College Notes: January & February 2020| 04:19PM / Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | |
 Green Hall at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. |
Hannah King of Pittsfield.
Seniors in the Lasell University Honors program shared self-designed research components with the Newton campus community at a recent showcase, including two local students.
Allison Wheeler of Adams shared "Plastic Planet: Combating Global Pollution Through Politics and Personal Accountability."
"Plastic bag bans are being instituted across the state, the country, and the world, and the grocery store I work at is located in a city with a plastic bag ban," she said. "As an environmental studies student, I am always asking myself, 'How do you influence the average person to adapt environmentally-friendly habits?' The second part of my componetn study will compare the data sets I have collected and make an observation on how finances play a role in shaping society's habits."
Hannah King of Pittsfield shared "Ellis Island and Immigration Today."
"This project takes a historical approach to analyze the heavily-debated issue of immigration to the United States. It explores the reasoning behind the influx of immigrants from western Europe throughout the late eighteenth18th and early 19th centuries and the effects this had on American society. This is then connected to the immigration debate surrounding U.S. politics today. This project finds there are many similarities that exist between these two historical events that shaped, and are shaping, American culture."
Honors students must complete four components over the course of their studies.
"Lasell's Honors Program is unique in its thorough incorporation of this high level of creative, individualized, custom investigation that is piloted by the students," said Stephanie Athey, director of the Honors Program and associate professor of humanities.
Michael Carpinello of North Adams, a junior majoring in electrical and computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed a hands-on research project through the WPI project center in Australia. The project was titled "Sharing Stories and Impact of the Aiming High Educational Support Program." In their project summary, the students wrote, "Our team observed program participants and methods; identified positive outcomes; researched effective storytelling, fundraising, and videography techniques; created a promotional video; and lastly, provided recommendations for future assessment of social impact."
At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses 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. A signature element of the innovative undergraduate experience at WPI, the project-based curriculum offers students the opportunity to apply their scientific and technical knowledge to develop thoughtful solutions to real problems that affect the quality of people's lives-and make a difference before they graduate.
"The WPI project-based curriculum's focus on global studies brings students out of the classroom and their comfort zones and into the global community to apply their knowledge and to solve problems," said professor Kent Rissmiller, interim dean of the WPI Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division.
Lydia Barnaba of Great Barrington, a junior, portrayed St. Catherine of Siena/Lydia in Assumption College's presentation of Broadway musical "Godspell" in sold-out shows on Feb. 28 and 29. Barnaba is a biology major minoring in music. She is a member of the Worceter college's chorale and chamber ensemble VOCE, as well as a member of Music Ministry. She has performed in "The Drowsy Chaperone" (Mrs. Tottendale), "High School Musical on Stage!" (Kelsey), and was a narrator in Assumption's 2018 production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
During the monthlong winter break, Amanda Moon of North Adams participated in a week's service immersion trip through Assumption College's Send program. Moon was a member of the group that traveled to Camden, N.J., where students worked with Romero Center Ministries and Urban Challenge. Students worked at an urban retreat and social justice education center, and experienced an opportunity to build bridges of understanding while volunteering with a variety of organizations.
Established in 1986, the Worcester college's program provides students the opportunity to serve those in need while growing spiritually and personally. During one of 11 trips offered throughout the year, students — accompanied by faculty, staff or alumni — make a meaningful difference in the communities in which they serve by working and volunteering alongside fellow students.
Mike Maruk, a communication major from Lanesborough, is one of Lasell University's DJs on its Newton-based radio station, WLAS 102.9FM. Maruk hosts "Mic Drop" two days a week. He is a graduate of Mount Greylock Regional School.
The university radio station took home 11 trophies at the Intercollegiate Broadcast System Awards, including national winner for "Best Public Service Promotion." WLAS has received the Gold Microphone Award for Outstanding Broadcasting Excellence for four years in a row, and was recognized as the Lasell Student Organization of the year in 2019.
Four Pittsfield students are participating in Siena College's study abroad program for the spring 2020 semester. Olivia Bordeau is studying in Lyon, France; Hannah LaPointe is studying in Alicante, Spain; Gianna Paris is studying in Siena, Italy; and Carli Scolforo is studying in London. The Loudonville, N.Y., college students in all majors have the opportunity to study abroad in more than 50 countries around the world.
Academic Lists & Awards
Vermont Tech engineering students including Samantha Daniels, third from left.
Samantha Daniels of North Adams was nominated for Student Engineer of the Year at the Vermont Technical School of Engineering & Computing in Randolph Center, Vt., for demonstrating academic excellence, student leadership, professionalism, and engineering-based analysis and problem solving. Ian Barker of Thetford, Vt., was nominated as Student Engineering Technician of the Year.
Nominees provided a written essay and were invited to participate in an interview process with the faculty review committee. Despite the high level and quality of the nominations, the committee was unanimous in its decisions. The award-winning students will be recognized by the Vermont Society of Professional Engineers.
Samantha Twing of New Marlborough was recently named to the President's List at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Twing, whose major is music, was among 946 SUNY Potsdam students who were honored for academic excellence in the Fall 2019 semester.
Assumption College in Worcester has announced the students who have been named to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester. Local students include: seniors Matthew Schneider of Dalton and Emily Field of North Adams; juniors Lydia Barnaba of Great Barrington; Samantha El Saddik and Emma Sullivan, both of Pittsfield; sophomore Amanda Moon of North Adams; and freshman Emma Marino of North Adams.
Katie Bachli of Dalton has been named to the Plymouth State University president's list for the fall 2019 semester. Bachli is a meteorology major at Plymouth State.
Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., has named the following students to the fall 2019 honors lists: president's list: Karley Morin of Adams, Daniel Flynn of Williamstown and Richard Astle, Michael LaFreniere, Jessica Storie and Alicia Wallace, all of Pittsfield; dean's list: Ashley Wood of Pittsfield.
American International College in Springfield has named 460 students to the fall 2019 dean's list, including Quinn Caesar-Williams of Dalton, Gabriella Martinez of North Adams, and Ava Bressette and Nicole Gamberoni, both of Pittsfield.
University of Vermont in Burlington has named the following students dean's list for the fall 2019 semester: Jillian Artioli of Becket, Hannah Fletcher of Dalton, Aurora Maldonado of Housatonic, Samantha Myers of Monterey, Lauren Curry of Pittsfield and Neel Patel of Williamstown.
Local students at Lasell University in Newton who were named to the dean's list for their strong academic performance in fall 2019 include: Allison Borowsky of Dalton; Elizabeth Bona of North Adams; Hannah King, Codie Treszi and Michael Maruk, all of Pittsfield; Margaret Martin of Williamstown; and Piper Bryant of Windsor.
Alexis Depson and Sara Elser, both of Pittsfield, have been named to the fall 2019 dean's list at Dean College in Franklin.
Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center congratulates the following students for achieving dean's list honors for the fall semester of 2019: Natasha Wicks of Adams, a student in the associate of science in nursing program and Samantha Daniels of North Adams, a student in the bachelor of science in architectural engineering technology program.
DiMaggio Anthony Paris of Lanesborough, majoring in computer science / mathematics, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y.
Clarkson also named Noah Clayton Chicoine of North Adams, majoring in mathematics; and Nate Aaron Beaupre of Pittsfield, majoring in mechanical engineering, as presidential scholars for achieving a minimum 3.80 grade-point average.
Springfield College recognized the following local students for making the dean's list during the 2019 fall semester:
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Kyle Bazonski of Dalton, studying sports biology.
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Caroline Carlough of Lanesborough, studying digital, web, multimedia design.
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Juan Ochoa-Montoya of North Adams, studying applied exercise science.
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Joshua Conant of Pittsfield, studying applied exercise science.
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Jacob McNeice of Pittsfield, studying applied exercise science.
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Joseph Traversa of Pittsfield, studying applied exercise science.
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Alexis Huxtable of Pittsfield, studying health science.
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Katherine Bernardy of Williamstown, studying health science/occupational therapy.
Gage Conklin of Ashley Falls and Tristany Kenyon of Pittsfield, both pursuing a degrees in interactive media design with a game design concentration, were named to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester at Becker College in Worcester.
The following local residents were named to the dean's list at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., for the 2019 fall semester: sophomores Isabelle Bote, Samuel Dils and Jacob Hane, all Mount Greylock Regional School graduates from Williamstown; and Riley Nichols of Pittsfield, a junior and Pittsfield High School graduate majoring in philosophy.
Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., named following local students to the honors lists for the fall 2019 semester:
President's list: Brianna Davis of West Stockbridge
Dean's list: Peter Barrow and Benn Kittler, both of Adams; Alexis Shumsky of Great Barrington; and Pittsfield residents Olivia Bordeau, Haley Cowlin, Alexander Hawkins, Hannah LaPointe, Haley Mazzeo, Shannon Netzer, Gianna Paris, Trevor Pelkey, Carli Scolforo and Stephanie Vargas Acevedo.
More than 2,400 students at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., were named to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester, including Sean Malloy a engineering science major from Pittsfield and Lydia McBride a graphic design major from Great Barrington.
Ryan Hayes of Dalton has been named to the dean's list and Rebecca Drager, also of Dalton, to the president's list for the fall 2019 semester at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.
The following local residents were among 1,678 students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute named to the dean's list for academic excellence for the fall 2019 semester.
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Jenna Charron of Adams, a sophomore majoring in electrical and computer engineering.
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Jacob Borowsky of Dalton, a freshman majoring in aerospace engineering.
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James Scalise of Dalton, a freshman majoring in architectural engineering.
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Anthony Arace of Pittsfield, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering.
Julia Borek of Dalton has been named dean's list for the fall 2019 semester at the University of Delaware in Newark.
The following students have been named to the dean's list at the University of New Hampshire in Durham for the fall 2019 semester.
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Shae Daley of Pittsfield, earning high honors and majoring in athletic training
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Hailey Kirchner of Pittsfield, earning highest honors and majoring in neuroscience and behavior
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Kasey Vallee of Pittsfield, earning highest honors and majoring in occupational therapy
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Devon Atwell of Becket, earning high honors and majoring in environmentalism
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Hannah Ronayne of Dalton, earning high honors and majoring in nursing
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Lilian Pudlo of Dalton, earning honors and majoring in English and business writing
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Allison Washburn of Dalton, earning highest honors and majoring in nursing
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Connor Mathews of Dalton, earning high honors and majoring in mathematics
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Justin King of Lenox, earning high honors and majoring in bioengineering
Heather Macfarlane of Pittsfield was named to the trustees' list and Jayme McGuigan of Pittsfield to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt.
J. Christopher Battaglia of South Egremont, was recently named to the dean's list at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, for the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year. Battaglia, a senior, attended Manhasset (N.Y.) Secondary School and is the son of John and Ingrid Battaglia of South Egremont.
The University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn., has named the following students to honors lists for fall 2019 semester:
President's list
Derek Alibozek of Adams, Michaela DeFoe of Becket, Emily Rada of Great Barrington and Karley Deets of Lenox
Dean's List
Derek Alibozek of Adams, Michaela DeFoe of Becket, Emily Rada of Great Barrington, Karley Deets of Lenox, Caroline Hadley of New Ashford, Drew DeMartino of Pittsfield, Abigail Tynan of Pittsfield, and Grace Miller of Williamstown.
College of Charleston, S.C., congratulates Cameron Sabin of Williamstown, a commercial real estate finance major, and Elizabeth Jarck of Lenox, a communication major, who were named to the fall 2019 dean's list.
The University of Rhode Island in Kingston has named the following local students to the fall 2019 dean's list: Monica Thomas of Adams, Libby Walker of Becket, Emmy Cote and Anna Ellsworth, both of Dalton, and Joseph Molk of Lenox.
Natasha Beauchesne, a senior English major from Dalton, has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y.
Tufts University in Medford recently announced the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester. It includes Matthew Diamond of Great Barrington, Maddie Albert of Lanesborough, Katrina Hotaling of North Adams and Lily Mooney of Pittsfield.
Emmanuel College in Boston has named more than 800 students to the dean's list for the fall 2019 semester, including Ashleigh Fawcett of Pittsfield and Autumn Duke of Housatonic.
Western New England University in Springfield named a number of local students to the dean's and president's honors lists for the fall 2019 semester.
President's list
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Taylor Callahan of Lanesborough, psychology
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William Carroll of Lenox, mechanical engineering
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Aubrey Rumbolt of North Adam, secondary education in math & science
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Abby Jamros of North Adams, accounting
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Bailey Prescott of Washington, management & leadership
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Kathryn Wells of Windsor, marketing, communications & advertising
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Aimee Dowling of Stamford, Vt., biomedical engineering
Dean's list
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Jacqueline Jean Lemaire of Adams, sports management
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Michael R. Skidmore of Dalton, electrical engineering
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Pukhraj Mann of Dalton, industrial engineering
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Daniel Wallace Buell of Hancock, mechanical engineering
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Emily R Andreatta of North Adams, psychology
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Connor P Bryant of Pittsfield, computer science
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Alexandra Desrochers of Pittsfield, criminal justice
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Shane P Cronin of Pittsfield, arts & entertainment management
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Brandon C. Peaslee of Pittsfield, in management & leadership
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Kendra Mikala Castagna of Pittsfield, engineering
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Drew Thomas Kendall of Windsor, engineering.
Purchase (N.Y.) College has named Hannah Barth of Washington, who is studying photography, and Natalie Celebi of Pittsfield, who is studying theater and performance, to the dean's list for the 2019 fall semester.
Lucienne Burnett of Great Barrington, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, N.J., has been named to the honors list for the fall 2019 semester.
Roughly 1,000 students were named to the fall 2019 dean's list at Curry College in Milton, including local students: . The following local students made the list: seniors Matthew Stewart of North Adams, a communication major, Kayla Wickham of Lenox, nursing major, and Michael Strizzi of Williamstown, a management major; junior Madison Vigna of Adams, a nursing major, and sophomore Julia O'Connor of Dalton, also a nursing major.
Senior Mackenzie Rougeau of Adams, and freshmen Ryan Abel and Hayley Tobin, both of Pittsfield, were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Stonehill College in Easton.
Lindsey Coe, class of 2021, from Pittsfield has been named to the deans' list for the fall 2019 semester at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I.
The following local residents made the dean's list at Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology for the 2019 fall semester:
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Zachery Tatro of Clarksburg, game design and development
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Nick Schneider of Dalton, chemistry
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Ashley Martsen of East Otis, physics
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Lana Grygier of Lenox , 3D digital design
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Riley Schultheis of Pittsfield, computer engineering
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Chenyang Lin of Pittsfield, computer science
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Alexander Stevens of Pittsfield, game design and development
Pittsfield residents Lauren Mazzeo and Claire Hines earned dean's list honors for the fall 2019 semester at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.
Dalton resident, Nicholas J. Tutela has been named to Husson University's president's list for the fall 2019 semester. Tutela is a graduate student enrolled in Bangor, Maine college's Doctor of Pharmacy program.
Graduations
Lavante Wiggins of Pittsfield graduated with a master of science in athletic leadership from Castleton (Vt.) University following the successful completion of the fall semester in December 2019. Wiggins will be recognized during the 233rd commencement on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at the Castleton Pavilion.
Ellen Ross of Dalton and Julia King of Lenox graduated from the University of New Hampshire in Durham in December 2019.
Elizabeth Garberich of Williamstown graduated with a master of science in teaching from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., during the fall 2019 commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14.
Linda Merry of Pownal, Vt., was among more than 1,300 students from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, who received degrees during fall commencement exercises Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, at Millett Hall. Merry graduated with a master of arts degree, majoring in biology.
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