Campus Notes - Suffield Students

SUFFIELD, CT — Here are some recent accomplishments of college students from Suffield, as provided by readMedia Newswire.

Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA

• Brennan Tierney, Class of 2020, from Suffield, was named to the dean's list at Bucknell University during the fall semester of the 2016-17 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean's list recognition.

Keene State College, Keene NH

• Keene State College announces that 1,400 students have been named to the fall 2016 dean's list, including Suffield students Thomas Bartley, Jared Basile and Cecily Macari.

Lasell College, Newton MA

• Lasell College has announced the Dean's List for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2016-17 academic year. A student must earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher to receive Dean's List recognition. Suffield students named to the Dean's List are Emily Dylewski and Connor Mankouski.

Western New England University, Springfield MA

• Chris Sun of Suffield, majoring in Accounting and Finance, is among more than 100 students who presented their Product Development and Innovation projects at the Product Innovation Showcase held in Rivers Memorial Hall on the University campus. The Product Innovation Showcase is the culmination of a co-curricular course where entrepreneurial teams of Engineering and Business students collaborate for a full semester to turn new product ideas into marketable products, some of which could potentially receive patents. Engineering students develop a functional prototype and Business students develop the business plan. The format of the event is a competition where VIP visitors are given $1 million "Western New England University dollars" to invest in the product innovation that demonstrates the most commercial viability. Sun's project is entitled All Terrain Pro. All Terrain Pro is a lantern to improve the outdoor experience.