Please meet our local scholars

•Named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey are Mas­sapequa residents Steven Suntzen­ich and Briana Wallace and Mass­apequa Park resident Paige McAtee.

•Linda Marie D’Anna, of Mass­apequa, received a Ph.D. In ecology from the University of North Caro­lina at Chapel Hill. She is the daugh­ter of Karen and Joseph D’Anna and a 1993 graduate of Massapequa High School. •Jane E. Hogan, of Massapequa Park, a history major, was named to the dean’s list for the second semes­ter at Saint Anselm College, Man­chester, New Hampshire. •Brian Irvine, of Massapequa, a sophomore major in informa­tion

systems audit and control, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Bentley Univer­sity, Waltham, Massachusetts. •Hannah Goess, of Massapequa, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsyl­vania. •Lauren Bedard, of Massapequa, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Providence Collee, Providence, Rhode Island.

•Ronald Wilcox, of Massapequa, was named to the dean’s list at the College of William & Mary, Wil­liamsburg, Virginia, for the spring semester. •Named to the dean’s list at Seton Hall University, South Orange New Jersey, for the spring semester are Massapequa residents Catherine Bingham and Megan Shanel Jones and Ryan Murphy of Massapequa Park.

Two local residents have gradu­ated from Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Erik Olson, of Massapequa, received a bachelor of arts degree from the University’s College of Arts and Science major­ing in economics. William Scheur­er, of Massapequa Park, graduated

magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree from the Univer­sity’s Wallace E. Carroll School of Management with majors in finance, economics and accounting. •Massapequa Park resident Justin C. Breslau received a bachelor of arts in May from the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall Univer­sity, South Orange, New Jersey. •Rina Skorupski, of Massapequa, earned dean’s list honors at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the spring semes­ter.

•Leslie-Ann Cardone, of Mass­apequa, made the honors list for the spring semester at Franklin & Mar­shall College, Lancaster, Pennsylva­nia. She is the daughter of Robert and Lois Cardone and a graduate of Massapequa High School.

•Melissa S. West, of North Mas­sapequa, was named to the presi­dent’s list for the spring semester at Siena College, Loudonville, New York.

•The following local residents re­ceived bachelor’s degrees at the May commencement of the State Univer­sity

of New York at Albany: From Massapequa are David Barritt, James Byrnes, Alexandra Gann, Brian Hanrahan, Matthew Ingber, Alyssa Mescia, Gregory Miszke, Li­ane Nappi, Matthew Terrono and Amanda Vaccaro; from North Mas­sapequa is Lauren Guastavino and from Massapequa Park are Eliza­beth Cornell, Sharon Farkas, Greg­ory Rose, Joanne Vaz and Dennis Warner.

•Laura Brienza, of Farmingdale, a sophomore at the State University of New York at Cortland, was hon­ored with the Student Government Association Leadership Scholarship from the college this spring. •Named to the president’s list at SUNY Cortland for the spring se­mester for a GPA of 3.7 or better, are the following local residents: From Massapequa Park are Jean­nette

Gerez, Jamie Snow and Brian Verdi; from Massapequa are Cheryl Dillon, Courtney Evans and Keith Berkman; from North Massapequa is Elizabeth Keller and from Farm­ingdale

are Erin Garvey and Lauren Scotti. Named to the dean’s list for the spring semester: From Mas­sapequa Park are Steven Campbell, Jeannette Gerez, Molly Friedman, Casey Olson, Ja­mie Snow, Alison Chechakos, Mela­nie Matassa, Ariana Vallario, Lauren Rose and Brian Verdi; from Mass­apequa

are Ashley Keough, Bradley Kaufman, Monica Dayboch, Cheryl Dillon, Courtney Evans, Christo­pher Fusco, Amanda Silverman, Danielle Seelinger, Kiersten Jacob­sen, Toni Hodge, Keith Berkman, Sean Cassin and James Lastraglio; from North Massapequa are Jana Diamond, Heather Dwyer and Eliz­abeth Keller and from Farmingdale are Brenna Dugan, Laura Brienza, Kellie Murphy and Lauren Scotti. •Named to the dean’s list at Hofstra University for the spring semester are the following local residents: From Massapequa are Kevin Etzel, Catherine Carroll, Alyssa Byrne, Eugene Renda, Kaitlyn Rindos, Kelly Freund, Vanessa Lind, Paul Lucido, Laura Lupoli, William Ch­lystun, Matthew Fink, Alyson Caro­tenuto, Caner Demirayak, Elizabeth Zorovich, Amanda Corey, Vanessa Cafiero,Michelle Walsh, Stacey Di­Gerardo, Laura McGuire, Richard Cheek, H. Brendan Cumisky, Britt­ney Frnak, Joseph Costa, Alyssa Gluf and Adam Winters; from Mas­sapequa Park are James Campisi, Hayley Fiorella, Christine Mucaria, Nicholas Hoerbelt, Amy Bropoks, Lauren Ross, Christina Visconti, Winifred Wymes, Jacquelyn Mur­phy,

Sean Lawler, Brittany Butts, Michelle Marsilla and Brendan Keys and from North Massapequa are Sarah Rivera, Angela DiStefano, Ryan Boyle, Ashley Towner, Kelly DiPalma, William Hankee, Daniel Griffith,Sean Carlson, Mark Bauer, Julian Builes, Bryan Dick and Eliza­beth Monzillo. •Cadet 1st Class Michael Marino, of Amityville, graduated from the Massachusetts Mamritime Acad­emy on Sat., June 19 with a bachelor of science in marine engineering.

•TheState University of New York awarded merit presi­dential

or merit schol­arships

to the following lo­cal residents: From Mas­sapequa Park are Brendan W. Keogh and Ryan P. Von Braunsbergand from Mass­apequa is James J. Nyreen. •Named to the dean’s list at the State University of New York at Albany for the spring semester are the following local residents: From Massapequa are Jess Braunstein, Kimberly Brown, James Byrnes, Jared Chariton, Valerie Distefano, Brian Hanrahan, Matthew Ingber, Keith Marlow, Alyssa Mescia, Jenni­fer Mescia, Gregory Miszke, Michael Rogers and Matthew Terrono; from Massapequa Park are Alyssa Con­tarino, Scott Giannattasio, Meagan Pugh, David Trompeter and Dennis Warner; from North Massapequa are Bryan Kotowski, James Mann and from Farmingdale are Daniel Bokser, Daniel Mormino and John Reynolds.

•Julien Le Goff, of Massapequa Park, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester in Vil­lanova University’s College of Engi­neering, Villanova, Pennsylvania. •Rachel Bryson-Brockmann, of Massapequa Park, has been named to second honors on the Clark Uni­versity’s dean’s list. To be eligible for second honors, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or high­er. •Thefollowing local residents have been named to the spring Provost’s list for a grade point average of 4.0 at Hofstra University, Hempstead: From Massapequa are Michele Grieco, Daniela Imbrogno, Aman­da Lamberson, Erin McDonough, Stephanie Reip and Nicole Sara­niereo; from Massapequa Park are Lauren DiBiase, Kerrin Link, Lisa Mener, Glenn Rice and Garrett Win­kler and from North Massapequa is Amanda Balsam.

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