Campus Notes - Newington College Students

NEWINGTON, CT — Here are some recent notable achievements for college students from Newington, as reported by readMedia Newswire.

Clemson University, Clemson SC

• Andrew M. McCarter of Newington has been named to the Dean's List at Clemson University for the fall 2016 semester. McCarter is majoring in Computer Science. To be named to the Dean's List, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.

Fort Lewis College, Durango CO

• Mahdi Adittya, of Newington, was selected to be a member of the Zero Waste Team at Fort Lewis College's Environmental Center. Adittya's major is Geology. Founded in 1991, the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center (EC) is a campus organization committed to working for environmental sustainability and social justice both at Fort Lewis College and in the Durango community. As part of its student-driven mission, the EC works to connect students to opportunities to create real change. Each year, the EC selects student leaders through a competitive application process. Selected students work on small teams in a non-profit like setting to address the most critical environmental and social issues facing our world. Through their work, the EC students are creating change today while also gaining skills and experience vital to becoming tomorrow's civic leaders.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY

• Petr Nikitin of Newington was named to the RIT Dean's List for the fall 2016-2017 semester. Petr is studying in the biology program. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA

• Riley McManus of Newington, a member of the class of 2018 majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Cape Town, South Africa. The project was titled Mapping the Micro-Lending Landscape of Lumkani Protection. In their project outline, the students wrote, "This project assessed the micro-lending landscape and developed an estimated monetary value model to quantify the expense of fire related defaults to lenders to identify viable partner organizations." 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 more than 40 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.

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