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Dean’s List for Fall 2016
The following residents were named to the dean’s, president’s, and/or merit lists at their respective colleges and universities for the fall 2016 semester, unless otherwise noted. The student’s class year is that which pertained at the time of the achievement.
• Clark University: Alexandra R. Brown, Skyler M. Duda, and Tess W. Reichart.
• Clemson University: Bridget M. Hackett.
• Southern Connecticut State University: Emilee Standish, a senior majoring in elementary education.
• Tufts University: Joseph Nault.
• University of Connecticut’s School of Engineering: Sydney Stofflet.
• University of Findlay: Courtney O’Connor.
• University of Hartford: Kayleigh Dutra, Caroline Massey, Kevin Mezick, Jessica Reeve, Rachel Roding, and Ashleigh Wynne.
• University of New Hampshire: Michael Ciardiello, Abby Jeppesen, and Timothy Kenefick.
• University of New Haven: Paul Evan Ehrlich, Peter William Ferrigno, Meggin Rosemary Jacob, Nicholas Lauria, Joseph Massey, Rachel Elizabeth Morro, Brendan Edward Regan, John William Renner, Johanna Vega, and Michelle X. Wang.
• University of Rhode Island: Melissa Geiger, Samantha Ann Grinold, Olivia Montesi, Amanda Moritz, Emily Rose Schaefer, and Victoria Marie Stook.
• University of Vermont: Calum Buchanan, Justin Clark, and Nicole Raccuia.
• Wentworth Institute of Technology: Mitchell S. Kendrioski and Samuel Smith.
• Western New England University: Caleigh A. Curran and James Sullivan.
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Matthew Kornitsky, Zachary Ligham, and Kevin O’Brien.
Academic and Extracurricular Achievements
• Katalina Baehring, a sophomore at Hamden Hall Country Day School, will go to the All-State Music Festival after having qualified for the Honor Choir and Band.
• William Godsey, a robotics engineering major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Venice. The project was titled “Unearthing Patterns in Venetian History.”
• Katrina Green has been granted the Presidential Scholarship to study nursing at Alvernia University in the fall. Green is currently a senior at Guilford High School.
• Katie Hooker will be competing at the 47th Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne, or World Championships, this spring in Dublin. Katie dances for the Broesler School of Irish Dance.
• Kevin Jacobsen was recently recognized at the fall 2016 Outstanding Graduates ceremony at SUNY New Paltz.
• Courtney O’Connor was awarded the Ward Family Scholarship at the University of Findlay for the 2016-’17 academic year.
• John-Nicholas P. Setaro will participate in a St. Lawrence University off-campus study abroad program during the Spring 2017 semester.
• James Sullivan recently starred in The Servant of Two Masters at Western New England University.
• University of New Haven graduates: Kathleen Genera and Rachel Morro.
• Kathleen Wallace graduated cum laude from Ithaca College’s School of Music with a degree in performance.
Honor Roll Students
• Mercy High School, 2nd Marking Period, 2016-’17: Lauren Hutchinson, Emma Pfau, Kaitlyn Regan, and Chloe Tulimieri.
• Notre Dame High School of West Haven, 1st Term, 2016-’17: Colin Call, Brendan Crowley, Hunter Krasnow, Daniel McDermott, Byron Palmieri, and Aidan Walsh.
• Sacred Heart Academy, 2nd Marking Period, 2016-’17: Marissa Amatruda, Charlotte Beatty, Miranda Bowers, Megan Cunneen, Michaela Gibbons, Keely Greiner, Zoe Lamoreaux, Alexa Modell, Claire O’Neill, Gabriela Perez, and Kelly Sandella.
• Xavier High School, 2nd Quarter, 2016-’17: Daniel Andrien, Caleb Cremin-Endes, Brandon Hawke, Samuel Haydock, Gabriel McCarthy, Kevin Mooney, and William Yerxa.