Brookline Student Success: Honors and Grads from Clark, Berklee, Tufts and Binghamton

The following press releases are via the readMedia Newswire, sent in the last week.

Sarah E. Shepro, a resident of Brookline, MA, has been named to first honors on the Clark University Dean's List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2012 semester.

To be eligible for first honors, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or higher, of a maximum of 4.3 (all A+s).

Since its founding in 1887, Clark University in Worcester, Mass., has a history of challenging convention. As an innovative liberal arts college and research university, Clark's world-class faculty lead a community of creative thinkers and passionate doers and offer a range of expertise, particularly in the areas of psychology, geography, urban education, Holocaust and genocide studies, environmental studies, and international development and social change. Clark's students, faculty and alumni embody the Clark motto: Challenge convention. Change our world.

The following local residents were named to second honors on the Clark University Dean's List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2012 semester.

• Aleksandr D. Gaun, a resident of Brookline, MA
• Heather R. White, a resident of Brookline, MA

To be eligible for second honors, students must have a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.79, of a maximum of 4.3.

Since its founding in 1887, Clark University in Worcester, Mass., has a history of challenging convention. As an innovative liberal arts college and research university, Clark's world-class faculty lead a community of creative thinkers and passionate doers and offer a range of expertise, particularly in the areas of psychology, geography, urban education, Holocaust and genocide studies, environmental studies, and international development and social change. Clark's students, faculty and alumni embody the Clark motto: Challenge convention. Change our world.

Singer Jo Crehan from Boston, Massachusetts was accepted to sing in the pop/rock ensemble that will be performing at the Berklee Performance Center Blowout concert at the end of the Five-Week Summer Performance Program.

As the largest and most comprehensive summer music program, the Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program offers classes, workshops, rehearsals, private instruction, labs, and even performances for all sorts of musicians. Local and international students accepted to the program receive the opportunity to study with Berklee faculty, get to know Boston, and get a head start on their full-time studies.

Visit Berklee's flickr profile for photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/berkleecollege/7604847570/in/photostream/

The following students received academic honors from the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University by making the University's Dean's list for the Spring 2012 semester:

• Jerome E Pomeranz of Brookline, MA
• Noga Rogel of Brookline, MA

Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.

Tufts University recently announced the Dean's List for the Spring 2012 semester.

Among these students are:

• Theodore Lui of Brookline, class of 2013
• Amy Demicco of Chestnut Hill, class of 2013
• Daniel Katz-Zeiger of Brookline, class of 2014
• Kaveh Veyssi of Brookline, class of 2014
• Alexandra Zeitouni of Newton, class of 2015
• Sarah Orloff-Parry of Chestnut Hill, class of 2015
• Julia Hermann of Chestnut Hill, class of 2014

Dean's List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

Tufts University, located on three Massachusetts campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville, and Grafton, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across the university's eight schools is widely encouraged.