Scholars in the ...

•Charles B. Price, of Massapequa, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire on May 11. •Kaitlynn Meehan, of Massapequa, a speech and language disabilities major at Elmira College, was named to the dean's list of academic achievement for the winter term. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Meehan. •Three local residents attending the University at Buffalo were recently inducted into the Omicron chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. They are Mas­sapequa resident Nikole Seitz, who majors in social science interdisciplinary. From North Massapequa are Paul Canallatos, a bio­medical science major and Christine Dejewski, a com­municative disorders and sciences major. •Victoria Maksym, of Massapequa, was honored recently at the SUNY Os­wego Honors Convocation. She received the Hazel Hewitt Scholarship Fund. Maksym, a junior studying childhood education at Oswego, is the daughter of Sue and Gary Maksym. She is an elementary field hockey coach, elementary student tutor and karate teacher. Her future plans are to attend graduate school.

Photo of Lauren Fink accepting her award•The following local residents were named to the President's list at the State University of New York at Corltand: From Massapequa Park is Michael O'Connor; from North Massapequa are Christina D'Amico and Jade LaFemina and from Farmingdale are Cathryn Cof­fey,

Erin Garvey, Nicole Woessner and Vanessa Wolf. In addition, named to the dean's list at the State University of New York at Cortland for the spring se­mester:

From Massapequa are Cheryl Dillon, Susan Dittrich, Adam Gott­lieb, Sara Heuther, Bradley Kaufman, Michael McHale, Brian McLachan, Courtney Metelitz, John Modena, Mi­chael O'Connor, Michael Papa, Audrey Rizzo, Elizabeth Rotheim and Danielle Torre; from Massapequa Park are Molley Friedman and Kaitlin Keogh; from North Massapequa are Christina D'Amico and Jade LaFemina and from Farmingdale are Erin Garvey, Heather Kramer, Nicole Woessner and Vanessa Wolf. •Lauren Fink, of Massapequa, a student at Farmingdale State College, was honored recently by the Interim Chancellor of the State University of New York by receiving the Chancel­lor's Award for Student Excellence. She is a professional communications major there. •Cristan Nedbalsky, of Massapequa Park, earned a Bachelor's degree in environmental design from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, New York. He received the 2008 Environmental Design Award, presented by the De­partment of Design. Nedbalsky is the sole recipient of this award. •The following local residents have graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania: Megan Marie Hillin, of Massapequa, received a bach­elor

of arts in engineering and Adam Douglas Lambert received a bachelor of arts in government and law.

•Janessa Myers, of North Mass­apequa, graduated magna cum laude from Lasell College, Newton, Mas­sachusetts with a Bachelor of Science degree in fashion and retail merchan­dising.

•Matthew Giannattasio, of Mass­apequa, a senior at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, received the Superior Scholarship in Computer Science Award at the college's May 17 Spring Honors Day ceremonies.