What's Happening On Campus For Tolland College Students

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

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT

• Twenty-three Eastern Connecticut State University environmental earth science (EES) students traveled to Wyoming and Idaho from May 24 to June 3 to study desert geology. Among the students was Danielle Whitcomb of Tolland, who majors in Environmental Earth Science. Highlights included seeing the vast geothermal features and beautiful landscapes of Yellowstone National Park, the stunning beauty of the Grand Tetons, the bleak lava plains and diverse volcanic landforms of Craters of the Moon National Monument, and the high alpine zone of the Idaho Rockies. At each location students spent time collecting observations and drawing conclusions about the geological features, earth processes and environmental issues. The group also participated in a rafting excursion down the Snake River, a tram ride to 10,500 feet elevation in Jackson Hole, WY, and fossil fish collecting in the Green River Basin.

University of Connecticut, Storrs CT

• The following students from Tolland received degrees from UConn in Dec. 2018 or May 2019: Arianna Rose Alvarez, Melissa Olga Azinheira, David Nelson Azinheira, Olivia Julia Boucher, Turner Bouley, Kylie Haggerty Bouley, Ross Jared Brancati, Jacob Sydney Burns, Philip Ryan Casey, Andrew Bedell Clokey, Kara Lee Collazo, Jacob Cody Cotzin, Sarah Deacon, Carly Scott Dedominicis, Laurie L. Devaney, Yuri Dominguez, Amanda Rose Ehrhardt, Kimberly LaBelle Fearney, Brian Spencer Frazee, Joseph John Giangregorio, Aaron Michael Gilberto, Abigail Marie Golec, Kayla Beth Higgins, Nicole Steffany Holyst, Nicole Keely Howard, Wentao Hu, Dillon Jalbert, Jacob Salvadore Jardin, Ryan Jenkins, Mark Elliott Johnson, Kristine Jon, Alexis Bobbie Julien Trice, Jeremy Christopher Katz, Mohammad Sameer Khan, Isaac Kim, Tiffanie Ann Klick, Stephanie Michelle Knowlton, Jared Thomas Krause, Thomas Avery Lamp, Kierra Irene Laramie, John Sung Lee, Bo Li, Calvin Joeseph Mahlstedt, Mary Mahoney,Jesse Mala, Disheng Mao, Michael Anthony Marandino, Jr., Robert John Sweet McDonald, Kayleigh Rose McManaman, Chao-Ting Meng, Kathryn Mary Mjos, Natalie Jeanne Moore, Kathleen Ann Moriarty, Timothy John Neville, Cameron Douglas Nick, Heather Noryk, Connor David Parent, Sagar K. Patel, Kaitlyn Marie Pfau, Nicholas Ravalese, Robin Rittgers, Rebecca Robinson, Aziz Kaur Sandhu, Ashley Halpin Sandy, Madison Nicole Schrijn, Steven Spaderna, Giuliano A. Stabile, Rachel Mae Stackpole, James Joseph Steffes, Rebecca Oslund Sullivan, Helena Sun, Hanyang Sun, Kelsey Noelle Swanson, Alexander Szarek, Callen Thompson, Tiffany Tran, Xinyu Wang, Jason Edward West, Xiangkun Yao, Michael Zacchera III, Anna Louise Zahner, Zichen Zhao.

Wheaton College, Wheaton IL

• Wheaton College student Lydia Warren of Tolland 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.