FITCHBURG — Fitchburg State University celebrated its 127th commencement exercises this month, awarding nearly 850 undergraduate and graduate degrees. The following local students were among the degree recipients.
HOLDEN: Alisa Migdalia Arrieta, BS Nursing, RN to BS; Jason David Gleba, BS Nursing – BS; Tyler Rose Lawrence, BS Human Services; Kyle A Moriarty, MED Special Education; Alyssa Ashley Golner, MBA; and Sarah McKenzie Pierce, BS Nursing, RN to BS.
JEFFERSON: Thomas Abbott Donington, MED Educational Leadership/Mgmt; and Tara Lynn Prosser, MS Criminal Justice.
RUTLAND: Zachary Michael Gull, MBA; Robin Judith Taylor, BS Biology; and Maria K Voyiatzis, MED Educational Leadership/Mgmt.
STERLING: Laura A. Baldwin, MBA; EmmaLee Mikaela Chapalonis Rich, BS English Studies; Nicolette Abbe DiPilla, MS Counseling; Sophia Rose Fallavollita, MED Curriculum and Teaching; Cody Michael Fanion, BS Business Administration; Brian Misilo, BS Comp Info Systems; Benjamin John Paré II, BS Computer Science; and Cassandra Leanne Tatro, BS Business Administration.
Stonehill College graduates
EASTON — Stonehill College graduated 548 students at its 72nd commencement on May 21. Local students among the graduates were Emily Majersky of Holden and Morgan Morris of Rutland.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduates
WORCESTER — President Grace Wang and Board of Trustees Chair William Fitzgerald presided over Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 154th Commencement exercises on May 13, marking the first time for both in their respective positions. The following local students were among those bestowed degrees:
Clark Apuy of Rutland majored in physics; Jared Bushnell of Rutland majored in mechanical engineering; Hannah Kachadoorian of Rutland majored in biology and biotechnology; Jared Minnich of Holden majored in electrical and computer engineering; and Emma Shulenburg of Sterling majored in biomedical engineering.
Quinsigamond Community College graduates
WORCESTER — Quinsigamond Community College has released its 2023 list of graduates. On Friday, May 19, at 1:00 p.m., QCC graduates took part in its 58th commencement ceremony at the DCU Center. The following local students were among the graduates.
Associate in Applied Science: Brady Macomber of Rutland.
Associate in Arts: Travis Farland, Maria Jordan, Branden Monfreda, Jacob Sachs and Stephen Shea of Holden; Archana Kafley of Paxton; Matthew Fors of Princeton; Katherine-Rose Dunn, Mirok German, Paige Lamoureux, Kathryn Pepin, Nicholas Persson, Nicholas Prefontaine, Paige Pressey, Megan Rokicki, Dante Torres and Christopher Towns of Rutland; and Corey Clark, Julie Fox, Dylan Hemenway and Paige Sanville of Sterling.
Associate in Science: Chester Awuni, Jessica Bazzano, Rose Duchemin, Erin Henderson, Saxon McDonaugh, Kaitlyn McMahon, Raychel McMillan, Jocelyn Nguyen, Michael Selent, Sean Tivnan, Kelly Valdovinos-Bergland and Cheyenne Walker of Holden; Jack Gardula, Brooke Perkins and Colleen Shaw of Paxton; Luke Maunder of Princeton; Jacklyn Fischer, Daniel Root, Delmaris Rosso, Kimberly Wamback and Stephanie Wojcik of Rutland; and Karen Cormier, Anya Hanchett and Jason Madden of Sterling.
Certificate: John Besas, Shawn Jackson, Don McKnight, Branden Monfreda, Sarah Simone, Yasuko TerVeen, Kelly Valdovinos-Bergland, Cheyenne Walker and Haley Woodward of Holden; Erin Gammel and Peter Stratton of Paxton; Joseph Benoit, Mirok German, Kaci Holbrook and Brady Macomber of Rutland; and Hemily Apolinario Utida and Jason Madden of Sterling.
QCC dean’s and merit lists
WORCESTER — Quinsigamond Community College has released its spring 2023 dean’s and merit lists. A total of 439 students were named to the college’s dean’s list; 826 students were named to the merit list. Local students named to the lists are below.
Dean’s list: Students who meet the following criteria and have earned 12 or more credits in a given semester are named to the dean’s list. All grades must be “C” or higher; semester Quality Point Average must be 3.50 or higher, and cumulative QPA must be 2.00 or higher; all courses must be college level.
Daniel Barbato, Lauren Brockmeyer, Ethan Carlson, Hunter Chilton, Emily DeAmelio, Allison Dolat, Gianna Franco, Brady Higgins, Quint Kunar-Hallas, Macayla McDonald, Saxon McDonaugh, Maria Mikhaeil and Katherine Sherman of Holden; Stefanie Appleby of Jefferson; Seamus Bisnette, Alexander Horton and Amber Mitsis of Paxton; Hayley Blum, Wesley Brum, Kayra German, Yasmin Issa, Paige Lamoureux, Nicholas Prefontaine, Thomas Reardon, Elizabeth Russell, Amanda Towns and Camden Towns of Rutland; and Molly Hartnett, Aidan Hawkins and Hannah McCall of Sterling.
Merit list: Students who meet the following criteria and have earned six or more credits in a given semester, but fewer than 12 credits, are named to the merit list. All grades must be “C” or higher; semester QPA must be 3.50 or higher, and cumulative QPA must be 2.00 or higher; all courses must be college level.
Luz Alzate, Chester Awuni, Lindsay Deyo, Paul Downs, Marjory Kozak, Molli McLaughlin, Branden Monfreda, Jocelyn Nguyen, Patrick O’Donoghue, Matthew Osmolowski, Myles Popple, Erin Preston, Maciej Racki, SantaMaria Sessarego, Melinda Shanahan, Justine Sills, Sofia Silva-Rosa, Sarah Simone, Celia Thomas, Connie Tuliano and Hayley Woodward of Holden; Mackenzie Sarkisian and Stephanie Viera of Jefferson; Rochelle Hodges, Ethan Lewis, Brooke Perkins and Colleen Shaw of Paxton; Abigail Baldwin, Samantha Berndt, Katherine-Rose Dunn, Joshua Haggerty, Kyle Patenaude, Rebecca Phillips, Megan Rokicki and Caroline Soucy of Rutland; and Kylie Decelles, Casey Duggan, Ethan Hawkins, Neve Mitchell and William Palmi of Sterling.
Assumption Univ. dean’s list
WORCESTER — Assumption University has announced those named to the dean’s list for the spring 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; the list is announced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters.
Charlotte Flionis, Michaella Namiotka, Katelyn Shea, Ryan Singley, Cody Smith and Madeline Snow, all of Holden; Chad Bartlett and Timothy Murphy of Paxton; Hunter Johnson of Princeton; Carly Blair, Rebecca Craine, Jack Devlin and Julia Forest of Rutland; and Rocco Bovenzi, Thomas Foley, Claire Kottenstette, Josie Maldonis and Andrew Vettese of Sterling.
WPI research projects
WORCESTER — All students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are required to complete a senior thesis as part of the university’s distinctive project- based educational experience called the Major Qualifying Project, one that is usually team-based and often focuses on very specific issues or needs of an organization that has partnered with the university to sponsor the student’s work.
Prior to their MQP, students complete an Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), usually in their junior year, with a team of other students across disciplines; the projects may or may not relate to the students’ fields of study and are sponsored by organizations across the globe to give students real- world experience addressing problems that lie at the intersection of science and society. Approximately 85% of WPI students complete a project at one of the university’s 50+ off-campus project centers located in more than 30 countries around the world.
The following local students completed their MQP:
Jared Minnich of Holden, Massachusetts, majoring in electrical and computer engineering, completed the project titled Machines Building Machines;
Clark Apuy of Rutland, majoring in physics, completed the project titled SANS from a gen IV power reactor;
Jared Bushnell of Rutland, majoring in mechanical engineering, completed the project titled Design, Optimization and Testing of an FSAE Electric Racecar;
Hannah Kachadoorian of Rutland, majoring in biology and biotechnology, completed the project titled Exploring CBD for Oxidative Stress Reduction in C. Elegans;
Emma Shulenburg of Sterling, majoring in biomedical engineering, completed the project titled Alerting Risk of ACL Injury in Female Horizontal Jumps; and
Isabella Landivar of Paxton, majoring in industrial engineering, completed the project titled Sjogren Industries Inc. MQP.
All undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to address an important societal need or issue. About two-thirds of students complete a project at one of the university’s 50-plus off-campus project centers, which are located around the world.
The following students completed these research projects:
Connor Gaudette of Holden, class of 2024, majoring in biomedical engineering and robotics engineering, completed a project titled Advancing Medjool Date Research with a Date Sorting Machine;
Allison Walker of Holden, class of 2024, majoring in biology and biotechnology, completed a project titled Water Management System Design for the Huerta Comunitaria;
Philip Bui of Holden, class of 2025, majoring in computer science, completed a project titled Turning the Nitrogen Cycle into an Augmented Reality Game;
Claire Higginson of Holden, class of 2023, majoring in robotics engineering, completed a project titled Story Bikes in Somers Town; and
Kai Chhoeuk of Holden, class of 2024, majoring in mathematical sciences, completed a project titled Fostering a Culture of Sustainability at WPI.
WPI spring dean’s list
WORCESTER — A total of 2,054 undergraduate students achieved the criteria required for WPI’s spring 2023 dean’s list. The criteria for the list differs from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the dean’s list by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.
The following local students were on the dean’s list for spring 2023:
Philip Bui, Claire Higginson, Andrew Malnicof and Hao Wang of Holden; Isabella Landivar and Jacob Ruppert of Paxton; Sophie Brochu and Corbin Narita of Princeton; Ashley Hutchings, Devin Kachadoorian, Hannah Kachadoorian and Hannah Peloquin of Rutland; and Jared Bailey, Thomas Cox and Luke Grady of Sterling.
