Students earn honors, degrees

MADISON — The Country School announces students who have earned academic honors for the second trimester. Those in grades six through eight who have demonstrated particularly strong effort in all their courses receive special mention at the end of each term.

The criteria is a minimum of four effort grades of 4 or better, two of which must come from English, math, history, science, and foreign language, with nothing below a 3. The criteria for the academic honors list is a minimum of four grades of A- or better with no grade below a B. Two of the four grades of A- or better must come from the above courses.

Effort list

Sixth grade: Devri Aronson, Branford

Eighth grade: Molly Prior, Guilford; Joshua Reichard, Guilford

Academic honor roll

Sixth grade: Michael DeFlippo, Durham

Seventh grade: Ana Duques, Madison; Riley Svitila, Clinton; James Wang, Guilford; Blake Zeidenberg, Guilford

Eighth grade: Will Bonito, Madison

Academic honor roll and effort list

Sixth grade: Keenan Bonito, Madison; Lucy Burke, Madison; Luca Coletti, Madison; Emily Dusza, Madison; Sadie Ferguson-Cormier, Guilford; Austin Holway, Guilford; Rosie Lee, Essex; Whitman Liu, Wallingford; Spencer MacKenzie, Guilford; Alexander Monin, Branford; Chloe Nelson, Branford; Henry Ogeneski, Guilford; Ksenia Podoltseva, Madison; Braden Rinehart, Guilford; Cade Rinehart, Guilford; Elizabeth Rogers, Madison; Gabby Rothberg, Guilford; Nicolaas Sanborn, Madison; Alexander Schultz, Guilford; Oli Scott, Haddam Neck; Jake Sigal, Guilford

Seventh grade: Maggie Alford, Guilford; Grace Becker, Guilford; Liam Boone, Clinton; Milo Burch, Madison; Caroline Callahan, Madison; Maddy Childs, Wallingford; Sam Duffy, Madison; Miklosh Frusztajer, Guilford; Evelyn Hladky, Wallingford; Harrison Hodge, Madison; Emma Kowalski, Killingworth; Emma Lee, Madison; Scarlett Marino, Madison; Jack McGuane, Guilford; Claire McGuinness, Madison; Grace Mulligan, Guilford; Zara Nat, Madison; Evelyn Reach, Madison; Sam Rotermund, Madison; Julia Sachs, Killingworth; Avery Schwartz, Guilford; Bella Torrison, Killingworth; Anna Vlieks, Madison; Christopher Yuh, Madison; Natalie Yuh, Madison; Anya Zigmont, Durham

Eighth grade: Meghan Brown, Higganum; Cooper Burke, Madison; Nadia Goodman, Old Lyme; Sophia Hiebert, Middletown; Katelin Hornyak, Killingworth; Marla Lafferty, Madison; Rosie Liu, Wallingford; Luke Piagentini, Guilford; Alexander Podoltsev, Madison; Joey Salafia, Killingworth; Serena Shanbhag, Guilford; Michaela Troy, Madison

College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. — The College of the Holy Cross congratulates students who were named to the spring 2021 dean’s list.

They are: Allison Molski of Middletown, majoring in chemistry; Amanda Wilderman of Westbrook, majoring in political science; Joseph Reilly of Cromwell, majoring in political science; Sophie Cassarino of Durham, majoring in classics; William Lallier of Chester, undeclared; and Riley Millburne of Westbrook, undeclared.

Oklahoma State University

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State University awarded degrees to 4,047 students this past spring, including Kerry Clark of Middletown, who earned a master of arts degree in philosophy.

Wentworth Institute of Technology

BOSTON — The following local students made the dean’s list at Wentworth Institute of Technology for the spring 2021 semester: Griffin Ellis Robinson of Higganum, Aidan G. Korper of Killingworth and David Sebastian Gonthier of Middletown.

Trinity College

HARTFORD — The following local students graduated from Trinity College May 21: Skye Angela Joy-Yap Gasataya of Middletown earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology; and Ryan Lau of Middletown earned a bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, in philosophy.

Coastal Carolina University

CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina University recognized nearly 1,200 students during its in-person spring 2021 commencement ceremonies May 7 and 8. Among the graduates was Jack Bugg, a marketing major who lives in Clinton.

Quinnipiac University

HAMDEN — The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2021 semester at Quinnipiac University:

To qualify, students must earn a grade-point average of at least 3.5 with no grade lower than C. Full-time students must complete at least 14 credits in a semester, with at least 12 credits that have been graded on a letter grade basis to be eligible. Part-time students must complete at least six credits during a semester.

Chester: Megan Winslow

Cromwell: Gina Cambareri, Julia Liseo, Jenna Marren, Alexander Mihalopoulos, Kenechukwu Umelo

Deep River: Melanie Lee

Durham: Kelly Brennan, Sara Carino, Ryan Genest, Joshua Gorero, Naomi Gorero, Tess McIntyre, Olivia Preneta, Michael Salley

East Haddam: Mia Lawrence

East Hampton: Liv Distefano, Emily Salisbury

East Lyme: Marnie Rock, Jamie Toole

Killingworth: Emersyn Conklin, Bradley Rakowski, Marianna Terenzio, Jordan Tupay, Olivia Whiteman

Middlefield: Caitlyn Casey-Leonard, Kelly Frier, Anna Yusza

Middletown: Alexia Antogiovanni, Hannah Baker, Emily Centeno, Sydney Cote, Kayla Decicco, Kitrina Diguidig, Alyssa Gambell, Margaret Guile, Eva Hallstead-Williams, Nathan Latina, Jonathan Rosenblum, Camila Schott, Hannah Stevens

Portland: Emily Disalvo, Jenna Lastrina, Christine Picard