College Notes

Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School.

Andrea Hayman of Plainview. Hayman, a senior majoring in computer science and mathematics, is a graduate of Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School.

Vesa Miftari of Jericho. Miftari, a junior majoring in government and philosophy, is a graduate of Jericho Middle School.

Ryan Rahman of Jericho. Rahman, a sophomore, is a graduate of Jericho High School.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have carried a course load of four or more graded credits throughout the semester and earned an average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale.

Mike Pitonza of Hicksville, a student in the athletic training program in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, was inducted into Alpha Eta, the national honor society for the allied health professions, during a recent on-campus ceremony.

To be eligible for induction, undergraduate students must have a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher and graduate students must have a GPA of 3.8 or higher and be in the top 20 percent of the graduating class. All inductees must show a capacity for leadership and achievement, show promise for their profession and be recommended by a faculty member or dean.

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The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Grace Mittleman of Syosset has been named to its President’s Honors List for fall 2022.

The President’s Honors List is made up of an extremely select group of students who earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher in the semester. This is the GPA that must be sustained over a full undergraduate career to qualify for a degree summa cum laude.

Widener University congratulates Salvatore Velotti of Jericho for achieving Dean’s List status during the fall 2022 semester.

The dean’s list recognizes fulltime students who earned a grade point average of 3.50 and above for the semester.

Kevin Pinzon of Levittown is one of 25 New York Tech Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) students who received their white coats on February 9, as members of the Class of 2025. The awarding of a white coat is a symbolic gesture, welcoming students into the profession as they begin their clinical rotations. n

Katherine Passick of Hicksville has made Emmanuel College’s Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester. To earn a spot on the Dean’s List, Emmanuel students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for a 16-credit semester.

Nearly 300 SUNY Oneonta students completed the requirements for a bachelor’s degree following the Fall 2022 semester.

Local graduates included:

Carly Bondar, of Syosset

Samantha Cadwallader of Bethpage

Christine Corsaro of Plainview

Alexa Costiera of Jericho

Sean Dalton of Bethpage

Jessica Libertelli of Old Bethpage

Joseph Liszovics of Plainview

Lauren Van Aken of Hicksville

Grace Mongelli of Bethpage

Dylan Teuschler of Bethpage

SUNY Delhi has announced that the following local students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester, a recognition of academic achievement for students who enrolled in six or more credits and earned a 3.5 or higher grade-point average for the semester.

Thomas Bellizzi of Bethpage

Maya Cusicanqui of Bethpage

Toni Parikas of Levittown

Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the Fall 2022 semester.

Among students earning dean’s list honors are:

Hicksville

Dhanush Sivasankaran, Class of 2023

Jericho

Sasha Bukary, Class of 2025

Jessica Chen, Class of 2025

Keertti Sinnan, Class of 2024

Levittown

Joey Marmo, Class of 2026

Olivia Landau, Class of 2024

Old Bethpage

Zachary Ferretti, Class of 2023

Plainview

Amanda Ganz, Class of 2023

Syosset

Rebecca Geiger, Class of 2023

Julia Klimberg, Class of 2024

Stanley Ko, Class of 2025

Annie Li, Class of 2024

Cameron Mayer, Class of 2023

Andrew Zhang, Class of 2026

Woodbury

Cole Menchel, Class of 2024

Josh Rokito, Class of 2025

Dean’s List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. n

Michael Klein of Syosset was named to the College of Our Lady of the Elms fall 2022 Dean’s List.

To qualify, a full-time student must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher, without incompletes. n

The following students earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Fall 2022 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.

Jyotleen DeWal of Jericho

Lance Lampert of Syosset n

The following students have earned the distinction of Dean’s List placement at the Georgia Institute of Technology for fall 2022. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.

Steve George of Jericho

Kevin Xu of Syosset n

The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 5,620 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute’s 263rd Commencement exercises Dec. 16–17, 2022, at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Among the graduates were:

Joseph Caracciolo of Hicksville

Samantha Virgil of Plainview n n n Matthew Duffy of Plainview was among the 25 University of Scranton students who participated in spring break service trips offered by the University’s Center for Service and Social Justice. Along with six chaperones, the students helped to build and renovate homes, assist at food pantries, and helped with programs at Homeboy Industries at service projects in the Appalachian region of Kentucky, St. Louis, Missouri, and Los Angeles, California.

Megan Zabrouski of Bethpage was among the University of Scranton students inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the national honor society in English. For induction into the honor society, students must be majors or minors in English, theatre or secondary education/English, have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in English, theatre and writing courses and have an overall grade point average of 3.4 or higher. Zabrouski is a junior English major at the Jesuit University.

Luke Gensinger of Bethpage, is one of 19 SUNY Oneonta students who have been thoroughly trained through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program during the spring 2023 semester. The VITA program is part of a three-credit course offered for a second year at SUNY Oneonta, where students spend a large portion of the semester getting certified and preparing tax returns for students, university employees and area residents with a salary of $60k or less.