UNIVERSITY

OF ROCHESTER

Darby Shea McCall, a senior majoring in neuroscience at University of Rochester, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2016 semester.

A resident of Bath, she is a daughter of Marie Johns McCall of Bath and Emmett McCall of Lehighton. She is a graduate of Northampton Area High School.

The University of Rochester, founded in 1850, is a private research university in Rochester, N.Y. It offers a unique undergraduate curriculum, with no required courses, that emphasizes a broad liberal arts education through majors, minors and course clusters - a Rochester innovation - in the three main areas of knowledge: humanities, social sciences and physical sciences/engineering.

NCC

Ninety-eight students at Northampton Community College (NCC) were recently inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honor society for students at two-year colleges.

To qualify for membership, inductees must have a 3.5 or higher grade point average, be enrolled in an associate degree program and perform community service work.

The NCC spring 2017 inductees from The Press’ circulation area include:

Bath: Zachary Ohmacht and Haley Aversa

Danielsville: Samantha Gaydos

Northampton: Madison Hansen

Walnutport: Thomas Sparling

Whitehall: Daniel Herrera Acevedo

University

of Kansas

Approximately 5,400 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester.

Among them was Cavan Linsenman, of Whitehall, a student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The students, from KU’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses and the schools of Health Professions and Nursing in Kansas City, represent 91 of 105 Kansas counties, 48 other states and territories and 39 other countries.

The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in the schools of Architecture, Design and Planning; Business; Education; Engineering; Health Professions; Journalism; Music; Nursing; Pharmacy; and Social Welfare.

IthACa

College

Ithaca College has announced 104 students have been inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Among them are Dakota Collina, of Bath, and Jared Bauer, of Northampton.

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the only national honor society that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship in all disciplines of higher education. In accordance with the chapter bylaws, inductees must be of good character and possess notable academic achievements. To qualify for membership, juniors must be in the upper 7.5 percent of their class and seniors must be in the upper 10 percent of their graduating class; graduate and professional students must rank in the upper 10 percent of all graduate and professional students currently enrolled and have been registered for at least two semesters.

Located in New York’s Finger Lakes region, Ithaca College is home to 6,100 undergraduate and 460 graduate students.

University of Rochester

Nicholas Nathan Wachter, a senior majoring in business and psychology at the University of Rochester, has been named to the dean’s list for academic achievement for the fall 2016 semester.

Wachter, a resident of Bath, is the son of Stewart Wachter and Denise Wachter and a graduate of Northampton Area High School.

The University of Rochester, founded in 1850, is a private research university in Rochester, N.Y. It offers a unique undergraduate curriculum, with no required courses, that emphasizes a broad liberal arts education through majors, minors and course clusters - a Rochester innovation - in the three main areas of knowledge: humanities, social sciences and physical sciences/engineering.

College of Saint Rose

The College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., has announced that Jenna Hopper, of Northampton, is one of 13 students from College of Saint Rose who spent an alternative spring break in New Orleans, helping citizens of the city continue to rebuild in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Hopper and the 12 other students volunteered with lowernine.org in the Lower Ninth Ward, one of the hardest-hit parts of the city. From March 6 to 10, they helped rehabilitate and build a home in what remains the most devastated neighborhood in New Orleans.

This is the 12th consecutive year that Saint Rose students have spent their vacation to help with hurricane relief. All of the students volunteered their time; they were not paid for their work nor earned any class credits.

The College of Saint Rose is a dynamic, progressive college where teaching is priority. The Saint Rose experience empowers students to improve themselves and the world around them.