Academic honors by local students.
• Area students who are among 662 first-year students at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, include: James Keats, of Westfield, who will study game programming; and John Trudeau, of Westfield, MA, who will study cybersecurity.
• Myles Cecchetelli, of West Springfield, was welcomed as a member of the Class of 2018 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. Cecchetelli attended Wilbraham & Monson Academy.
• Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic recently released its list of newly enrolled students for the fall semester. They include Jacob Smith, of Agawam, a business administration major.
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