College Accomplishments By Manchester Students

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

Assumption College, Worcester MA

• Ashton Grant of Manchester was one of 635 graduates to receive a degree during Assumption College's 102nd Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 12, held at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester.
• Assumption College has announced that 558 undergraduate students, or recent graduates, have been named to the College's prestigious Dean's List for the spring 2019 semester. Among the honorees are Manchester residents Ashton Grant and Kevin Lanciano. To receive recognition, students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit semester. The Dean's List is announced following the spring and fall semesters.

Cedarville University, Cedarville OH

• Bethany Sullivan, a Christian Education major from Manchester, was named to the Dean's List at Cedarville University. This recognition required Sullivan to maintain a 3.5 minimum GPA and carry at least 12 credit hours for the spring 2019 semester.

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT

• Manchester-native Dana Meyer, a recent graduate of the history program at Eastern Connecticut State University, accepted a digital history fellowship at the George Mason University Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM). This Ph.D.-track fellowship is given to two students per year and provides full tuition for five years along with a stipend. Meyer's fellowship will focus on the American Revolution, as he works with Christopher Hamner, editor-in-chief of the "Papers of the War Department" - a project that transcribes documents that were destroyed in the U.S. War Office. Meyer will also further work on his digital research about Connecticut Revolutionary War deserters, which he says was motivated by "the lack of secondary scholarship exploring the Continental soldiers' psychological response to the Revolutionary War." He hopes this research will benefit early-American digital scholarship and offer answers to an issue not often explored.

Harding University, Searcy AR

• Abby Costa, a senior nursing major from Manchester, is among more than 1,200 Harding University students included on the dean's list for grades achieved during the spring 2019 semester. To be eligible, a student must be carrying 12 or more hours with a 3.65 or higher grade-point average and no incompletes.