One hundred thirty-three awards and scholarships were presented recently to more than 150 students at Berkshire Community College.
The following presentations were made to the student or students shown during the college's 29th Annual Awards Ceremony:
Alumni and Friends Scholarships
Alice M. Pederson Memorial Scholarships: F. Mark Bashara and Sharon Jones.
Berkshire Quilt Festival Scholarships: Nadine Fiske and Ann Rennie.
International Student Scholarship: Elizaveta Litvinova.
Division Awards (Business)
Falconer Awards: Jill McCann (business administration), Sheriann Mottor (business careers), Ann-Marie Racine (business software systems) and Karolina Dobrowolska (computer information systems).
Accounting Practitioner Scholarship Award: Joseph Williamson.
Robert E. Bixler Memorial Accounting Award: Dennis Clark.
Economics Excellence Award: Rhiannon Kopynec.
International Business Award: Juan Coka.
Business Administration Program Awards: Shauna Manship and Fan Wang.
Business Careers Program Award: Alicia Goudey.
Business Software Systems Program Award: Nancy Collins.
Computer Information Systems Program Awards: Timothy Brelsford and Joshua Delmolino.
Programming Certificate: Steven Davis.
American Culinary Federation Award, Berkshire Chapter: Jennifer Calderone, Jason Dragonetti and Scott Thivierge.
Hospitality Administration Program Award: Jason Dragonetti.
Culinary Arts Program Award: Jennifer Calderone.
Division Awards (Humanities)
Falconer Awards: Keith Hasperg (English), Vouelle Bouity (mathematics), Jesse Wlodyka (music), Robert Halla (theatre arts), and Michael Boroniec and Lauren Mace (visual arts).
The Doctors Taft Awards: Isolina Douglas (introductory Spanish) and Raquel Calero (intermediate Spanish).
The Communication Award: Jesse Wlodyka.
Edward and William Tyler Award: Kellie Alexander.
Mitchell J. Mulholland Memorial Award: Anacelto Maiorano.
William Pitt Awards: April Bush and Rhiannon Kopynec.
Koussevitzky Award: Carlton Maaia II.
BCC Players Award: Matthew Passetto.
Art Award: Erin Burke.
Division Awards (Nursing & Allied Health)
Falconer Awards: R. Laurence Stalvey (health science-physical fitness), and Matthew Coviello and Howard Samel (associate degree nursing).
Mary Catherine Gillette Scholarship: Erica Fairfield.
Physical Therapist Assistant Club Award: Dorothea Baker.
Southern Berkshire Visiting Nurse Foundation Scholarships: Edith Senfuma and Rebecca Ward.
LPN Club Scholarship: Luci Leonard.
Teresa M. "Trete" Hourihan Scholarship: Jill Lemieux.
Gillette Scholarship: Sharon Jones.
Margaret S. Kennedy Memorial Nursing Award: Karin Boehm.
Mary Matilda Marcy Scholarship: Rachel Darby.
Berkshire Medical Center Physicians' Awards: Rebecca LaBeau and Kendra Price.
Fairview Hospital Physicians' Award: Jody Bauer.
Mary Lowell Pizzonia Scholarship: Amy Bartlett.
Division Awards (Sciences & Engineering)
Falconer Awards: Eleanore Velez (behavioral sciences), Rami Santrisi (engineering technology) and Andres Miranda (environmental and life sciences).
Austen Riggs Award: Meghan McGuirt.
Clarkson University Leadership Award: Christopher Strek.
Engineering Alumni Scholarship: Shaun Phillips.
Everest Award: Vouelle Bouity.
Longfellow Award: Jessica Nimmons.
IEEE Engineering Transfer Scholarship: Shaun Phillips.
Joseph H. Smith, Jr. Engineering and Science Awards: Vouelle Bouity and Shaun Phillips.
SUNY Institute of Technology Medal for Academic Excellence: Michael Rochelo.
Berkshire Conservation District Environmental Science Scholarship: Julie Field.
Tom O'Connell Environmental and Life Sciences Award: Kimberly Kelly.
Trout Unlimited * Taconic Chapter: Fransua Nieto.
George M. Hamilton, Jr. Life Science Award: Ashley Benson.
BCC Foundation and General Scholarships
Acts of Kindness Scholarship: Rhiannon Kopynec.
Ashmere Educational Program Scholarship: Crystal Killela and William Weeden.
Rose & Norman Avnet Scholarship: Christina Salvini.
George L. Babcock, Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Vouelle Bouity.
BCC Division Scholarships
Business: Karolina Dobrowolska.
Humanities: Laura Spence.
Nursing and Allied Health: Barbara Varno.
Sciences and Engineering: Julie Field.
John Beauchamp Memorial Scholarship: Karolina Dobrowolska.
Berkshire Bank Scholarships: Thomas Barstow and Carmen Kaczowski.
Berkshire County Board of Realtors Scholarships: Elizabeth Carlson and Jennifer Spradley.
Berkshire Life Insurance Company Scholarships: Judy Conrow and Rachel Zuckerman.
Berkshire Mutual Insurance Company Scholarships: Kellie Alexander and Jesse Wlodyka.
Berkshire Visitors Bureau Scholarship: Roy Hoyt, Jr.
Robert M. Boland Scholarship: Michael Boroniec.
Ruth P. & Nicholas Boraski Scholarships: AnnMarie McCormack and Jeanne Veltri.
Zoa Pratt Campetti Scholarship: Jacqueline Mosher.
Paige Beaudin Clark Memorial Scholarship: Jennifer Betti.
Crane & Company Scholarship: Andrew Liebenow.
Thomas J. Curley, Sr. & Patricia Lynch Curley Scholarship: Katherine Lincoln.
Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarships: Judy Conrow and Sheriann Mottor.
Eugene Dellea Scholarship: Gordon Soule, Sr.
Nicholas & Theresa DiSantis Quality Printing Scholarship: Stacy Green.
Dr. Armand & Dr. Donald Feigenbaum Scholarship: Deirdre Mason-Hauver.
Sanford H. Fisher Scholarship: Monica Bliss.
Honorable Jack & Jane Fitzpatrick Scholarships: Adam Beatty, Darby Daoust, Patrick Gariepy, Conor McMillen, Thomas Naughton and Brendan O'Hara.
GE Plastics Scholarships: Melissa Hudson and Sheriann Mottor.
Greylock Scholars Program Scholarship: Rhiannon Kopynec.
Barbara & Andrew Hochberg Scholarship: Robert Russell.
Drs. Selma & Robert Josell Scholarship: Hai Wong.
K*B Toys Early Childhood Education Scholarship: Linda Kimberley.
David & Suzanne Klausmeyer Scholarship: Roberta Townsend.
Dr. Milos & Maria Krofta Scholarship: R. Laurence Stalvey.
Gary Lamoureaux Scholarship: Patricia Molina.
James and Marie Lynch Scholarship: Brett Clark.
Matthew J. Merritt Family Fund: Suzan Nicholson.
Norman Najimy Art Council Scholarship: Erin Burke.
North Adams Hoosac Savings Bank Scholarship: Crystal Kruszyna.
Irene G. Wojtkowski Nuciforo & The Honorable Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. Scholarship: Elizabeth Phillips.
The Gilda Palano/Ada Comstock Scholarship: Jeanne Matthew.
Constance M. Quinn Memorial Scholarships: Reina Antunez and Marion Ceanga.
Salus Populi Scholarships: Laura Harrington and Kimberly Majewicz.
South Adams Savings Bank Scholarship: Sara Blanchette.
Arthur & Sylvia Stein Scholarship: Mary Barry.
Student Government Association Scholarships: Justin Lis and Holly Rohlfs.
Viniar Honors Scholarship: Ann-Marie Racine.
Votaw Fund Scholarships: Christopher Cochran and Shaun Phillips.
Vincent E. Walsh Scholarship: Melissa Pilat.
Richard L. Whitehead Scholarship: Rebecca Campion.
Thomas C. & Anne Everest Wojtkowski Scholarship: Brian Clay.
ZONTA Scholarship: Eleanore Velez.
The following presentations were made at various functions and events prior to the ceremony:
Berkshire Medical Center Physicians' Awards: Thomas Burdick and Michelle Rivers.
Fairview Hospital Physicians' Award: Danielle Farnham.
Gold Service Spirit of Caring Award: Susan McCauley.
Hillcrest Medical Scholarship: Diane McLain.
Bette B. Everson Memorial Nursing Award: Courtney Thomas.
Ethel M. Carter Memorial Scholarship: Sheila Young.
The Berkshire County Guidance Association Scholarship: Pamela Betz.
The Pittsfield Rotary Club Scholarship: Vouelle Bouity.
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Winter Storm Warning Issued for Berkshires
Another snowstorm is expected to move through the region overnight on Friday, bringing 5 to 8 inches of snow. This is updated from Thursday's winter weather advisory.
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has posted a winter storm warning for all of Berkshire County and parts of eastern New York State beginning Friday at 4 p.m. through Saturday at 1 p.m.
The region could see heavy to moderate snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour overnight, tapering off Saturday morning to flurries.
Drivers should exercise caution on Friday night and Saturday morning, as travel conditions may be hazardous.
Saturday night should be clear and calm, but warming temperatures means freezing rain Sunday night and rain through Monday with highs in the 40s. The forecast isn't much better through the week as temperatures dip back into the teens with New Year's Eve looking cloudy and frigid.
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