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AVON, CT — Here are some recent notable accomplishments by local college students, as provided by readMedia Newswire.

Belmont University, Nashville TN

• As the spring semester ended and final exams came to a close, students across campus began packing up for the summer. For 700 Belmont students, including Avon native Christian Salhany, preparations to pack looked a bit different as they prepared to participate in one of 43 faculty-led Maymester and Summer Study Abroad experiences across the world. Traveling all across the globe to Argentina, Belfast, London, Israel, Jordan, Greece, Cambodia, Poland, Austria, Costa Rica, Florence, Rome, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Korea, South Africa, Germany, Haiti, India, Tanzania, Hawaii and more, these 43 programs provide students with the opportunity to expand the classroom beyond the traditional experience. Students are able to visit places they've never been, see historical sites and spend time experiencing new cultures.

St. Lawrence University, Canton NY

• Sydney E. Chatfield of Avon has been awarded a St. Lawrence University Fellowship for a summer 2018 research project. Chatfield is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in neuroscience. Chatfield attended Avon High School. Chatfield received the Phelps Family University Fellows Endowment and Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan Endowment for Student/Faculty Research and will be mentored by Matthew Skeels to conduct research titled "Evaluating Thermodynamic Stability and Binding Affinity of Computationally Engineered Glucose-Galactose Binding Proteins."

Photo credit: St. Lawrence University

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