughlin

Hamilton College

CLINTON, N.Y. » Emma Belanger, daughter of Gitte and Kenneth Belanger of Wallingford, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2018 spring semester. Belanger, a rising junior majoring in Chinese and Russian studies, is a graduate of Strath Haven High School.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

INDIANA » Students from the area have been recognized as Provost Scholars: Lindsey Bower of Chadds Ford, B.S. in hospitality management; Havertown: Laura M. Wick of Havertown, B.A. in English/film studies; Margaret Mary Otruba of Morton, B.S. in nursing. Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Provost Scholar recognition is given only once during a student’s time of study at IUP.

James Madison University

HARRISONBURG, VA. » The following area students were named to the president’s list for the spring 2018, earning a minimum 3.9 GPA: Brendan Joseph Armani and Angela Marie Burke of Garnet Valley; Katherine Jean Bailey of Wayne; Rebecca Ann Hillhouse, Amber Leigh Hontz and Molly Jolene Namiotka of West Chester; Lindsay Idler Johnson of Drexel Hill.

St. Lawrence University

CANTON, N.Y. » Nearly 520 students received bachelor degrees from the university during commencement ceremonies held on May 20, including the following area students: Gabriel W. Cole of Wallingford. Cole is a member of the Class of 2018 and majored in English. Cole received the degree of bachelor of arts magna cum laude. Cole attended Strath Haven High School; Charles R.L. Isen of Bryn Mawr. Isen is a member of the Class of 2018 and majored in psychology. Isen received the degree of bachelor of science. Isen attended Salisbury School; John C. Robbins of Wayne. Robbins is a member of the Class of 2018 and majored in environmental studies-sociology. Robbins received the degree of bachelor of arts. Robbins attended Conestoga High School.

Temple University

PHILADELPHIA » Samuel Cook of Newtown Square served as student speaker at the College of Science and Technology’s ceremony for spring 2018 commencement excercises. He graudated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor of science in mathematics and computer science, a certificate in data science and a minor in German.

Cook was a peer tutor in the Computer and Information Sciences Deapartment, a peer menor and an ambassador for theTemple Honors Program and president of the Temple University German Society. His research as an undergraduate included investgiating the structure of convolutional neural networks in Associate Professor Richard Souvenir’s computer vision lab, which are used for image recognition, and working in the bioengineering lab of Professor Peter Lelkes where he researched an electrospinning robot for use for use in custom bandage generation. His most recent summer internship was with J.P. Morgan Chase in its Technology Analysit Program.

Cook will move to Heidelberg, Germany, to take a job as a Big data Enginner for SAP. He plans to evenutally attend graudate school and earn a Ph.D.

University of New Hampshire

DURHAM, N.H. » /05/2018)-The following students graduated in May 2018: Jenna Bergstrom of Havertown, PA - BSCIVE in civil engineering; Adam Twombly of Radnor, BSCHE in ChE:Bioengineering, Cum Laude (GPA of 3.50-3.64); Claudia Willis of Wayne, BSCHEM in chemistry.

University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON » The following area students were named to the spring 2018 dean’s list: Alexandra Lia Buckley and Robyn Corinne Chekemian of Bryn Mawr; Benjamin Lewis Hanson of West Chester; and Jessica Marie McTaggart of Springfield.

University of San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. » The following area students graduated on May 27: Matthew Fairorth of Berwyn earned a bachelor’s degree in finance; Lindsay Fitzpatrick of Havertown earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. Fitzpatrick graduated summa cum laude; Shanel Hill of Darby earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry.