Campus Notes - Windsor Locks, East Windsor Students

WINDSOR LOCKS-EAST WINDSOR, CT — Here are some recent accomplishments of college students from Windsor Locks and East Windsor, as provided by readMedia Newswire.

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT

• Eastern Connecticut State University recently hosted its annual Scholarship Reception in the Fine Arts Instructional Center. The event brought together major ECSU Foundation scholarship donors and their respective student-recipients. This year students were awarded scholarships, totaling more than $600,000 in financial aid to students of all backgrounds and academic majors. Melody Alford of Broad Brook, an Accounting major, and Danielle Sassi of East Windsor, a Sport & Leisure Management major, were selected as recipients of the prestigious scholarships.

Keene State College, Keene NH

• Keene State College announces that 1,400 students have been named to the fall 2016 dean's list, including Windsor Locks residents Lindsey Cioffi and Erin Severns.

Lasell College, Newton MA

• Lasell College recently named Jonnathan Oliveira of Windsor Locks to the Dean's List for the fall 2016 semester. Oliveira, whose major is Legal Studies, is a member of the class of 2018 and was among 722 students honored in the fall 2016 semester. To achieve the Dean's List, each student must be full-time carrying 12 or more graded credits for the semester with a grade point average of 3.5 or above.

Western New England University, Springfield MA

• Timothy E. Sauerhoefer of Broad Brook, majoring in Mechanical Engineering with Mechatronics Concentration, 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. Sauerhoefer's project is entitled Water Locker. The Water Locker is a security system and water bottle all in one. Pictured, Team Water Locker: Tyler Clark, Blair Cook, Max Magid, Timothy Sauerhoefer, Natasha Mercado-Santana, and Timothy Swords.