These local students have been named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the fall 2013 semester:

— Annie Choiniere, a Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School graduate at the State University of New York College at Cortland where she is majoring in communications;

— Joshua Von Haugg, the son of Matt and Sue Von Haugg and a 2013 graduate of Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School at Hilbert College in Humburg, N.Y. where he is majoring in forensic science and crime-scene investigation;

— Andrea Figliomeni of Altamont, a freshman with a major in musical theater, at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.;

— Danielle Miller of Schenectady, a sophomore with a major in health sciences and a minor in psychology, at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.;

— Katie Nickles of Slingerlands, at the University of Rhode Island;

— Emily Welter of Slingerlands, at the University of Rhode Island;

— Lydia Brockley of Voorheesville, at the University of Rhode Island;

— Gina Villano of Schenectady, at the University of Rhode Island;

— Kelly Freisatz of Schenectady, at the University of New Haven in Connecticut;

— Kyle Sheehan of Schenectady, at the University of New Haven in Connecticut;

— Kevin Bates from Voorheesville at Schenectady County Community College where he is majoring in culinary arts;

— Shelby Iapoce, a resident of Schenectady, at Fairfield University in Connecticut;