College Notes

Zachary Rozales of Plainview is among nearly 1,500 students graduating from Mississippi State University in Fall 2022.

Rozales received the Master of Science from MSU’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

New York Institute of Technology recognizes the student leaders who assist the university’s Academic Success and Enrichment team, including:

Julia Andor of Bethpage, who serves as a Peer Tutor.

Bishwo Mainali from Hicksville, who serves as a Peer Tutor and Peer Success Guide (PSG).

Yamini Bhaveshbhai Patel from Hicksville, who serves as a Supplemental Instruction Leader.

Christian Patsos of Bethpage has received Bachelor of Arts from The University of Alabama during fall commencement ceremonies on Dec. 10th.

The following local students earned President’s List honors for the Fall 2022 semester:

Bethpage

Richard Verbouwens Hicksville

Julia Colonna

Julia Deturris

Jessica Kwasnik

Levittown

Sage Diaz

Brandon Martinez

Old Bethpage

Madison Cohen

Eric Melle Syosset

Argiroula Kefalas

Olivia Strocchia

Emily Wolfe

To qualify for the President’s List, students must earn a grade of A- or better in each of their classes while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

Local residents were named to The University of Scranton’s Dean’s List for the 2022 fall semester.

Students added to the Fall 2022 Dean’s List are:

Bethpage

Seamus J. O’Callaghan, a junior marketing major in the University’s Kania School of Management.

Levittown

Isabella R. Barberio, a senior advertising/public relations major in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Tara L Renda, a sophmore occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Jason T. Adams, a sophmore accounting major in the University’s Kania School of Management.

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Julianna Lunt, a senior occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Matthew J. Duffy, a senior business analytics major in the University’s Kania School of Management.

Julianna Lunt, a senior occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

The Dean’s List recognizes students for academic excellence. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours during the semester to make the Dean’s List.

Michael Balnis of Hicksville was named to the Cazenovia College Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester. Those named to the Dean’s List have achieved a 3.5 or better grade point average.

The University of Tampa has honored 2,044 students who were named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2022 semester. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the Dean’s List.

The following local students were named to the Dean’s List:

Bethpage

Isabella Ninivaggi, majoring in education-elementary (K–6) BS

Megan Russo, majoring in allied health BS

Andrew Miller, majoring in journalism BA

Old Bethpage

Danielle Wicker, majoring in communication and speech studies BA

Plainview

Domenica Nizzari, majoring in allied health BS

Ryan Foley, majoring in human performance BS

Woodbury

Sarah Weisman, majoring in advertising and public relations BA

Stephanie Massimo, majoring in forensic science BS n

Endicott College has named Julia Pergolis of Garden City to its Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester. Julia is majoring in exercise science and is the daughter of Michele and Robert Pergolis.

Kelli Heffer of Bethpage was one of 150 Lebanon Valley College student-athletes to be named to the Middle Atlantic Conference’s (MAC) Fall Academic Honor Roll.

Heffer, a graduate of Plainedge High School, is a member of the Lebanon Valley College volleyball team, and is pursuing a bachelor of science in exercise science at The Valley.

The Academic Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who compete in a varsity-level sport and registered a term/semester GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) or higher.

Congratulations to Mackenzie Gregory of Levittown for making the Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester. The Dean’s List recognizes students who have earned a grade point average of 3.65 or higher in the academic semester.

Jordan Blank of Plainview graduated from The University of Tampa on Saturday, Dec. 16. Blank earned a business administration degree.

Jillian Lambdin of Plainview is among 20 University of Scranton education majors serving as student teachers during the spring semester at 12 local schools in the following nine school districts: Abington Heights, Dunmore, Mid Valley, NEIU, North Pocono, Riverside, Scranton, Valley View and Western Wayne.

Lambdin, a graduate student, will serve as a student teacher at Evergreen Elementary School. Lambdin is majoring in special education

Students at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus, located in Teaneck, have been named to the Honors Lists for the Fall 2022 semester.

Nina Carlomusto of Hicksville

Purnima Sengupta of Hicksville

Alyssa Perez of Bethpage, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, NJ, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must carry a 3.2 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded hours (four courses).

Jessica Najdek of Bethpage, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus in Madison, NJ, has been named to the Honors List for the Fall 2022 semester.

To qualify for the Honors List, a student must carry a 3.5 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded hours (four courses).

The following students have been named to Western New England University’s Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester:

Levittown resident Christopher Fusco, who is working toward a BSBA in finance

Woodbury resident Robert Trapeo, who is working toward a BSBA in business analytics & information management n

Students are named to the Dean’s List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

The following Fairfield University students received Deans List Honors for the Fall 2022 semester:

Bethpage

William J. Fitzgerald

Frank S. LoVerde

Ryan A. Pugliano

Levittown

Alyssa M. Weinberg

Daniel S. Wilson

Old Bethpage

Matthew J. Mullen

Plainview

Kaitlyn A. Capone

Christina M. De Angelis

James G. Protonentis

Dominic A. Savarese

Syosset

Alexandra R. Emanuel

Austen E. Flink n n n Purchase College announced that more than 1,100 students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester.

In order to be placed on the Dean’s List, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in a semester, have no outstanding or incomplete grades for that semester, and have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or better.

Ian Kirsch of Syosset graduated from Ithaca College in December 2022 wtih a BS in television-radio.

Matthew J. Duffy of Plainview was among the 124 University of Scranton students who studied abroad during the Intersession 2023 semester. Duffy, a business analytics major at Scranton participated in the American Institute for Foreign Studies in Barcelona.

The following local students were honored:

Bethpage

Isabella Benkhallouk

Emma Bordt

Madison Buttice

Michael Iannucci

Liam O’Connor

Gabriella Shamah

Hicksville

Ahona Dias of Hicksville

Levittown

Benjamin Goldfeder

Amelia Llewellyn

Sofia Mancz

Elizabeth Tonis

Old Bethpage

Sam Saltzman

Woodbury

Skylar Hertz

Nicholas Massimo

Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher and taken a minimum of 12 credits. For BA and BS programs, a semester GPA of 3.50 is required. For BFA and MusB programs, a semester GPA of 3.75 is required.