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University of Mount Union

More than 400 graduate and undergraduate students participated in the University of Mount Union’s 176th Commencement Ceremony held Saturday, May 14 in the Peterson Field House of the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.

Area residents included:

Morgan Balazs, of Euclid.

Cheyanne Bosse, of Montville.

Ana Malinowski, of Painesville.

Domenic Mularo, of Chardon.

Emily Phillips, of Chardon.

Rachel Ricchiuto, of Mayfield Heights.

Jennifer Schweiger, of Novelty.

Caitlin Stuart, of Eastlake.

Taylor Klein, of Chardon.

Collin Langer, of Chester Township.

George Lassnick, of Painesville.

Thomas Yuras, of Mentor.

Daniel Zelina, of Mentor-on-the-Lake.

Amber Zheng, of Ashtabula.

Clayton Barkan, of Chagrin Falls.

Zachary Berdysz, of Perry.

Dean Coso, of Chardon. Claire Dolan, of Perry. Sierra Hulderman, of Madison.

Joshua Kain, of Chagrin Falls.

Andrew Keller, of Painesville.

Kaylee Klepper, of Middlefield.

Shyenne Ledford, of Madison.

Alexa Matejka, of Painesville.

Hailey Peoples-Oneil, of Geneva.

Amy Pfiester, of Chardon.

Brian Regovich, of Willowick.

Alyssa Rose, of Madison.

Jakub Zimnoch, of Perry.

Natalie Kaufman, of Conneaut.

Serena Sanzo, of Painesville.

Alex Bryan, of Geneva. Tori Moran, of Mentor.

Hiram College

Alpha Society is one of Hiram’s highest academic honors. Membership is limited to students who have completed 12 or more hours of graded coursework at Hiram College and whose cumulative grade point average is 3.75 or better.

Area residents include: Colton Allen of Cleveland.

Elianna Antoon of Mentor.

Dylan Baliker of Chardon.

Ethan Barnes of Cleveland.

Jared Biller of Ashtabula.

Marisa Bolton of Middlefield.)

Kayla Campbell of Eastlake.

Beverly Campbell of Chardon.

Lisha Ciani of Mentor. Mackenzie Flaherty of Mentor.

Julia Frank of Chester Township.

Camden Kane of Concord.

Julianna-Marie LeQuay of Euclid.

Alyssa Maraia of Chardon.

Julie Nalow of Madison,.

Mit Patel of Reminderville.

Dennis Pranjic of Mentor.

Ashley Rutkowski of Middlefield.

Emerson Schwarz of Chester Township.

Grace Spehn of Chagrin Falls.

Sydney Spitler of Middlefield.

Carisa Vollman of Eastlake.

Ashonti Wright of South Euclid.

Ohio Northern University

The following Lake County residents were eligible to participate in Ohio Northern University’s spring 2022 commencement ceremonies:

Danielle Bryll of Kirtland, BS in Mechanical Engineering

Jordan Cloonan of Willoughby Hills, Doctor of Pharmacy

Christina Kurilec of Madison, Bachelor of Arts

Emily Phillips of Painesville, Doctor of Pharmacy

Madeline Williams of Madison, Bachelor of Science

Holy Cross

Holy Cross celebrated nearly 755 bachelor of arts degree recipients at its 176th Commencement held in person on Friday, May 27 at the DCU Center in Worcester.

The following local students earned degrees:

Connor Kennedy of Cleveland,

Lauren Kuhar of Chardon.

Wilkes University

Katelyn Kinczel of Highland Heights was named to the Dean’s List at Wilkes University for the spring 2022 semester.

To be named to the Dean’s List, students must obtain a minimum 3.5 grade point average and carry at least 12 credits.

Marietta College

About 170 Marietta College students were named to the Spring 2022 Dean’s High Honors List, which features any full-time student completing at least 15 credit hours with a grade point average of 3.75 or better in a given semester.

The list included Lillian Daneshmand of Chardon, who is majoring in Physics and is a graduate of South High School.

Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University held its 178th commencement ceremony on May 7, celebrating its Class of 2022.

Local residents graduating this spring are:

Nick Canitia of Chester Township. Canitia earned a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude and was a Finance Economics major and an Accounting minor.

Acadia Caryl of Highland Heights. Caryl earned a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude and was an English (Literature) and Psychology major and an Environmental Studies minor.

Nick Malenda of Cleveland. Malenda earned a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude and was a Health and Human Kinetics (Exercise Science) major .

Eva Mulloy of Novelty. Mulloy earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude and was an Astrophysics major and a Spanish minor.

Madyson Paradie of Madison. Paradie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude and was an Economics major and a Data and Society minor.

Hiram College

Hiram College is pleased to announce the Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester.

Dean’s List recognition is awarded each semester to students who, during the semester, complete 12 or more hours of graded coursework at Hiram College with a semester grade point average of 3.6 or better.

Area residents included: Artrez Alexander of Willowick.

Colton Allen of Cleveland.

Dylan Baliker of Chardon.

Ethan Barnes of Cleveland.

Alexandra Berry of Madison.

Jared Biller of Ashtabula.

Beverly Campbell of Chardon.

Kayla Campbell of Eastlake.

Michael Corsillo of Chardon.

Emma Cromwell of Mentor.

Violet Detweiler of Chardon.

Riley Elliott of Novelty. Mackenzie Flaherty of Mentor.

Julia Frank of Chester Township.

Delanoe Harris of Euclid.

Stephen Javorek of Chester Township.

Michael Kalinic of Mayfield Heights.

Camden Kane of Concord.

Julianna-Marie LeQuay of Euclid.

Megan Maddox of Middlefield.

Alyssa Maraia of Chardon.

Lauren Mollohan of Chagrin Falls.

Taylor Mullen of Lyndhurst.

Mit Patel of Reminderville.

Crystal Pillar of Painesville.

Dennis Pranjic of Mentor.

Alicia Ralston of Mayfield Heights.

Elena Rinaldi of Cleveland.

Ashley Rutkowski of Middlefield.

Jaiya Smith of Cleveland.

Grace Spehn of Chagrin Falls.

Madelyn Spehn of Chagrin Falls.

Sydney Spitler of Middlefield.

James Thomas of Perry. Taylor Valaitis of Eastlake.

Carisa Vollman of Eastlake.

Saint Francis University

Lindsay Ward, of Kirtland, graduated with a/ an Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Studies from Saint Francis University during the May 7-8 commencement exercises.

Ward was among approximately 700 students who received degrees.