University of Scranton

Andrew Kokolus, of Northampton, was among the 54 University of Scranton students inducted into Upsilon Phi Delta, the national honor society for graduate and undergraduate students in health care administration programs. Students must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.5 for induction. The university’s chapter of the honor society was established in 2002. Kokolus is a senior pursuing a health administration degree at the Jesuit university.

York College of PA

Over 1,400 students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester at York College of Pennsylvania. To be eligible for this honor, a student must be registered for at least 12 academic credit hours and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher.

Bath: Kelcie Fischer, a senior nursing major

Coplay: Sarah Schaffer, a senior early elementary/special education major

Northampton: Alexander Ardle, a senior psychology major; Miranda Miller, a senior biology major

Walnutport: Chelsea Vermeulen, a junior secondary education/mathematics major

A private college located in south central Pennsylvania, York College offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students. The college also offers master’s programs in business, education and nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice. York College students enjoy a high-quality education that emphasizes practical application and a community invested in their success. The college provides a personal plan to help students focus their passions and attain their goals, so they are prepared for a lifetime of meaningful careers, ready to meet the challenges of their profession and feeling confident and proud of their achievements.

Nazareth College

Nazareth College is proud to announce that Tehya Berkner, of Catasauqua, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester. Berkner is majoring in music therapy. A student’s GPA must be at least 3.5 or above, and they must complete 12 credit hours of graded work that semester in order to be included on the dean’s list.

Nazareth College’s academic strengths cross an unusually broad spectrum of 60 majors, including education, health and human services, management, the fine arts, music, theater, math and science, foreign languages and the liberal arts. The coeducational, religiously independent, classic campus in a charming suburb of Rochester, N.Y., challenges and supports 2,000 undergrads and 800 graduate students. Nazareth is recognized nationally for its Fulbright global student scholars and commitment to civic engagement.

Muhlenberg College

On April 29, Muhlenberg College held its annual honors convocation designed to honor and celebrate leadership and scholarly excellence and achievement. The awards recognize select members of the faculty and student body for their contributions to the college, to their peers and to their disciplines.

Alyssa Hertel, of Whitehall, Class of 2018, received the Susan E. Halaway Journalism Award. It is awarded for excellence in the field of journalism.

Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is a highly selective, private, four-year residential, liberal arts college located in Allentown. With an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 2,200 students, Muhlenberg is dedicated to shaping creative, compassionate, collaborative leaders through rigorous academic programs in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences, as well as selected pre-professional programs, including accounting, business, education and public health.

University of Colorado Denver

Nick Ferenchak, a graduate of Catasauqua High School, Class of 2006, was awarded his Ph.D., with a focus on transportation engineering, from the civil engineering department at the University of Colorado Denver during a May 12 graduation ceremony. He has accepted a position as a professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Franklin & Marshall College

Sarah Schannauer, of Whitehall, graduated cum laude from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster. She was on the honors list and majored in biology. The honors list recognizes a 3.7 or better GPA. She will be attending PA School.

Founded in 1787, Franklin & Marshall is a top-40 national liberal arts college.

Wilkes University

Wilkes University students Daniel Frack, of Danielsville, and Madison Scarfaro, of Whitehall, were two of more than 60 graduating seniors recognized for their academic achievement at a recent annual academic awards ceremony. Frack received the Top Academic Performer in Mechanical Engineering, presented by the mechanical engineering and engineering management department and Dr. Edward Bednarz.

Frack was also awarded the Mabel Scott Wandell and the Sterling Leroy Wandell award, presented to the members of Wilkes University’s graduating class with the highest grade-point averages.

Scarfaro received the Pi Sigma Alpha Award in Political Science, presented by the behavioral and social sciences department and Dr. Kyle Kreider.

Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. In addition to 43 undergraduate majors, Wilkes offers the doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education and doctor of pharmacy degrees and more than a dozen master’s degree programs, including the master of business administration and master of fine arts in creative writing.

Mansfield University

Students have been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester at Mansfield University. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must be attending the university full time and attain at least a 3.5 GPA for the semester.

Coplay: Zachary Merkle

Northampton: Trent Smith

Mansfield University is a member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. For more information, visit mansfield.edu.

King’s College

King’s College held its 69th commencement exercises May 20. These local students received their degrees.

Catasauqua: Taylor A. Phillips, Bachelor of Science in biology

Walnutport: Anna G. Colonna-Dotter, Bachelor of Science in athletic training; Ondrea G. Colonna-Dotter, Bachelor of Science in athletic training

Whitehall: Matthew D. Hassick, Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice