Academic honors earned by local students.
• Area residents graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology included: Alec Lieberman, of Belchertown, who received a bachelor’s degree in software engineering; Benjamin Liu, of Northampton, who received a master’s degree in applied and computational mathematics and a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics; Joseph Savarese, of Northampton, who received a bachelor’s degree in management information systems; Shelby Scott, of Hampden, who received a bachelor of fine arts degree in film and animation; and Jonathan White, of Williamsburg, who received an associate’s degree in occupational studies in computer integrated machining technology.
• William Melnick, son of Leonard Melnick and Margaret Seiler, of Northampton, was named to the St. Lawrence University dean’s list for maintaining a 3.4 grade point average or higher for the full academic year. Melnick is a 2010 graduate of Academy At Charlemont.
• Laura Jackman, of Wilbraham, was awarded a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration by the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.
• University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth students named to the spring dean’s list in recognition of earning a semester grade point average of 3.2 or higher of a possible 4.0 included: Belchertown residents Bianca Auletta and Sunha Chung; Zachary Bitzer, of Colrain; Mary Shaw, of Conway; Nikholas Peterson, of Easthampton; Alex Chase, of Northampton; Greenfield residents Zachary Howes and Joshua Yerka; Miles Wilhelms-Tricarico, of Hadley; Hampden residents Christopher Crogan and Amanda Morini; Tanner Zacharewicz, of Ludlow; Montague residents Meredith Brown, Gregory Betsold, Summer Forest-Bulley and Brianna Mattos-Akey; Elizabeth Armitage, of Ware; and Wilbraham residents Gregory Ladd and Janei Perkins.
• University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth students named to the chancellor’s list in recognition of earning a spring semester grade point average of 3.8 or higher of a possible 4.0 include: Sarah Richard, of Belchertown; Amanda Tosswill, of Northampton; and Jocelyn Adorno, of Greenfield.
• Casey Lu Simon-Plumb, of Hampden and 2014 graduate of Minnechaug Regional High School who will attend Swarthmore College this fall, was selected as a recipient of a $2,000 scholarship from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Simon-Plumb was among 25 area students selected from nearly 300 applicants to receive a scholarship. Scholarship applicants were scrutinized by a panel of judges in several categories including academic achievement, community involvement and financial need.
• Framingham State University students who graduated on May 18 with bachelor degrees included: Hannah Prescott, of Brimfield; Monique LaPierre, of Ludlow; Michelle Lau, of Ludlow; Bianca Murphy, of Ludlow ; David Simao, of Ludlow; and Jillian Sawicki, of Wilbraham.
• Kristina Martino, of Sunderland, was awarded a master’s degree in English by the University of Iowa.
• Area students named to dean’s and president’s lists for academic achievement at Western New England for the spring semester included: Courtney T. Chafer, of Palmer; Andrew J. Drawec, of Belchertown; Leah K. Morton, of Northampton; Abigail N. Frasier, of Belchertown; Emma L. Norden, of Belchertown; Zachary S. Coopee, of Hampden; Allisen A. Goncalves, of Ludlow; Adam D. Hamel, of Monson; Mariah A. Beeman, of Belchertown; Rachel L. Collette, of Monson; Alan M. Martin, of Monson; Katrina A. DiGloria, of Ludlow; Kevin J. Brown, of Hampden; Kyle A. Hatten, of Wilbraham; Adam J. Pianka, of Monson; Michael A. Morin, of Southampton; Lawrence T. Belbin, of Belchertown; Victoria A. Egan, of Monson; Nelson Rodrigues, of Ludlow; Andrew T. Basler, of Palmer; Andrew R. Towsley, of Belchertown; Megan E. Rogalski, of Shutesbury; Jacob D. Mead, of Palmer; Michael D. Schwendenmann, of Wilbraham; Brandi M. Norden, of Hampden; Ashley A. Walch, of Palmer; Melissa L. Wojcicki, of Ludlow; Nicole E. Greene, of Wilbraham; Brendan M. Hiersche, of Ludlow; Mya N. Coviello, of Ludlow; Amy M. Spillane, of Palmer; Hunter J. Strzempko, of Brimfield; Eric M. Cienciwa, of Wilbraham; Mark A. Manolakis, of Wilbraham; Sarah A. Tanguay, of Hampden; Katie L. Farrell, of Wilbraham; Reese R. Laviolette, of Palmer; Joseph L. Condon, of Hampden; Andrew T. Leoni, of Wilbraham; Wade R. Modestow, of Hampden; Michael J. Tranghese, of Wilbraham; Mohamed M. Mire, of Ludlow; Rachel E. Augustus, of Palmer; Aaron A. Krasinkiewicz, of Belchertown; Karolina Kwietniak, of Belchertown; Kayla C. Lucas, of Ludlow; Grayson T. Nash, of Easthampton; Sophia J. Fernandes, of Ludlow; Raymond N. Soler, of Hampden; Elizabeth M. Andres, of Hadley; Melinda E. Blankenship, of Monson; Katherine L. LaMour, of Monson; Halie B. Laviolette, of Palmer; Jared E. Allis, of Montague; Chelsea L. Johnson, of Ludlow; Matthew S. LaCoille, of Ludlow; Frederickie A. Rizos, of Southampton; Nicholas S. Roughgarden, of Wilbraham; Stacy Gamache, of Williamsburg; Donna Laviolette, of Palmer; Karen Mercier, of Belchertown; Casey Nothe, of Monson; Anna Waite, of Sunderland; Catherine Anziano, of Belchertown; Mathew Anziano, of Belchertown; Melanie Archambault, of Belchertown; Gabrielle Bates, of Wilbraham; Christopher Beaver, of Belchertown; Nicholas Boileau, of Belchertown; Kimberly Camerota, of Hampden; Emily Castleman, of Wilbraham; Seyed Cheraghi, of Wilbraham; John DaSilva, of Ludlow; Ryan Dubay, of Ludlow; Christopher Ganhao, of Ludlow; Maryann Gubala, of Wilbraham; Edwin Kaczenski, of Northfield; Marcus Lafayette, of Ludlow; Fallon Lapan, of Westhampton; Joshua Lauzier, of Ware; Andrew Mondry, of Ludlow; Kyle Moriarty, of Belchertown; Kaitlyn Patten, of Wilbraham; Alexandra Pessolano, of Hampden; Branden Piquette, of Belchertown; Nicole Prosperi, of Palmer; Kristina Ruggeri, of Wilbraham; Troy Sanders, of Wilbraham; Pegah Shakeraneh, of Belchertown; Irina Smith, of Wilbraham; Peter Spotts, of Belchertown; Danielle Torchia, of Monson; Alexandra Williams, of Monson; and Gina Zoladz, of Southampton.
• Area students named to the spring dean’s list at Quinnipiac University included: DeAndre Hinson, of Amherst; Danielle Glenn, of Easthampton; Kyla Krumpholz, of Northampton; Angelique Fiske and Daniela Mendes, both of Ludlow; Dennis Vacon, of Monson; and Kylie Cardoso and Christopher Diaz, both of Wilbraham.
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