What's Happening On Campus For Simsbury College Students

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

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT

• Eighteen Eastern Connecticut State University business administration students traveled to Rome and Perugia, Italy, from May 22 to June 3 to study international business. Among the students was Kaylee West of Tariffville, who majors in Business Administration. Prior to the trip, Professor Emiliano Villanueva led the class "International Business in an International Setting," where students researched a range of topics related to business in Italy. Upon their return, students submitted in-depth, 20-page reports reflecting on their experiences in Italy. Topics spanned the geography, history and culture of Italy, as well as Italian politics, business etiquette and economic opportunities.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY

• A half-dozen Simsbury residents made the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2019 spring semester: Nicholas Zonenberg, game design and development; Nathan Palmer, mechanical engineering; Jack Tighe, electrical engineering; Timothy Preskenis, biomedical engineering; Dan Schenk, mechanical engineering; and Julie Sojkowski, computer science. 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.

St. Lawrence University, Canton NY

• A pair of students from Simsbury have been selected for inclusion on the Dean's List for academic achievement during the spring 2019 semester at St. Lawrence University. Katherine B. Angus, a member of the Class of 2020, is majoring in English, and Kari T. Hyyppa, a member of the Class of 2021, is majoring in multifield bachelor of arts. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must have completed at least four courses and have an academic average of 3.6 based on a 4.0 scale for the semester.

University of Connecticut, Storrs CT

• The following students from Simsbury received degrees from UConn in Dec. 2018 or May 2019: Haley Callahan, Drew Capolupo, Gina Elizabeth Carchidi, Merisa Cirikovic, Mirela Cirikovic, Nicole Cloutier Collins, Brendan Sean Conway, Thomas Henning Davies, Mackenzie Parker Davis, Olivia Grace Egan, John Edward Falkner, Sarah Anne Franklin, Wyatt Gallagher, Ethan Garry, Brian Nathaniel Gellman, Andrew Girard, Noah Solomon Goldblatt, Katherine Anne Goncharov, Fatoumata Haidara, Marissa Hedman, Alison Heubner, Brian Lamaj, Justin Mitchell Lavigne, Eric Scott Lepowsky, Anna Lungarini, Amy M. Lynch, Christopher Michael Macneil, Daniel Markelon, April Marie Martin, Michael David Martin, Owen Massing, Matthew Theodore McGoldrick, Tatiana Melendez-Rhodes, Amanda Nicole Poniatowski, Ian David Puckette, Jeremy A Rocha, Emily Paige Rodewald, Mia Brennan Sgamboti, Sydney Sofia Shugdinis, Nicholas Alexander St. Sauveur, Grant E Swenson, Jordan Woods, Alexander J Zorn, Katherine Taylor Zwick, Emmett Patrick O'Donnell,
  Anne Pyatt, Ashley Catherine Uliasz, Stephanie Jo Sponzo, Jeffrey Glenn Campbell, Nicole Kowalski, Jasen Derek Watson, Steve Weinberger, Sarah Elisabeth Bramson, Jacob A Cassano, Renee Eisenberg, Graham Kwok Leung Fong, Yanyan Zong Freitag, Mitchell Jacob Gross, Hannah Grace Johnson, Simon John Levesque, Kerrie Nicole Maguire, Tracey Masterson, Jeremy Edward Morrison, Robert Paul Richeson, Jr., Maxwell David Skalski.

Wheaton College, Wheaton IL

• Wheaton College student Ezra Lagan of West Simsbury was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2019 semester. To earn Dean's List honors at Wheaton, at undergraduate student must carry 12 or more credit hours and achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on the 4.0 scale.