What's Happening On Campus For West Hartford College Students

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

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT

• Nineteen Eastern Connecticut State University biology students traveled to San Salvador Island in the Bahamas from May 14 to May 25 to study tropical biology. Students were accompanied by Biology Professors Kristen Epp, Brett Mattingly and Josh Idjadi. During their trip they examined the ecology of marine and terrestrial organisms. Among the students was Jessica Tse of West Hartford, who majors in Biology. The students' marine studies focused on coral reefs, sea grass beds, mangroves and rocky shore communities. Terrestrial studies examined caves, mud flats, sand dunes and upland shrub communities. Students visited Oyster Pond and observed a vent through which the water in the pond communicates tidally with the ocean. They also visited a cave to see native bats and other local creatures, including an endemic isopod. The 10-day field experience was headquartered at Gerace Research Centre (GRC) from which students ventured daily; nightly lab sessions and discussions supplemented each day's field observations.
• 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 Zoe Buntz of West Hartford, who majors in Business Administration and Economics. 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.

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA

• Alexandra Jarvis of West Hartford has been placed on the Deans' Commendation List for outstanding academic achievement in the spring 2019 semester. Students with a quality point average in the range of 3.300 to 3.599 for a semester's work are placed on the College's Deans' Commendation List.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

• RPI student-athlete Grant O'Connor of West Hartford and Hall High School has been named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III Track & Field/Cross Country Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). An electrical engineering and computer & systems engineering dual major, O'Connor consistently appeared on the Dean's List throughout his time at Rensselaer. He earned Liberty League All-Academic awards three times each in cross country and track & field and was honored as a U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic selection six times in total. He held engineering internships at Otis Elevator Co. (2016 & 2017) and Polaris Industries (2018) before accepting a full-time position with Raytheon.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY

• Two West Hartford residents made the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2019 spring semester: Andrew Festa, who is in the computer science program, and Mikayla Stricklett, who is in the industrial design 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.

St. Lawrence University, Canton NY

• Natalie A. Nordyke of West Hartford, a member of the Class of 2022 who attended Hall High School, has been selected for inclusion on the Dean's List for academic achievement during the spring 2019 semester at St. Lawrence University. 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 West Hartford received degrees from UConn in Dec. 2018 or May 2019: Ian Francis Adomeit, Justin Aguado, Olivia So Yung Aker, Devon Austin Aldave, Valeria Alfano, Anne Allen, Antonia Grace Alquist, Abdulrahman Saleh Alshehri, Alexis Sophia Alvarez, Max Edward Aronow, Sarah Aliya Baksh, Melanie Banks, Anusha Basnet, Zachary Bauman, Santosh Bhattarai, Shyam Bhimani, Alen Bihorac, Thomas Bold, Jeanne Marie Bonner, Teresa Abby Boyles, Thomas Hurley Brewer, Molly Barbara Bugos, Nicholas Carlos Buitrago, Patricia Kelly Burns, Aiden Mackenzie Busby-Mott, Isabella L. Caban, Joshua Philip Cantor, Brenda Cao, Michelle Cao, Michael Raymond Carbonetta, John Thomas Cassidy, Julian Castaneda, Soma Roy Chakraborty, Grant Charonesuk, Tony Chen, Madeleine Chill, Colin Joseph Christman, Emma Catherine Slim Coll, Yalismarie Colon, Michael Daniel Corral, Maria Fernanda Cosgrove, Anna Marie Costello, Molly Claire Crafts, Christopher Crosby, Eric Jon Jaro Cruz, Caitlin E Cunningham, Laura David, Thomas Davis, Kelly Marguerite Delaney, Kristen Ellen Desrosiers, Anupa Devkota, Shubham Dhakal, Lauren Kimberly Diaz, Jeslyn Anna Dinowitz, Christopher Paul DiPietro, Haweya Dirir, Daniela Andrea Doncel, Eve R. Dorsey, Nicole Douglin, Travis Pagano Dreher, Caley Moira Eagan, Jonathan Seeley Englert, Liam Thomas Evans, Raphael Ilan Feigenbaum, Michael Fitzgerald, Stephen William Fitzgerald, Sarah Foster, Jordan David Friedman, Jacquelyn Friia, Julia Coleman Fuller, Caroline Elizabeth Galeota, Gregory Ganci, Mariana Garcia, John Camilo Garcia, Haley Morgan Gershman, Sarah Lauren Goldstein, Stephanie Gomez, Bianca Paola Gonzalez-Sobrino, Katherine R. Gosselin, Laura Kristen Gottfried, Francis Benedict Gurahoo, Aarian Habibi, Michelle Hay, Liza Henowitz, Zhiwen Huang, Cierra Nicole Hungerford, Jared Jaquez, Mary Katherine Jastrzebski, Yuansun Jiang, Alexandra Rose Kaehrle, Liah Kaminer, Miriam Esther Katz, Annette Kim, Michal Beth Klau-Stevens, Emily Kleban, Johannes Kneppers, Jennifer Sarah Kowitt, Madusree Krishnan, Jasmine Kunnummel, Celeste Juanita Kurz, Taylor James Landry, Katharine Lange, Elaisa Laureta, Alexander Peter Lavoie, John Robert Lawlor, Jennifer Ha Le, Zara Lenihan, Melissa Celia Levin, Stone X Li, Madeline Anne Linstone, Anisa Bahiyyih Linton, Beth Sara Lippman, Miranda Litke, Michael William Lorenzo, Paul Thomas MacGillis-Falcón, Tyler Maclean, Sami Faris Malhas, Mifrah Malik, Sidney C Mao, Daniel Marolda, Eileen Mars, Nathan Alan Martin, Brian Thomas Martin, Brendan Thomas McAuliffe, Madison Ryley McGinnis, Thomas Meagher, Bryan Paul Mester, Tracy Kathy Miranda, Peter Montesano, Gabriela Lourenco Mota, Yoselin Marcela Murillo, Shannon Nicole Murphy, Maria J Naqvi, Harrison Samuel Newman, Christopher Angelo Nista, Derek Keith Niziankiewicz, Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, Austin Brittany O'Connell, Grace Anne O'Connor, Caitlin Meghan O'Meara, Rebecca Rose Palma, Iwona Dorota Pawlukiewicz, Abigail Brenda Pepin, Nabeel Peters, Jaliyah Ashante Peterson, Elena Pevar, Krishna Phai, Pamella Nha Tu Pham, Anthony Poon, William Pratt, Devin P. Pray, Kristian Pretashi, Bansi Rajpara, Katherine Ainsley Amanda Reilly, Kayla Reuben, Stephanie Reyes, Amelia Elizabeth Rosenthal-Baxter, Amschel Samson Rothschild, Patrick Russell, Juan Alfredo Santiago, Nathan Schachter, Jennifer Schoenfeld, Johanna S. Schubert, Kelly Lynn Shea, Daniel G Sheridan, Robert Silverman, Noa Elyse Silverstein, Samantha R Simoni, Joshua Andrew Singer, Christopher Patrick Smedberg, Simone Elizabeth Smith, Konatsu Sonokawa, Mary McCormack Spolarich, Holly Kathryn Sponza, Jennifer Steinberg, Eric Jacob Stoller, Lucy Sweetman, Christine Swol, Nidhi Taneja, Jessica Marie Taranto, Nita Thapa-Chhetri, Gregory Thompson, Jeffrey Thorne, Ravina Tolat, Narineh Tereza Torosyan, Jasmine Nhun Touch, Amanda Touch, Peter Andrew Towey, Diana Jane Trammel, Thao Minh Thach Tran, Jennifer Ann Travers, Alexandra Turner, Griffin Evans Tyler, Roni Julian Unger, Roger Velasquez, Joshua William Wallace, Theresa Watkins, Suzanne Mayo Watson, Joshua Charles Weisenberg, Alexia Lee Williams, Matthew John Wilson, Dan Wu, Yulei Xia, Yuhao Yao, Eli C Zempsky, Li Zeng, Rachel Zhang, Monica Zhang, Michelle Zhang.

University of Scranton, Scranton PA

• Anne Ferketic of West Hartford was among the 64 members of The University of Scranton's undergraduate class of 2019 honored for academic excellence, service or both. The awards were presented at Class Night on May 24 on campus. Ferketic, recipient of the Excellence in Health Administration Award, earned a bachelor's degree in health administration with a business minor. She served as a Royal Ambassador at Scranton and as a member of the University's Refugee Committee. She is a graduate of Conard High School.