DESALES UNIVERSITY

Dean’s list is announced

The following local DeSales University students made the summer 2020 dean’s list. To qualify for dean’s list, a student must have a minimum 3.5 grade-point average on no fewer than 12 credit hours.

Catasauqua: Olivia Falko

Coplay: Christin Delahay

Northampton: Kristina Walters

Walnutport: Alyssa Mack

Whitehall: Sayed Adil, Grant Golden, Rebecca Maco

DeSales University, in Center Valley, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts Salesian, Catholic university, under the leadership of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. Founded in 1965, the 550-acre suburban campus is located 50 miles north of Philadelphia and about 90 miles southwest of New York City. A total enrollment of nearly 3,500 includes undergraduate day and evening students and graduate students. DeSales has approximately 135 full-time faculty members and offers more than 40 bachelor’s degrees, 12 graduate programs and more than 20 certificate programs in a wide range of disciplines. Many of these can be completed fully online.

Northampton Community College

Students inducted into honor society

Northampton Community College’s Bethlehem campus recently held a virtual induction ceremony for its newest Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Tau Gamma Chapter members. Thirty-two inductees celebrated their academic achievements with PTK officers, alum and friends. Students invited to join PTK must have at least a 3.5 GPA and be enrolled in a degree program. PTK is the international honor society of two-year colleges.

“PTK was founded in the same year as the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. In a time of great adversity, PTK was created to foster innovation and fellowship among academics. We are especially proud of our fall 2020 inductees and this Tau Gamma officer team that weathered the pandemic of 2020. They embody the spirit on which PTK was built and the mission of NCC,” chapter adviser Jennifer Del Quadro said.

Bath: Kim Roe, a general studies major

Northampton: Syeda Hussain, a biological science major; Arianna Viera, a special education paraeducator major

NCC has developed a reputation as an institution of extraordinary distinction, earning accolades at the state and national levels for innovative programs, outstanding faculty and impressive student achievements. It counts among its successful alumni a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner and an Academy Award-winning director as well as a host of CEOs, presidents and leaders of business and industry. Today, NCC has locations in Bethlehem, Southside Bethlehem, Easton and Monroe County, serving 30,000 students each year from 53 counties, 42 countries and 25 states.

COLGATE UNIVERSITY

Nino earns dean’s award

Samantha Nino, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2021, has earned the spring 2020 dean’s award for academic excellence. Nino, of Whitehall, is an molecular biology major and a graduate of Whitehall High School. Students who receive a term GPA of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the spring 2020 dean’s award for academic excellence.

Colgate is a leading American university for students who want classes with rigor, faculty with passion and confidence in knowing they will learn how to thrive in work and life. Colgate offers 56 majors and supports 25 Division I athletic teams on a campus of about 3,000 students in central New York.