Local students honored for college success

The following Hopkinton residents earned undergraduate degrees from WPI at its commencement last month: James Chakalos (B.S. with distinction in mechanical engineering), Amanda Dings (B.S. with high distinction in aerospace engineering), Parker Grant (B.S. with distinction in electrical and computer engineering) , Paul Shingleton (B.S. with distinction in computer science) and Kameron Yagoobi (B.S. with distinction in industrial engineering). Graduate degrees were presented to Shannon Moffat (M.S. in robotics engineering), Michael Twardoski (M.S. in robotics engineering) and Christopher Martel (doctor of philosophy in interdisciplinary). Nicholas Bograd received a B.S. with distinction as well as an M.S., both in aerospace engineering. …

Patrick Ryan graduated from Union College with a bachelor of biomedical engineering degree magna cum laude. …

At James Madison University, Renee Salois graduated with a B.S. in health sciences and Madeline Siraco graduated with a B.S. in interdisciplinary liberal studies. …

Caroline Sullivan, a biochemistry/molecular biology major who recently completed her junior year, was named to the dean’s list at Hamilton College. …

Devon Rancourt was named to the dean’s list at Connecticut College, achieving dean’s high honors. Rancourt, who just completed her sophomore year, is majoring in Slavic studies and history. …

At Saint Anselm College, senior Mary Marquedant (social work), junior Julia Thissell (elementary education) and sophomores Parker Petruney (marketing) and Samantha Riley (international relations) were named to the dean’s list. …

Senior Lauren Hazzard was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University. …

At Quinnipiac University, Christa Cosmo, Katelyn Curry, Anne Dumas, Audrey Gladu, Stephen Gomez, Conor Murphy, David Sloan, Kayla Sullivan and Dario Venuto were named to the dean’s list. Murphy also was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society serving business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, during a recent campus ceremony. …

At Eastern Connecticut State University, Erin Winsor was inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication honor society, and presented with an award for excellence in photography and publication design. …

Julia Gorgol was named to the president’s list at Elon University in North Carolina. …

At the University of Rhode Island, Shelby Aarden, Alyssa Carbone, Grace Darkow, Charles Dumas, Maddie Marques, Gwil O’Rourke, Sydney Olson, Paige Shepard, Will Yaggy and Haley Zepf were named to the dean’s list. …

Megan Canfield was named to the dean’s list at Emmanuel College in Boston. …

The following Hopkinton residents were named to the dean’s list at Clemson University: Luke Anastasi (pre-business), Alex Antaki (industrial engineering), Adam Giordano (architecture), Emily Hoffman (marketing) and Kayla Patrick (architecture). …

Dean’s list students at Endicott College include John McGuire (business management), Emma Murphy (liberal studies/education), Katherine O’Connor (communication) and Olivia Zhang (nursing). …

Tiana McCann was named to the dean’s list at Stonehill College. …

Earning dean’s list recognition at Ithaca College were Samuel Factor, a psychology and mathematics major, and Sydney Joyce, a writing major. …

Megan Donovan and Julia Mann were named to the dean’s list at Hofstra University. …

At Lasell College in Newton, Haley McGrath and Gabrielle Boyce were named to the dean’s list. …

Michelle Gates and Shuangping Zhu were named to the dean’s list at Dean College. …

Walker Griggs received a B.A. in computer science from Colby College. Griggs, who prepped at Middlesex School, is the son of Kevin Griggs of Hopkinton.

Editor’s note: Information for college honors is provided by the schools. Those interested in being included in this section should request for the school to email the information to: Editor@hopkintonindependent.com.

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