These local students have recently distinguished themselves:

— Therese Lyons of Delmar traveled with 12 other students and several faculty members from the State University of New York College at Oswego to Washington, D.C. over spring break to meet with influential players and policymakers in the health-care industry. Lyons is studying criminal justice at SUNY Oneonta;

— Haley Golderman of Slingerlands along with 40 teams and over 700 participants, has helped the University of Vermont’s annual student-led fundraising event, Rallython, raise a record-breaking $117,520.29 for the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital. By the conclusion of this year’s dance marathon, Golderman raised enough money to earn the distinction of “Miracle Maker” — a title given to participants who have fundraised between $250 and $499 over the course of the year;

—  Jason Briscoe of Delmar was one of 16 Geology and Earth Science majors at the State University of New York College at Oneonta who journeyed to Death Valley over spring break to develop geologic field mapping skills.

Led by their professor, Dr. Les Hasbargen, the students gathered at the lowest dry point on the North American continent at Badwater, hiked into deep narrow canyons and over colorful badland divides in Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch, and explored a deep crater left by a violent volcanic eruption at Ubehebe Crater.

The capstone course required the students to describe the rocks and types of environments in which they formed, and to map out how plate tectonic activity has shifted, tilted, broken and deformed those rocks. The students camped in tents and experienced a rare flash flood which came through camp early one morning;

— Natalie Green of Schenectady, a member of the Class of 2020 majoring in actuarial mathematics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed hands-on research on developing markets through the WPI project center in Costa Rica.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to address an important societal need or issue;

— Matthew Schiller of Slingerlands is completing Colby-Sawyer’s internship requirement this spring with Vermont Spirits in Quechee, Vermont. Schiller is a biology major and a member of the Class of 2019;

— Matthew Darby of Guilderland was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Darby is pursuing a degree in occupational therapy at Ithaca College. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership;

— Parker Carmichael of Schenectady was one of nearly 500 students at The University of Alabama who highlighted their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference this spring. Carmichael’s presentation, in the Health Sciences category, was titled “How does using blood-flow restriction in rehab influence time-to-progression points in ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] rehab in college football players?”;

— Tanner Danz of Altamont was one of 20 members of the student-run radio station at the State University of New York College at Oneonta who took a Student Association-sponsored field trip to Boston to visit a few of the largest public media institutions in the United States. The students received private guided tours of WGBH and WBUR. They also visited the PRX Podcast Garage and WTBU, Boston University’s student-run radio station. Danz is studying mass communications at SUNY Oneonta;

— Ethan McDonald of Guilderland was inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Student Athlete Honor Society at the State University of New York College at Oneonta;

— Brooke Corbett of Bethlehem was inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Student Athlete Honor Society at the State University of New York College at Oneonta;

— Emma Cremo of Delmar was inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Student Athlete Honor Society at the State University of New York College at Oneonta;

— Carl Treiber of Voorheesville, a theatre and dance major at the University at Buffalo, is playing the role of Matthias, also known as The Shadow, in a school production of “The Threepenny Opera,”which will run from May 2 to 5.

— Allyson Federman of Delmar has received the Susan Sutton Smith Award for academic excellence, with a grade-point average of 3.9 or higher, at the State University of New York College at Oneonta;

— Ethan Mcdonald of Schenectady has received the Susan Sutton Smith Award for academic excellence, with a grade-point average of 3.9 or higher, at the State University of New York College at Oneonta; and

— Erin G. Hogan, who attended Emma Willard School, has been selected for membership into the St. Lawrence University chapter of Psi Chi, the international psychology honorary society. Hogan is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in government and psychology. To be eligible for membership, students must have an overall grade-point average of at least 3.3, a psychology average of at least 3.4, and be in the top 35 percent of their class; and

—  Matthew Schiller of Slingerlands, a member of the Colby-Sawyer College Class of 2019, participated in the 77th New Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference on April 13 at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. Accompanied by Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences Ben Steele, 10 biology students represented Colby-Sawyer, presenting four posters and one oral presentation.