UMass Amherst dean’s list
AMHERST — Below is a list of local students who were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the fall 2023 semester. In order to qualify, an undergraduate student must receive a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a four-point scale.
HOLDEN: Sofia M. Acito, Adam G. Bates, Hannah L. Berry, Emma R. Blomquist, Zachary L. Brennan, Daniel J. Brigham, Riley Burnham, Alli M. Carbonneau, Maitri Chandrashekar, Jaxton P. Chrudimsky, Grace J. Clifford, Joshua D. Clyman, Samantha L. Clyman, Emma N. Croce, Jane E. Curran, Kyra I. Diman, Samuel Duffy, Emma R. Friend, Julia E. Girard, Eliza M. Graham, Drew C. Johanson, Julia P. King, Samuele J. Laramee, Benjamin N. Long-Bellil, Sydney A. Lyne, Tanvi Y. Manjrekar, Julia Mateychuk, David K. McAuliffe, Keara I. McAuliffe, Beatrix M. McDonaugh, Saxon P. McDonaugh, Megan A. McManus, Carter W.H. McRell, Juniper Myers, Sarah Y. Pak, Ella M. Pender, Emily Pham, Kaelin R. Pousland, Anthony O. Pulsifer, Dylan J. Rome, Mattea Sielaff, Toby M. Singer, Maximillian H. Smith, Jillian R. Stone, Alexa E. Valentine, Olivia M. Valentine and Ethan D. Walton.
JEFFERSON: Katie DiLoreto, Andrew E. Gardner, Daniel W. Marble and Miles J. Mathieu.
PAXTON: Eleanore K. Basantes-Maker, Robin Dziewietin, Gemma Gallagher, Aiden P. Havens, Zachary R. Horton, Molly E. Kelley, Matthew T. McDonald, Aiden M. Roix, Jillian M. Rose, Timothy P. Ruppert and Carla A. Villamarin.
PRINCETON: Adam P. Lachapelle, Amanda L. Larose, Courtney P. Palmgren, Luke A. Patton, Emily G. Rehrauer, Julia B. Walton and Kathryn M. Zelley.
RUTLAND: Alexander Charlonne, Julia A. Clabbers, Andrew C. Colson, Andrew B. DeMauro, Ava W. Ehrenworth, Amelia I. Kilian, Sydney E. Lamoureux, Benjamin G. Marien, Brenden P. Mullaney, Olivia D. Murphy, Stefan I. Notchev, Jordyn N. Petit, Jamie Quinn and Nicole Yang.
STERLING: Ryan K. Beck, Juan C. Contreras Jr., Elsa K. Cranson, Maxwell S. Davis, Rebecca L. Emsley, Joseph M. Fernandez, Lillian R. Haynes, Oliver E. Hoang, Annabelle D. Joyce, Paige E. Keneally, Ryan Kosinski, Sarah E. LeBlanc, Joshua L. Marrero, Karlen M. Michalak, Julia M. Queeney, Jenna M. Schwarz and Allan E. Urbina.
Assumption Univ. dean’s list
WORCESTER — Assumption University has announced its dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. Students named to the dean’s list must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit semester to be included on the prestigious list, which is announced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters.
The following local students were named to the dean’s list:
Teodora Bastug, Eleni Drosidis, Kevin Jardine, Alexandra Lenox, Matthew Raeke, Katelyn Shea, Ryan Singley, Cody Smith, Madeline Snow and Allison Tocci, all of Holden.
Hunter Johnson and Eric Lachapelle of Princeton; Rebecca Craine, Jack Devlin, Julia Forest and Maura Lemoine of Rutland; and Thomas Foley, Josie Maldonis, Claire Pastrone and Connor Pillsbury of Sterling.
Endicott College dean’s list
BEVERLY — Endicott College has announced its fall 2023 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must obtain a minimum grade point average of 3.5, receive no letter grade below “C,” have no withdrawal grades, and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits for the semester.
The following local students have met these requirements:
Vittoria Amico, Lauren Arvidson, Margaret Brockmire, Nicholas Carelli, Tara Donovan, Colleen Duddy, Kayleigh Halasz, Sydney Lorrain, Anna Maruca Hoak, Emily O’Brien, and Rose O’Malley of Holden.
Abigail Cranford, Sophia Cranford and Olivia Darmanin of Princeton; Abigail Berthiaume, Alison Chouinard, Kiera Greevy, Andrew Guindon, and Eliot Josti of Rutland; and Caleb Barrett, Meigan English, Karisa Juneau and Kyla Ormsbee of Sterling.
Tufts Univ. dean’s list
MEDFORD — Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. Local students named to the list: Hadiya Giwa, Hamida Giwa, Nathan Lee and Shawn Mentzer of Holden; Brendan Roy of Sterling.
RIT dean’s list
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for dean’s list if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of “Incomplete”, “D” or “F”; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.
Leah Bovat and Michael Selent of Holden, and Max Berman, Luc Bastarache and Aimee Gleason of Sterling.
Bryant Univ. president’s, dean’s lists
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Bryant University recognizes the local students who have been named to the Fall 2023 president’s and dean’s lists.
Ashley Parechanian of Holden and Lukas LaHaye of Sterling were named to the president’s list, an academic distinction reserved for Bryant’s highest achievers who earn a GPA of 4.0 for at least 12 semester hours of work.
Ashley Parechanian, Tyler Turcotte and Jeremy Vigeant of Holden; Ryan Plourde of Paxton; Liam Dolan of Princeton; James Dubovick and Brendan Shaw of Rutland; and Lukas LaHaye and Samantha Mendez of Sterling were named to the dean’s list. To earn a place on the dean’s list, students must have a GPA of 3.4 or better for at least 12 semester hours of work.
WPI project award finalist
WORCESTER — Undergraduate project teams from Worcester Polytechnic Institute were recently honored as finalists of the President’s Interactive Qualifying Project Awards. Claire Higginson of Holden, class of 2024, majoring in robotics engineering, was a member of one of the finalist teams. Hundreds of Interactive Qualifying Projects are completed each year by WPI students as part of their graduation requirements. A fraction of those are then submitted to be considered for a President’s IQP Award.
Five student teams gave their final presentations in front of a panel of judges to determine the winners of the 2023 awards. Presented annually, the President’s IQP Awards are given to student teams whose IQP work is determined to be outstanding in its focus on science, technology and society.
