Around Campus: College Students From Southington

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

Champlain College, Burlington VT

• Amber Daley of Southington has been named to the Champlain College Dean's List for the spring 2019 semester. Students on the Dean's List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester. Daley is majoring in Computer Networking & Cybersecurity.

Le Moyne College, Syracuse NY

• Lauren Zazzaro, of Southington, has graduated from Le Moyne College with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and has been named to the spring 2019 Dean's List. To make the list, students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above. Le Moyne's 68th commencement took place on Sunday, May 19, at the New Your State Fair's new Exposition Center.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY

• Rochester Institute of Technology conferred some 4,200 degrees this academic year at all its campuses--including in Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo and China. The university held its 134th annual commencement celebration in May. Southington students receiving degrees were Tyler Czupryk, BS in electrical engineering; Sylvia Nguyen, BS in industrial engineering and an ME in industrial and systems engineering; and Reed Truax, BS/ME in mechanical engineering.

University of Connecticut, Storrs CT

• Southington students who made the spring 2019 Dean's List are Anthony Anderson,
  Steve Dorzens, Chris Falk, Jeffrey Lockwood, Emily Maciejewski, Nick Mauriello, Ryan Padden, Timothy Perry, Niels Peschel, Ethan Rathbun, Trever Rogers, Christina Sack, Faith Sporbert, Olivia Thomas, Amir Agoora, Rosanna Airo, Cora Altomari, Jake Aparo, Angela Balaoing, Kyle Barry, Chloe Becquey, Jess Berry, Megan Biscoglio, Alicia Brocki, Connor Brush, Laura Calandra, Timothy Cocozza, Anthony D'Abramo, Dante DeCesare, Rachel DePonte, Laura Furtak, Jessica Gagnon, Brianna Gambacini, John Guzauckas II, Jeffrey Hannigan, Jack Herms, Jess Howe, Eric Jha, Rohan Kataria, Rea Kelolli, Kristina Linehan, Mike Loose, Claire Macioce, Catherine Mackay, Tess Maffiolini, Jennie Magnoli, Marissa Matarazzo, Jack Mindek III, Amanda Morach, Emma Poryanda, Nick Rappi, Jesse Rasten, Andrew Robel, Andrew Rogalski, Brenna Sarantides, Katie Semmel, Kyle Semmel, Kristen Shubert, Jason Soltys, Kim Stafko, Carson Stifel, Mike Taylor, Eddie Vitcavage, Megan Walsh, Julia Wells, Joe Zavorskas, Jr. and Ang Zollo.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA

• Two Southington residents were among 1,598 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) named to the university's Dean's List for academic excellence for the spring 2019 semester: Caleigh Waskowicz, a member of the class of 2020 majoring in biomedical engineering, and Morgan Shubert, a member of the class of 2020 majoring in electrical and computer engineering. The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean's List by the amount of work completed at the A-level in courses and projects.