College Achievements For Greater Hartford Students

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

Georgia State University, Atlanta GA

• Navina Vemuri of Hartford earned a master's degree from Georgia State University during May 2018. More than 800 students earned master's degrees from the university this spring, with more than 4,000 students earning degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral degree levels.

Tunxis Community College, Farmington CT

• Over 80 Tunxis students received awards and scholarships at the 35th Annual “Student Achievement Recognition Ceremony,” held this spring at Tunxis Community College. Close to 80 scholarships and $86,765 in scholarship funds was awarded. Recipients from the greater Hartford area were Vivian Vickers and Loupgarou Whitesides, both of Hartford (Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Scholarships); Shahbaz Shaikh of East Hartford (Peters-Zhakov International Textbook Scholarship); and Giselle Koo of Hartford (Engineering Science Academic Discipline Award).

University of Hartford, West Hartford CT

• The University of Hartford is pleased to announce the following students from the greater Hartford area have been named to the Dean's List for spring 2018. From Bloomfield: Mohammed Alsagour, Laila Alabdullah, Yqen Alabdullah, Nayef Alhajeri, Aly Ali, Turki Alkhuraym, Abalaziz Alyahya, Mikaela Edelman, Rathugamage Fernando, William Mabee, Eric Martin, April McBroom, Alexa Mcdermott, Mia Milner, Benjamin Murak, Chandra Persaud, Sindhia Shyras, Karen Smith, Charmagne Verano and Czarina Weinz. From East Hartford: Kimberly Aldoy, Jumiya Bennett, Bryan Brito, Kayleen Denning, Jeremiah Fuentes, Michael Guimond, Briana Hewitt, Brenda Kenny, Joel Lawes, Loren Milledge, Andra Owusu, Sandra Silva and Donald Soderquist. From Hartford: Ahmed Alharbi, Asia Arce, Jaileene Arriaga, Tiffany Barrett, Elijah Candelario, Renato Colan, Tonya-Lee Coley, Kharla Colon-Vazquez, Anthon Davis, Leanna Demorest, Dondre Dunn, Eliana Echtenkamp, Christopher Edick, Ramon Evans, Antoinette Fearon-Eugene, Emory Frutos , Karla Gallegos-Molano, Juan Garcia, Frank Gordon-Quiroga, Jasmine Hendricks, Mario Hinds, Sydney Hitchell, Raven Johnson, Booz Julmice, Adis Klempic, Ryan Lawson, Asia Levitan, Dirian Lira-Huerta, Damaine Logan, Devon Lott, Dinghao Ma, Michael Martin, Rayanne Mcfarlane, Vilinda McGregor, Jodieann McIntosh, Mishael McNamee, Giovanni Mercado, Day Moo, Angelica Ortiz, Yarelis Ortiz, Kimberly Palmer Davis, Brittny Parise, Patrice Pinnock, Heath Pitt, Jaime Powell, Jazmine Reyes, Mario Rios, Natallie Rodriguez, Kristen Rosado, Imani Shelton, Desmond Sierra, Tiffany Smith, Renee Tait, Kristopher Terp, Keilani Thomas, Shannon Thomas, Deliann Tirado, Brianna Tribble- Bryant, Simone Tucker, Carla Williams, Kemonie Williams, Lael Williams and Jordain Wilson.

Photo credit: University of Hartford

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