STUDENT ACHIEVERS

Valedictorian and salutatorian

Olivia Record, Cambridge, has been named valedictorian and Kobe McManus, Cambridge, salutatorian at Cambridge Central School District.

National Merit Scholarship winners

Terence C. Coughlin, Albany, Colonie Central High School, Albany; Emily Zhou, Clifton Park, Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park; Theodore J. Howard, East Greenbush, Columbia High School, East Greenbush; and Jongmyeong Sung, Latham, Shaker High School, Latham will each receive a $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

SkillsUSA NYS competition

Questar III BOCES Career and Technical Education students took home medals at SkillsUSA NYS competition

• Sam Mozzillo, Athens, Donald R. Kline Technical School, Hudson

• Patrick Stark, Ghent, Sawyer Peak, Coeymans, and Cody Thompson, Freehold, Marilyn A. Noonan School at Durham, Durham

• Felix Espada, Troy, Will Inman, Schodack and Amariah Jacobs, Rensselaer, Robert H. Gibson Technical School, Troy

Stark will head to the SkillsUSA National Championship in June in Atlanta.

College awards and honors

Carlotta Batchelder, Gansevoort; Morgan Manning, Albany; Sade Miller, Schenectady and Caroline Shaver, Queensbury, all students at SUNY Oneonta, were recognized for their sustainability efforts on campus, as part of the new Green Dragon Recognition Program.

Renee Zieske, Altamont, won second place riding the Intro Tests on Team A, in an Intercollegiate Dressage Association Show held at the James L. Child Equestrian Complex, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio.

John Furgele, Delmar, and Alexander Headley, Rensselaer, students at SUNY Oneonta, were among six students at the college who won the highest possible honor at the 2023 National Model United Nations conference April 10-14 in New York City.

Katherine Kressner, Gansevoort, a student at SUNY Cortland, had her artwork displayed at Student Select 2023 on campus.

Robert Lang, Schoharie, a student at SUNY Oneonta, has received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the highest honor that SUNY bestows upon students.

Arianna Marcucci, Delanson, a student at Albright College, Reading, Pa., presented a paper titled, “Cars: The Death of America?” at the 24th annual Berks County Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference in April.

Teddy Morey, Saratoga Springs, a student at SUNY Potsdam, made virtual presentations to judges in the International Business Ethics Case Competition held at the college.

Jennifer Shields, Latham, a student at SUNY Oneonta, earned the National Tutor Association Level 1 Certification.

Parmesh Thakoordial, a senior at Schenectady High School and a science major at SUNY Schenectady through the Schenectady Smart Transfer Early College High School program, has been named to the All-USA Academic Team, comprised of the nation’s top community college students. He is one of only 20 college students from across the country named to the academic team. Parmesh received a $5,000 scholarship and a medallion.

Honor society inductees

Madeline Boucher, Germantown, inducted into Eta Sigma Chapter of the Beta Beta Beta National Honor Society.

Emily Casatelli, East Greenbush; Sage Douglass, Elizaville; Jenna Harley, Waterford; Gwyna Mantica, Cohoes; Cheyenne Reed, Valatie; and Aaliyah Stalker, New Lebanon, students at SUNY Oneonta, into Alpha Alpha Alpha, which celebrates the academic success of students whose parents or guardians are not college graduates.

Emma Klindtworth, Schenectady, a student at Stonehill College, Easton, Mass., was inducted into Lambda Epsilon Sigma, the college’s honor society which recognizes outstanding juniors and seniors.

Ben Kniskern, Burnt Hills, a student at St. Lawrence University, Canton, was selected for Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honorary society.

Ellie Zenner, Niskayuna, a student at Elmira College, has been initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society for students in the top one-third of their class and who have demonstrated leadership experience.

Phi Kappa Phi Giovanni Anastasio, Albany; Jamisen Dalland, Coxsackie; and Olivia Eppich, Jefferson, all at State University of New York at Oswego

Erin Burns, Delmar and Stephanie Harman, Halfmoon at Fordham UniversityFordham University, New York City

Morgan Dempsey, Slingerlands; Anjalee Deonauth, Schenectady; Mackenzie Fido, Mechanicville; Alyssa Fitzgerald, Queensbury; Makala Gatta, Niskayuna; Madison Healy, Clifton Park; Laura Jones, Voorheesville; Kendall Lapham, Troy; Anthony McElligott, Selkirk; Meaghan McEntee, Saratoga Springs; Shamim Mohammadit, Watervliet; Kainat Raza, Watervliet; Dalton Salamida, Albany; Angelina Schaefer, Latham; and Dani Withington, Troy, all at Russell Sage College

Morgan Miller, Diamond Point, University of Wyoming

Kiana Pearson, Ballston Spa, Michigan State University

Cheyenne Rinehart, Rensselaer, University of Florida

Holly Rossmann, Middleburgh, Clarkson University

GRADUATES

Shauna Gentile, Selkirk, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Fla.

Abhay Kavidi, Guilderland; Hari Naga Saran Kumpatla, Menands and Saugat Pradhan, Delmar, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Ky.