Boston Univ.

Students earn

dean's list status

Lydia M.Barski and Rebecca A. Matta, both of Allentown, and Suzanne Y. Zhou, of Orefield, were named to the dean's list at Boston University, Boston, Mass., for the spring 2014 semester.

Students must attain a 3.5 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale), or be in the top 30 percent of their class, and have a full course load .

Kutztown Univ.

Valley students

in honor society

The following Kutztown University students were inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society:

Allentown: Ryan Jackson and Amanda Stine.

Kutztown: Michael Bickel, Felipe Porcella and Victoria Deluca.

Alpha Sigma Lambda's aim is to recognize the special achievements of adults who accomplish academic excellence while facing competing interests of home and work.

Alpha Sigma Lambda is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and recognizes high scholastic achievement in a student's career.

York College

Valley student

receives honors

Lauren Hannaford, of Breinigsville, a senior recreation and leisure administration major at York College of Pennsylvania, earned an award during the college's annual student recognition ceremony.

Hannaford received the Sylvia C. Newcombe Award, given for outstanding contributions to the recreation program at York College through class or student society involvement.

Boston

Student earns

honors degree

Jennifer Dobias of Schnecksville, who majored in communications, has graduated summa cum laude from Boston College, Boston, Mass., with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

NCC

Students make

dean's list

The following students were named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem.

The honor is reserved for students who have completed a minimum of 6 credits and achieved at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

The list includes:

Allentown: Ali Abdulhayoglu, Nazim Ahmed, Raidy Alvarez, Jaier Avecillas, Nicholas Barker, Natalie Batista, Lana Brucker, Christopher Butilier, Michal Bzdek, Tina Canales, Jennifer Collado, David Cruz, Alexandra DeMascole, Elizabeth Dominguez, Ebelin Dutan, Jennifer Dvoracek, Jessica Easterling, Casandra El-Kareh, Marie Everett, Christopher Ferguson, Tara Gallagher, Amy Galloway, Alina Garcia, Jessica Garcia, Christopher Giannetta, Gloria Goldcamp, Emalie Gomez, Cynthia Gonzalez, Angelica Gonzalez, John Griffith, Annette Grow, Nicholas Hoffman, Brandan Jablonski, Vereen James, Sol Jusino, Joshua Kennedy, Ryan Legat, Carol Levit, Francine Maiatico, Paige McCurley, Tyrae Mc-Duffie, Daniel Mehrholz, Nicola Mitry, Rosemary Molina, Lucelis Ortega, Gloria Pastrana, Rosemary Perez, Emery Plummer, Nina Rivera, Veronica Rivera, Andrew Robertson, Janae Robinson, Quiana Romero, Darleny Romero, Kisha Sanders, Moneeka Shah, Merari Soto, Autumn Spencer, Martha Swanson, Michelle Szysz-kiewicz, Caitlin Thalassinos, Kayla Tilton, Roosevelt Totaye, Elizabeth Updegrove, Merve Usta, Cassandra Wagner, Melissa Washington, Matthieu West, Jocelyn Williamson, Matthew Winter, Rebecca Winter, Stephanie Zandarski;

Breinigsville: Aura Enache;

Fogelsville: Siobhan Gleason;

Kempton: Kristin Shean;

Laurys Station: Sarah Sottolano;

New Tripoli: Courtney Alnutt, Tiffany Cougle, Shani Hohneck;

Orefield: Aya Maruyama; and

Schnecksville: Brittany Kidd.

The following students received degrees during NCC's commencement ceremony May 22:

Allentown: Quanisha Anderson, Angela Awad, Timothy Beville, Michal Bzdek, Jennifer Collado, Kattianis Costales, Jennifer Dvoracek, Carolynne Espinosa, Marie Everett, Nicholas Giannetta, Emalie Gomez, Cynthia Gonzalez, Aaron Gourniak, Wilberto Gracia, Annette Grow, Shaunice Hay, Julia Irelan, Mohamedabbas Khaku, Joshua Krawiec, Kayla Lasserre, Carol Levit, Bethsabel Lopez, Francine Maiatico, Carlos Martinez, Cao Quy Nguyen, Michael Padillo, Glennys Santos-Medina, Lindsay Smith, Autumn Spencer, La'shawnna Starks, Emily Strohl, Genesis Suarez, Martha Swanson, Patrick Ward;

New Tripoli: Shani Hohneck; and

Orefield: Matthew Cornell, and Aron Hoch-hauser.