College Notes: Winter 2021
Lasell University in Newton.
Bona shared a presentation on an original concept developed for a course on food and beverage management in hospitality called "Tipsy Traveler."
The December 2020 event showcased the work of Bona and more than 150 other students in a digital format. The annual event was reimagined to celebrate and showcase the ties between career preparedness and Connected Learning, thanks to a three-year grant from the Davis Educational Foundation.
All symposium presentations focused on four of the National Association of Colleges and Employers' career-readiness competencies: Global and Intercultural Fluency, Professional and Work Ethic, Leadership, and Career Management.
Bona also recently earned a Problem-Solving Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification.
"Six Sigma certifications elevate a student's professional marketability and exemplifies additional knowledge of being a problem solver," said assistant professor Siddharth Mobar, a hospitality and event management expert.
The certifying agency, GoLeanSixSigma.com, uses immersive virtual training experiences to improve problem-solving skills. Forbes, Amazon, Tesla, and Disney are among the many companies who utilize the agency.
Connor Bryant of Pittsfield and Daniel Buell of Hancock were among more than 100 students from Western New England University in Springfield who were inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta in a virtual ceremony held on March 5.
Bryant attends the College of Arts & Sciences is working toward a bachelor of science in computer science. Buell attends the College of Engineering is working toward a bachelor of science engineering in mechanical engineering.
Alpha Lambda Delta is a first-year honor society founded in 1924 at the University of Illinois that has more than 280 chapters in the United States.
Graduations
Alissa Rosier of Pittsfield earned a master of education degree from Concordia University in Seward, Neb., in the fall 2020.
Lindsey Hubbard of Adams received an associate in applied science from the veterinary technology program at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. She was among the 56 students who graduated in the fall of 2020.
Veronica Bisson of Pownal, Vt., graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science in biology of Castleton (Vt.) University following the successful completion of the fall semester in December 2020. Graduates will be recognized during the university's 234th commencement.
Kristen Borelli of Pittsfield graduated Dec. 11, 2020, from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. Borelli was presented a degree in interdisciplinary studies during commencement exercises held at the school's Brooks Stadium.
Academic Lists & Awards
Curry College in Milton named local students Madison Vigna of Adams, Julia O'Connor of Dalton and Jonah Alemany of Pittsfield to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
Castleton, Vt., University named the following students to the fall 2020 honors lists:
Dean's list: Haley Adelt, Jacob Halverson and Sarah Rattigan, all of Adams; Brooke Gates of Dalton, and Quintin Demarsico of Readsboro, Vt.
President's list: Ashlee Meczywor of Adams, Aubrey Tetlow of Williamstown, and Jamie Boyle of Pownal, Vt.
Brandon Hoffman of Dalton, Donovan Sawyer of Monterey and Thomas Astle of Pittsfield were named to the dean's list and Madeleine Soudant of Great Barrington to president's list for the fall 2020 semester at Nichols College in Dudley.
Alegra Secor of Drury and Olivia Thiemann of West Stockbridge were named to the 2020 fall semester dean's list at Muhlenberg College at Allentown, Pa.
Assumption University in Worcester has named the following students to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester: seniors Samantha El Saddik and Emma Sullivan, both of Pittsfield; juniors Amanda Moon of North Adams and Giuliana Pierce of Pittsfield; and freshman Jaylin Lacasse of Pittsfield.
Senior Amaya Smith of Williamstown was named to the fall 2020 head of school scholar honors list at Pomfret (Conn.) School.
Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester congratulates the following students on being named to the fall 2020 president's list: Grace Van Buren of Becket and Rebecca Drager of Dalton.
Connor Blodgett of Great Barrington, studying computer engineering technology, and Brendan Blevins of Readsboro, studying software engineering technology, were named to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. Maria Potvin of Stamford was named to the president's list; she is pursuing an associate of applied of science degree in landscape contracting.
Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., has named following students to honors lists for the fall 2020 semester:
President's list: Benn Kittler of Adams and Loren Benoit, Sofia Bock, Olivia Bordeau and Carli Scolforo, all of Pittsfield.
Dean's list: Sarah Markham of Ashley Falls, Tyler Carnevaleof Cheshire, Emily West of Dalton, Shelby Tinker of Great Barrington, Marley Buffis of Hancock, Alexis Shumsky of Housatonic, and Landon Arace, Chanze Filippi, Alexander Hawkins, Anthony Hunt, Hannah Morley, Shannon Netzer, Gianna Paris and Trevor Pelkey, all of Pittsfield.
Alex White of Dalton has made the dean's list for the fall semester at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.
Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic has named environmental earth science major Jenna Levesque of Cheshire and political science major Ari Drayman of Dalton to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
Coastal Carolina University
Pittsfield residents Kristen Borelli, an interdisciplinary studies major, and David Charland, an engineering science, were named to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C.
Julia Esoldi of North Adams and Madelyn Bronson of Pittsfield were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y.
Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., announces the fall 2020 dean's list: Jamie Barthe and Sierra Jamros, both of Adams; Corry Psutka, Fred Sears Autumn Sheldon and Emma Smith, all of Dalton; and Norah Miller of Pittsfield.
Hudson Community College in Troy, N.Y., named the following students to the honors lists for the fall 2020 semester.
Dean's list
- Quinlan Squires of Dalton, overhead electric line worker
- Christopher Casillas of Great Barrington, individual studies
- Anthony Croce of Pittsfield, advanced manufacturing technology
- Michael L. LaFreniere of Pittsfield, automotive technical services
- Michael W. LaFreniere of Pittsfield, advanced manufacturing technology
- Morgan Ladouceur of Pittsfield, individual studies
- Jessica Storie of Pittsfield, surgical technology
President's list
- Aurora Foster of the town of Florida, non-matriculated
- Kade Groeber of Great Barrington, electrical construction & maintenance
- Caleb Saunders of Housatonic, criminal justice
- Adam Wilson of Housatonic, automotive technical services
- Alicia Wallace of Pittsfield, dental hygiene
Springfield College recognizes the following dean's list students for the 2020 fall semester:
- Riley Robinson of Adams, health science and pre-physical therapy
- Hannah Dargie of Cheshire, athletic training
- Aliyah Heideman of Cheshire, health science
- Kyle Bazonski of Dalton, sports biology
- Jack Cooney of Dalton, applied exercise science
- Hailey Higgins of Great Barrington, psychology
- Brittney Arseneau of Pittsfield, health science
- Ian Benoit of Pittsfield, criminal justice
- Mary Lee of Pittsfield, criminal justice
- Sierra Murray of Pittsfield, sports biology
- Joseph Traversa of Pittsfield, applied exercise science
- Katherine Bernardy of Williamstown, health science/occupational therapy
- Grace Sanchez of Williamstown, health science/occupational therapy
The following students were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Lasell University in Newton: Allison Borowsky of Dalton, Elizabeth Bona of North Adams, Margaret Martin of Williamstown and Matthew Stracuzzi and Michael Maruk, both of Pittsfield.
Dean College in Franklin has named Patrick McKinney of Pittsfield to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
College of Charleston (S.C.) has named Cameron Sabin of Williamstown, majoring in commercial real estate finance, to the president's list and Elizabeth Jarck of Lenox, majoring in communication, to the dean's list, both for the fall 2020 semester.
American International College in Springfield has named the following students to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester: Sean Soper of Dalton; Abigail Wells of Windsor; and Alyssa Anderson, Louis Martial Anwobor, Shannon Bourque, Ava Bressette, Nicole Gamberoni and Troy Schweitzer, all of Pittsfield.
Three Mount Greylock Regional School graduates and a Pittsfield High School graduate have been named to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. The Williamstown residents, all juniors, are Isabelle Bote, majoring in art history, Samuel Dils, majoring in literature, and Jacob Hane, majoring in classical languages; Riley Nichols of Pittsfield is a senior majoring in philosophy.
The following students have been named to the dean's list at the University of New Hampshire in Durham for the fall 2020 semester.
Highest honors: Devon Atwell of Becket; Hannah Ronayne and Kate Mathews, both of Dalton; Isabella Williams of Lenox; and Shae Daley, Hailey Kirchner and Kasey Vallee, all of Pittsfield.
High honors: Allison Washburn of Dalton, Ciera Schwarzer of Lanesborough, and Kirstin Murray of Pownal, Vt.
Honors: Katherine Nichols of Pittsfield.
Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., has named four Pittsfield students to the honors lists for the fall 2020 semester: Julia Haddad of Pittsfield, a freshman, to the president's list, and senior Lindsey Coe and freshmen Sara Curry to the dean's list.
Kimberly Perkins, pursuing an associate of science in veterinary science, veterinary technology, and Adam Leonard, pursuing a bachelor of arts in interactive media design, game production & management, both of Pittsfield, were named to the fall semester 2020 dean's list at Becker College in Worcester.
Destiny Anne Charron of Lanesborough has been named to Husson University's dean's list for the fall 2020 semester. She is a first-year student studying communications technology at the Bangor, Maine, college.
Georgia State University in Atlanta has named Mary Nguyen of North Adams to the fall 2020 semester dean's list. Nguyen is studying entrepreneurship.
A total of 1,453 students were named to College of the Holy Cross' dean's list for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. They include the following local students: senior Lauren Daury of Pittsfield; juniors Marya Makuc of Monterey and Mollie Herrick of Lenox; sophomores Joseph Cracolici of Pittsfield and Alison Howard of Williamstown; and freshmen Molly Flynn of Great Barrington, Jena Kaddoura of Pittsfield, Daniella Santamarina of Pittsfield and Samantha Scoco.
Stonehill College in Easton has named Pittsfield residents Ryan Abel and Hayley Tobin, both juniors, have been named to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named the following local students to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
- Kayla Krom of Ashley Falls, senior majoring in biomedical engineering
- Michael Carpinello of North Adams, senior majoring in electrical and computer engineering
- Anthony Arace of Pittsfield, junior majoring in mechanical engineering
- Augustine Asumadu of Pittsfield, junior majoring in management information systems
- Jenna Charron of Adams, junior majoring in electrical and computer engineering
- Mary Decelles of Pittsfield, junior majoring in mechanical engineering
- Danielle Lablanc of Pittsfield, junior majoring in mechanical engineering
- Jacob Borowsky of Dalton, sophomore majoring in aerospace engineering
- Mitchell Decelles of Pittsfield, sophomore majoring in civil engineering
- Samuel Parks of Berkshire, sophomore majoring in computer science
- James Scalise of Dalton, sophomore majoring in architectural engineering
The University of Tampa in Florida has honored 1,762 students who were named to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester. They include: Catherine Boino of Dalton, a sophomore majoring in biochemistry, and Pittsfield residents Natasha Shade, a freshman majoring in nursing and Jessie Tobin, a senior majoring in advertising and public relations.
Mary Hines of Pittsfield was named to the dean's list at Miami University in Ohio for the 2020-21 fall semester.
The following local residents made the dean's list at Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology for the 2020 fall semester.
- Maya Giron of Clarksburg, photographic and imaging arts
- Zachery Tatro of Clarksburg, game design and development
- Charlie Salinetti of Dalton, software engineering program
- Alex Currie of Dalton, engineering exploration program
- Nick Schneider of Dalton, chemistry program
- Ashley Martsen of East Otis, physics program
- John Novitsky of Lenox, software engineering program
- Eli Cunningham of Pittsfield, computer science program
- Riley Schultheis of Pittsfield, computer engineering program
- Nick Soldato of Pittsfield, film and animation program
- Chenyang Lin of Pittsfield, computer science program
- Kevin Laporte of Pittsfield, game design and development program
Close to 750 students have been named to the fall 2020 dean's list at Western New England University in Springfield. They include:
- Kathryn Bentz of Adams, engineering
- Ryan Parada of Adams, mechanical engineering/mechatronics concentration
- Bryan Siter of Ashley Falls, civil engineering
- Michael Skidmore of Dalton, electrical engineering
- Nicholas Whalen of Great Barrington, finance
- Daniel Buell of Hancock, mechanical engineering
- Joseph Aberdale of Housatonic, mechanical engineering
- John Young of Housatonic, mechanical engineering
- Taryn Paul of Lenox, pre-pharmacy
- Connor Bryant of Pittsfield, computer science
- Jillian Cote of Pittsfield, pharmacy studies
- Kaylee Croshier of Pittsfield, biology
- Brittany Henault of Pittsfield, pharmacy studies
- Jaden Kuzia of Pittsfield, criminal justice
- Brandon Peaslee of Pittsfield, management and leadership
- Dylan Brownson of South Egremont, business
Emmanuel College in Boston has named Kostandinos Cami of Great Barrington, Autumn Duke of Housatonic and Nichole Lapierre and Cole Lander, both of Pittsfield, to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
State University of New York at Delhi has named Samuel Polastri of Becket to the dean's list for the fall 2020 semester. Polastri is pursuing a degree in construction management: design & building.
The following students have been selected for inclusion on the dean's list for fall 2020 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.
• Julia Bronson is a senior and is majoring in environmental studies. Bronson is from Monterey and attended Monument Mountain Regional High School.
• Ella Korte is a freshman from West Stockbridge and attended Pittsfield High School.
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