College notes

Graduations

Qian Deng of Monroe has graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the university’s Carroll School of Management.

The following students have graduated from the SUNY College of Technology at Alfred:
Deanna Alvarado of Monroe, who earned an Associate's Degree in Applied Science (Health Information Technology).
Shannon Kincade of Monroe, who earned an Associate's Degree in Applied Science (Architectural Technology).

President’s List

The following students were named to the President’s List for the spring 2016 semester at SUNY Canton:
Aine S. McMorrow of Highland Mills. McMorrow is a SUNY Canton Individual Studies major who graduated from a foreign high school in 2015.
Abhinav Sharma of Monroe. Sharma is a SUNY Canton Finance major who graduated from John Bowne High School in 2005.
To qualify, a student must earned a GPA of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
Stephanie Carelli from Monroe was named to the President’s List for the spring 2016 semester at The State University of New York at Geneseo.
To be on the list, a student must have achieved an A in all coursework (4.0 grade point average) while taking at least 12 credit hours.

Presidential Scholars

James Matthew Hoyt of Monroe, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering, was named a Presidential Scholar for the spring 2016 semester at Clarkson University in Potsdam.
Presidential Scholars must achieve a minimum 3.80 grade-point average and carry at least 14 credit hours.

Provost’s list

Samuel Kaufer of Tuxedo Park was among 162 SUNY Oneonta students who earned Provost’s List honors for the spring 2016 semester.
To qualify, a student must earn a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

Dean’s list

Amin Tmimi of Highland Mills was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
To be eligible, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester.

The following area students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester at SUNY Oneonta:
Alessandra Buzzonetti of Monroe.
Melissa Daly of Monroe.
Tara Donnelly of Highland Mills.
Daniel Furtado of Tuxedo Park.
Sarah Gordon of Central Valley.
Melissa Kasak of Tuxedo Park.
Erin Lapolla of Monroe.
Christine Meore of Tuxedo Park.
To qualify, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.
Sofia F. Bernardes, a SUNY Canton Management major from Highland Mills, received Part Time Honors for the spring 2016 semester. Bernardes is a 2012 graduate of Monroe Woodbury Senior High.
To receive Part Time Honors, students must earn at least a 3.25 GPA in 6 to 11 credits of course work.

The following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester at Clarkson University in Potsdam:
Nicole Alyssa D’Ambrosio of Highland Mills, a junior majoring in engineering and management.
Ally Lauren Meitner of Tuxedo, a junior majoring in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Zachary H. Zielinski of Monroe, a senior majoring in chemical engineering.
Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.

Honors, awards, programs

Ithaca College student Zachary Suzzan of Monroe was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society that provides the highest recognition an undergraduate or graduate business student at an AACSB accredited institution can receive.

Brittany Sullivan of Monroe will traveled to England and France this summer as part of Belmont University’s largest group of student travelers in university history. With more than 500 students participating, 22 programs were held in May and nine programs are currently underway as students embark on adventures in nearly 30 countries including South Africa, Ireland, China, Austria, Greece and Argentina, among others.

Brad Campagna, a resident of Monroe, was one of 47 SUNY Potsdam student-athletes to earn a spot on the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Commissioner’s List for the Spring 2016 semester.
Campagna is a senior member of the SUNY Potsdam Men’s Ice Hockey team. Players named to the commissioner’s list have a minimum 3.3 GPA based on three semesters at Potsdam.
Melissa Gualano of Highland Mills was one of 22 SUNY Oneonta student spending part of the summer volunteering in Bolivian schools through a unique faculty-led field course in collaboration with Save the Children International.
The students arrived in Bolivia on May 17 and spent two weeks immersing themselves in Bolivian culture and doing service-learning projects in elementary schools, high schools and in the Save the Children offices. They are accompanied by Brett Heindl, associate professor of political science, and Alejandra Escudero, lecturer in Spanish.
While in Cochabamba, the students held daily workshops on English, geography, soccer, basketball and kickball; art and drawing; intercultural music and dance; leadership and project planning; and health and hygiene. They also painted murals with educational messages in a few of the schools.
“The kids are so smart and they’re so excited to learn,” Gualano said in the college’s press release detailing the effort. “We Americans go to school because we have to, but they really want to do something with their lives.”
At the end of the trip, the students talked with staff at Save the Children’s headquarters in La Paz about tools and effective techniques for fund raising and social media. They will also visited the U.S. embassy to talk more about U.S.-Bolivian relations and U.S.-led development projects under way within the country.
Prior to the trip, the students raised $11,500 and collected office and school supplies to be donated to Save the Children International’s office in Bolivia. In addition to crowd-funding through social media, the group collaborated with student clubs to hold campus fund raisers such as a benefit concert and a dodgeball tournament.
According to Save the Children, two-thirds of Bolivia’s people, many of whom are subsistence farmers, live in poverty. Save the Children focuses on community-based activities that help improve the health, education, food security and nutrition of Bolivian children.
The students are posting personal reflections on a blog, oneyforbolivia.wordpress.com, and documenting their experience across several social media platforms using #oneyforbolivia.