Alvernia University

Andrea Potylycki, of Whitehall, has been named to Alvernia University’s dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester. Potylycki studied mathematics at Alvernia and is a graduate of Allentown Central Catholic High School. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must carry a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or better and take a minimum of 12 credits.

Alvernia University is a thriving comprehensive university that empowers students to become ethical leaders with moral courage, while providing an intellectually challenging environment with real-world learning experiences. Located on a scenic 121-acre suburban campus in historic Berks County, the distinctive Franciscan university has nearly 3,000 students.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Leen Jerjos, of Whitehall, received his Master of Biomedical Sciences with 95 other members of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s Class of 2019.

Geisinger Commonwealth offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Danville, Doylestown, Scranton, Sayre and Wilkes-Barre. GC offers doctor of medicine and master of biomedical sciences degrees. The college’s innovative curriculum, focused on caring for people in the context of their lives and their community, attracts the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its 17-county region in northeastern and north central Pennsylvania, as well as from across the state and the nation. GC is committed to non-discrimination in all employment and educational opportunities.

University of the Sciences

Students were awarded degrees at the various University of the Sciences commencement ceremonies recently.

Emily Brand, of Whitehall, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical and healthcare studies at a bachelor’s degree conferment ceremony May 17. Brand continues on in the Doctor of Pharmacy program. She was a member of the women’s cross-country and track and field teams, Alpha Lambda Delta, National Honor Society for First-Year Students and Rho Chi National Honor Society of Pharmacy.

Jenna Edelman, of Whitehall, graduated with a Master of Science in physician assistant studies during University of the Sciences’ 198th commencement celebration May 22.

Mikyla Kutish, of Northampton, graduated summa cum laude with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree May 22. She was a member of Alpha Eta Honor Society for the Allied Health Professionals.

USciences has prepared students to be leaders and practitioners in the health care and science fields for nearly 200 years. Key to its distinctive education is a tradition of hands-on research and experiential learning that is evident in every graduate who has walked its campus. Since its founding in 1821 as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America, USciences has grown to more than 30 degree-granting programs from bachelor’s through doctoral degrees in the health sciences, bench sciences and healthcare business and policy fields.

King’s College

Dr. Joseph Evan, provost and vice president for academic affairs at King’s College, recently announced the students who have qualified for the spring 2019 dean’s list.

Bath: Zachary Fisher, Bryanne Horn, Brooke Lutz

Catasauqua: Sage Shelly

Northampton: Beth Albright, Olivia Daniels, Amber Farnholtz, Andrew Martuscelli, Joshua Millan, Amber Saylor, Lauren Sterner

Whitehall: Samuel Cadman, Matthew Dobeck, Kieran, Frankenfield, Courtney Grim, Lauren Peters

Moravian College

Moravian College named 745 students to the dean’s honor list for the spring 2019 semester. Students who carry three or more course units during the fall or spring term and attain a GPA of 3.5 or higher for the term are placed on the dean’s honor list.

Bath: Auria Enright, Alyssa Golomb, Brooke Granitz, Elizabeth Horn, Jacob Kanyuk, Olivia Lucas, Madison Pursell, Laura Roberts, Meredith Roe, Claire Smith, Will Stackhouse

Catasauqua: Brandon Adams, Rodney Berger, Sean Klobosits, Soriana Salloum, Olivia Schlofer, Autumn Schray, Paige Towich, Crystal Yautz

Danielsville: Aubrey Bealer, Kristin Rader, Katelyn Ruth, Miranda Shattah

Northampton: Taylor Briele, Jennifer Cabrera, Sara Cipriotti, Hannah Flaven, Julian Hartshorne, Kennedy Jamicky, Jared Miller, Kaitlyn Nemes, Rylee O’Donnell, Autumn Paul, Brooke Paul, Naomi Rieth

Walnutport: Lauren Dorney, Morgan Fehnel, Brandon Werner

Whitehall: Morgan Anderson, Jackson Buskirk, Alix Buskirk, Tyler Cyriax, Janelle Demko, Amanda Endy, Gabriella Fares, Devon Fogel, Gabby Ghasb, Grace Helfrich, Kayla Koehler, Lauren Kubic, Eiman Nazif, Elaine Ramirez-Jimenez, Seth Rappaport, Christina Santo, Brandon Sokalsky, Grace Sullivan, Madison Walker, Evan Yandrisovitz, Chanel Younes, Joshua Youwakim

Moravian College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, located in Bethlehem, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. For more than 275 years, the MC degree has been based on a liberal arts curriculum where literature, history, science, cultural values, global issues, ethics, artistic expression and the social sciences are infused with multidisciplinary perspectives. Visit Moravian.edu to learn more about how the college’s liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.

University of Findlay

Kenley Rogers, of Bath, was named to the spring 2019 dean’s list at University of Findlay. To earn this achievement, a student must attain a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

Located in Ohio, the university is known not only for science, health professions, animal science and equestrian studies programs, but also for cultivating the next generation of business leaders, educators and innovative thinkers through a dedication to experiential learning, both in and outside of the classroom. Established in 1882 through a joint partnership between the Churches of God, General Counsel and the city of Findlay, the university has nearly 60 majors leading to baccalaureate degrees and offers 11 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees. More than 3,800 students are enrolled at Findlay, and the university is nationally recognized by U.S. News and World Report and the Princeton Review.

University of Rhode island

The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the spring 2019 dean’s list. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England states and many other states and countries. To be included on the dean’s list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades during a semester and achieved at least a 3.3 quality-point average. Part-time students qualify with the accumulation of 12 or more credits for letter grades earning at least a 3.3 QPA.

Northampton: Brian Foster, Elisabeth Ricks

Walnutport: Delaney Haggerty

The University of Rhode Island’s pioneering research extends the university’s influence well beyond its coastal borders, while its unique interdisciplinary courses provide its 16,637 undergraduate and graduate students with global opportunities in an intimate environment. In May 2019, more than 3,300 undergraduate and about 700 graduate degrees were awarded. The university now has more than 120,000 alumni worldwide.

ESU

A total of 1,520 students have been named to the dean’s list at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania for the spring 2019 semester. Students eligible for the dean’s list are those who have attained a 3.5 QPA or better and are enrolled full time. The letter grade B earns three quality points per credit, and the grade A earns four quality points per credit.

Bath: Jenna Diefenderfer, biochemistry; Gary Helm, computer security; Mark Schwarz, special education/elementary-middle level; Zachary Sommer, criminal justice

Catasauqua: Brandon Keks, early childhood education (prekindergarten-4); Jared Nosal, criminal justice; Megan Nyce, biology

Cherryville: Morgan Mullen, undeclared

Danielsville: Ann Gaydos, medical technology; Samantha Gaydos, special education/early childhood; Ashley Schell, special education/elementary-middle level

Northampton: Mikaela Barthol, digital media technologies; Sarah Heidecker, special education/early childhood; Giovanni Lombardo, athletic training; Jordan Madaya, sport management; Makenna Marhefka, communication sciences and disorders; Tyler Miller, athletic training; Noah Packard, digital media technologies; Sara Pease, history; Hannah Phillip, social work

Walnutport: Katelyn Hugo, early childhood education (prekindergarten-4); Hannah Marth, special education/early childhood; Drake Pristash, physical education teacher education; Leah Redline, business management; Thomas Sparling, business management; Kirstin Stettler, digital media technologies; Allyson Zelienka, mathematics; Emily Ziegenfuss, communication sciences and disorders

Whitehall: Katelin Bush, early childhood education (prekindergarten-4); Courtney Daniels, environmental studies; Tyler Durfey, sport management; Alyssa Fitzgerald, psychology; Javaughn Hussett, public health; Decontee Krayee, athletic training; Brandon Levano, business management; Jessica Soliman, business management

East Stroudsburg University, one of the 14 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, opened in 1893 as East Stroudsburg Normal School. Today, ESU is a comprehensive university in northeastern Pennsylvania offering 55 undergraduate programs, 22 master’s programs and one doctoral program. More than 6,800 students are enrolled for the high quality, affordable and accessible education ESU provides. Nearly 30,000 ESU alumni live in Pennsylvania.

Clarion University

Corynne Schaedel, of Whitehall, graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania during May commencement ceremonies with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and an Associate of Science in criminal justice.

Quinnipiac University

Morgan Sherwin, of Coplay, was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester at Quinnipiac University.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a GPA of at least 3.5 with no grade lower than C. Full-time students must complete at least 14 credits in a semester, with at least 12 credits that have been graded on a letter grade basis to be eligible. Part-time students must complete at least six credits during a semester.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution that enrolls 7,000 full-time undergraduate and 3,000 graduate and part-time students in 110 degree programs through its schools of business, communications, education, engineering, health sciences, law, medicine, nursing and arts and sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” issue. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 381 Colleges.” The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Quinnipiac among the Great Colleges to Work For.

Norwich University

Satchel Orion Stauffer, of Catasauqua, received a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice, magna cum laude, with a minor in Spanish from Norwich University at the May 11 commencement ceremony held in NU’s Shapiro Field House. Norwich University celebrated commencement during its 200th year of educating citizen soldiers in service to the nation with a ceremony in which 444 students graduated from 32 undergraduate programs and one master’s program. Graduates include future military officers, law enforcement officers and many who will go on to graduate school, jobs in the federal government, athletic training, construction management and numerous sectors of public service. The Class of 2019 was comprised of 159 civilian students and 285 students in the Corps of Cadets.

Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in baccalaureate and graduate degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army and is the oldest private military college in the United States of America. Norwich is one of our nation’s six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

Boston University

Laura M. Diaz, of Whitehall, received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Boston University in May.

Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. Consisting of 16 schools and colleges, BU offers students more than 250 programs of study in science and engineering, social science and humanities, health science, the arts and other professional disciplines, along with a number of multidisciplinary centers and institutes integral to the university’s research and teaching mission. With more than 33,000 students, BU is the fourth-largest private university in the country and a member of the American Association of Universities (AAU), a nonprofit association of 62 of North America’s leading research-intensive institutions.