College student news

Tufts University

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the spring semester: Charlotte Boland, Ivoryton; Connor Dale, Middletown; Erica DeBarge, Westbrook; Nathaniel Goff, East Haddam; Peter Malinovsky, Old Saybrook; and Tushar Vig, Durham

Dean’s list honors require a semester grade-point average of 3.4 or greater.

Western Connecticut State University

DANBURY — Western Connecticut State University students named local residents to the dean’s list for the spring semester:

Full-time students: Clinton: Megan Foley, nursing; Cromwell: Emma Belcourt, art; Deep River: Stephanie Clapp, nursing; East Hampton: Brittany Cassella, justice and law administration; Ivoryton: Leah Harger, psychology; Killingworth: Jakob Lindner, psychology; Middletown: Sasha Brown, musical theatre; Celina Kestecher, theatre arts; Adrianna Spada, nursing.

Part time student: Middletown: Giancarlo Cefalu Jr., nursing.

Becker College

WORCESTER, Mass. — Becker College recognized the following local graduates during commencement May 5: Patrick Daniels, of Durham, graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in interactive media design; and Alexis Johnson, of Middlefield, graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.

Wilkes University

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Wilkes University announces the dean’s list for the spring semester. To be named, Emma Fantoli, of Portland, obtained a minimum 3.5 grade-point average and carried at least 12 credits.

Muhlenberg College

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Muhlenberg College held commencement May 17 and 18. Katelynn Maxwell, of Chester, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in public health and political science.

Fairfield University

FAIRFIELD — The following Fairfield University students received dean’s list honors for the spring semester. To place, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in a semester, have no outstanding or incomplete grades for that semester, and have attained a semester grade-point average of 3.50 or better.

They are: Centerbrook, Elizabeth Bouregy; Cromwell, Ashley Nicole Ramirez; Durham, Kendra Ruth Landy, Samuel James Longworth and Madison Rose Terrill; Middletown, Jill Katherine Stifano and Margaret Nash Williams.

Western New England University

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Alison Spadorcia received the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Award for Highest GPA in electrical engineering at the 2018 College of Engineering Senior Awards Ceremony May 19 at Western New England University. Students are selected based on their academic achievement in the major or based on their overall class standing.

Clarkson University

POTSDAM, N.Y. — Erik Louis Kocsis, of Higganum, a senior majoring in aeronautical engineering, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Clarkson University. These students must achieve a minimum 3.25 gradepoint average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.

Eastern Connecticut State University

WILLIMANTIC — A group of Eastern Connecticut State University students, under the guidance of Professor Christopher Torockio, recently traveled to Italy to participate in the Creative Writing Abroad course. The students spent five weeks, from June 25 to July 31, writing fiction stories inspired by their travels and experiences at the Studio Arts College International in Florence.

Kara Prichard, ’20, of Moodus, who majors in communication, was one of the students who used Italy’s Tuscan views, scenery, art and architecture to inspire their writing. The group took intensive, creative writing workshops in the Renaissance-era palazzo garden at SACI, where they also critiqued and edited each other’s original works of short fiction.