These local students have recently distinguished themselves:

— Stephanie Mason of Altamont is slated to graduate in 2017 from Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School and intends to enroll in the veterinary technology program at Alfred State.

She has been awarded the $9,080 “All-American Scholarship”;

Graduate

These local students have recently graduated:

— Casey McGraw of Delmar, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in sports administration from Castleton University in Vermont following the successful completion of the fall semester in December 2016;

University of Delaware Dean’s List

These local students have been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the fall 2016 semester, each with a grade-point average of 3.33 or above:

— Brian Crupi of Slingerlands;

— Josh Dubey of Delmar;

— Justin Guyette of Slingerlands;

— Maya Kassoff of Delmar;

— Andrew Kemp of Schenectady;

— Maeve Montesi of Schenectady; and

— Eric Wolfsberg of Delmar.

Siena Dean’s List

These local students have been named to the Siena College Dean’s List for the fall 2016 semester, each with a grade-point average for the semester between 3:5 and 3:89:

— Renee Benninger of Altamont an accounting major;

— Hannah Ben-Yishay of Slingerlands a marketing major;

— Brianne Borter of Voorheesville a creative arts major;

— Caroline Bouchard of Schenectady a management major;

— Brianna Brown of Altamont a marketing major;

— Madeline Cartwright of Schenectady an exploring business major;

— Eamonn Conway of Delmar a computer science major;

— Samantha Coons of Schenectady a economics major;

— Beatriz Cruz of Schenectady an accounting major;

— Michael Delia of Schenectady a management major;

— Caitlin DeVoe of Delmar a social work major;

— William Escuyer of Delmar a biology major;

— Michael Gallo of Slingerlands an accounting major;

— Courtland Ingraham of Guilderland a history major;

— Victoria Knack of Delmar an actuarial science major;

— Emilie Kroez of Delmar a marketing major;

— Ganesh Kumar of Schenectady an accounting major;

— Michelle Lieu of Schenectadya physics biochem major;

— Kristjan Maksuti of Delmar a management major;

— Bavnouti Mansour of Schenectady a biology major;

— Caroline McCaffrey of Slingerlands an English major;

— Nicholas Micare of Altamont a finance major;

— Nell Pritchard of Voorheesville a psychology major;

— Joseph Ruf of Schenectady a psychology major;

— Alyssa Ryder of Delmar an accounting major;

— Abigail Serfilippi of Delmar an environmental studies major;

— Natasha Shivamber of Schenectady an exploring business major;

— Bradley Smith of Schenectady a finance major;

— Scott Squadere of Schenectady a business major;

— Chloe Stevens of Guilderland a computer science major; and

— Gabrielle Tegiacchi of Schenectady an English education major.
 

Siena President’s List

These local students were named to the Siena College President's List for the fall 2016 semester, each with a 3.9 grade-point average or higher:

— Kara Carman of Schenectady, a finance major;

— Abigail Duker of Delmar, a English major;

— Sarah Forman of Altamont, a psychology major;

— Thomas Gallager of Altamont, a finance major;

— Madeline Hagen of Delmar, a computational physics major;

— Jessica LaMoy of Schenectady, a management major;

— Paul MacFarlane of Delmar, a finance major;

— Caroline O'Rourke of Slingerlands, a economics major;

— Abbi Wright of Slingerlands, a biology major; and

— Zachary Zyskowski of Altamont, a psychology major.

Dean’s list

These local students have been named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the fall 2016 semester:

— Matthew Schiller of Slingerlands at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire where he is majoring in biology and is a member of the class of 2019;

— Nicholas M. Pattison of Altamont at Colby College in Maine. Pattison is a member of the class of 2018, attended Williston Northampton School and is the son of Brian and Theta Pattison of Altamont;

— Jack P. Marcucci of Altamont, a junior anthropology major on the President’s List at the State University of New York College at Oswego;
— Ronald J. Diego of Delmar, a senior adolescence education major on the President’s List at the State University of New York College at Oswego;

— Sophie Theis of Guilderland, a senior public relations major on the President’s List at the State University of New York College at Oswego;

— Meghan Emma Bruni of Altamont at Fairfield University in Connecticut;

— Julia W. Brown of Delmar at Fairfield University in Connecticut;

— Deirdre Buckley of Delmar at the University of Hartford in Connecticut;

— Paige Bestle of East Berne at the University of Hartford in Connecticut;

— James Gavin of Slingerlands at the University of Hartford in Connecticut;

— Sheneka Fray of Schenectady at the University of Hartford in Connecticut;

— Anthony Paturso of Schenectady, is studying criminal justice;