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Local students honored for college success

by | Aug 5, 2020 | Education

The University of Massachusetts released its list of students who made the dean’s list for the spring semester, and it includes a number of Hopkinton residents: Freeman Alfano, Hayden August, Kalina Bergmann, Haley Bernardo, Matthew Bird, Nora Bonnell, James Cavallo, Neal Chadha, Olivia Coelho, Ryan Covino, Maeve Cross, Kelsey Cunniff, Michael Cuthbert, Juliette Davis, Jonathan Demarco, Jonathan DeYoung, Camran Fattahy, Anne Feather, Christopher Hadley, Lauren Hamm, David Hart, Robert Hart, Siobhan Herr, Zachary Holbrow, Zachary Horgan, Maria Jara Barca, Greta Kohl, Julia Krapf, Devon Lamachia, Michael Lanen, Alexandra Lazarov, Jake LeBlanc, Timothy Lowell, Sophia Malik, Gianna Mangano, Dawson McMillan, Samuel Morningstar, Peter Morse, Caroline Murphy, Hannah Murphy, Jake Neary, Robert Pagliuca, Astha Parmar, Kyle Perkins, Rebeka Pohl, Janvi Puri, Kyle Rock, Maximilian Siegfried, Danielle Sullivan, Christopher Todd, Jennifer Tomlinson, Margaret Turner, Julian Vasquez, Xilonen Vela-Garcia, Julian Ventura, Maya Vumbaca, Emma Wailgum, Bryanna Walker, Amber Walsh, Caroline Wauters, Emily Whelan, Kayla Winshman, Ansley Worrell and Samuel Worrell. …

Nine Hopkinton residents received degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in May. Jeremy Jacobs was awarded a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering with high distinction. Jonathan Palczynski was awarded a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering with distinction. Blake Dobay was awarded a Bachelor of Science in computer science. Evan Goldstein was awarded a Bachelor of Science in computer science. Daniel Barra was awarded a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with distinction. Abigail Gilbert was awarded a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with high distinction. Kyle Heavey was awarded a Bachelor of Science in robotics engineering. Michael Twardowski was awarded a doctorate in robotics engineering. Matthew Moniz was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree.

Also at WPI, Rajkumar Dandekar, a member of the Class of 2021 who is majoring in mechanical engineering, was part of a student team that recently completed an intense research project titled Recording Human Stories in a Time of Crisis. …

At Quinnipiac University, Olivia Centrella received a Bachelor of Science in psychology, Adam Cronin received a Bachelor of Science in management, Katelyn Curry received a Master of Business Administration, Megan Kelley received a Master of Teaching Elementary, Jack Marcou received a Bachelor of Science in management, Conor Murphy received a Bachelor of Science in accounting, Dario Venuto received a Master of Business Administration, Victoria Wauters received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and Nathan Wilson received a Bachelor of Science in health science studies.

Also at Quinnipiac, named to the dean’s list were William Abbott, Allison Burdulis, Isabella Callery, Adam Cronin, Elena Fajardo, Tess Greenwood, Caitlyn Halloran, Madeleine Hildreth, Jack Marcou, Conor Murphy, Taylor Parduhn and David Sloan. …

At Rochester Institute of Technology, Charlie Baker, who is in the computer science program, and Kira Hanson, who is in the film and animation program, were named to the dean’s list. …

Max Goldberg, Willard Howard and Emma Litavis were named to the dean’s list at Roger Williams University. …

Named to the dean’s list at Fairfield University were Brigid Belger, Julia Canestrari, Julia Joshi, Katherine Litchfield, Brigid Marquedant, Cecily McNamara, Alexandria Power, Lily Rancatore and Kate Welzel. …

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

Corinne Messier was named to the president’s list at Bentley University. …

At James Madison University, Andrew Nealon, a kinesiology major, was named to the president’s list, and Paityn Salyards, an international business major, was named to the dean’s list. …

Grace McLaughlin was named to the president’s list at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, where she graduated in May with a degree in musical theatre. …

Ted Torres was named to the dean’s list at Bryant University. …

At the University of Delaware, Brianna Antonioli, Kendall Copley, Caroline Johnson, Raymond Lucas, Alexander MacDonald, Dylan McBride, Jessica Powell, Grace Schacterle and Elena Wade were named to the dean’s list. …

Owen McNamara graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in political science and a minor in French. …

At Saint Anselm College,  junior Parker Petruney, a finance major, senior Brittany Power, a nursing major, and senior Julia Thissell, an elementary education major, were named to the dean’s list. Thissell, who played basketball, also was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, a national scholar-athlete honor society. …

Erin Winsor graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in communication from Eastern Connecticut State University. …

Carly Chase, who is pursuing a degree in marketing communication/advertising, was named to the dean’s list at Western New England University. …

Abby Meltzer graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York.

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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