College students earn recognition

Florida Institute of Technology

MELBOURNE, FLORIDA » Samantha Rinaldi of East Hampton has been named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Florida Institute of Technology.

Champlain College

BURLINGTON, VERMONT » During Champlain College’s commencement May 13, local residents earned degrees:

Nicholas Coutu of East Hampton received a bachelor of science in marketing

Spencer Gumbart of Killingworth received a bachelor of science in communication

Tazer Landow of Ivoryton received a bachelor of fine arts in filmmaking

Melissa Winchell of Deep River received a bachelor of science in professional writing

The following students have been named to the dean’s list for achieving a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher in the spring 2017 semester.

Christopher Lynch of Middletown, majoring in computer networking and cybersecurity

Anya Delventhal of East Haddam, majoring in professional writing

Jacob Burt of Rockfall, majoring in management and innovation

Eastern Connecticut State University

WILLIMANTIC » The World Languages and Cultures Department at Eastern Connecticut State University recently held its annual induction ceremony for Sigma Delta Pi, the national honor society for Spanish.

Kelly Sheehan ‘17 of Old Saybrook was one of the inductees. Sheehan’s major is Spanish and business administration.

Sigma Delta Pi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and partners with the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Estudio Internacional Sampere, the Instituto Universitario de Investigacion en Estudios Norteamericanos Benjamin Franklin, the International Association of Hispanists and the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

Political science students were recently inducted into Alpha Beta Gamma, Eastern’s chapter of the national honor society for political science, Pi Sigma Alpha.

Mikhela Hull ‘17 of Clinton was one of the inductees. Hull’s major is political science and sociology.

Musicians at Eastern performed in the concert band’s annual spring concert April 26. Among the student performers was Edward Krauth ‘20 of Portland, who played percussion and majors in communication.

The Percussion Ensemble and Percussion Group presented their annual spring concert on April 29. Gabriela Mikunda ‘18 of Middletown was one of the musicians who played. Mikunda majors in accounting.

Eastern recently held its annual induction ceremony for Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society. Sean Cunningham ‘17 of Ivoryton was one of the inductees. Cunningham’s major is sociology.

The mission of Alpha Kappa Delta is to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems and other social and intellectual activities that lead to improvement in the human condition.

Eligible students must hold a ranking of at least a junior, rank in the top 35 percent of their graduating class in general scholarship or must have accumulated the equivalent of an overall grade point average of at least 3.3. They also must have maintained the equivalent of a 3.0 GPA in sociology courses taken at the host institution prior to initiation.

Roanoke College

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA » Kristen Wicander, valedictorian of the class of 2013 at Nathan Hale-Ray High School in Moodus, graduated from Roanoke College May 6. She received a Fulbright U.S. Student Award as an English teaching assistant in the region of La Rioja, Spain, for the 2017-18 academic year.