COLLEGE NOTES

Graduations Leyla Saghafi graduated from Boston University in January with a bachelor of science degree in hospitality administration. Toni Constantino of Warwick has received her master’s degree in public administration from Marist College in Poughkeepsie. She is employed by Marist College. Toni is the daughter of Rosemary and Richard Matthews of Warwick and the granddaughter of Frank and Miriam Piranio. Dean’s list Shannon Sansone of Sugar Loaf made the dean’s list at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh for the fall 2010 semester. Colleen Long of Warwick has been accepted as a new member of the University of Scranton’s Epsilon Chapter of the National Tau Upsilon Alpha Honor Society. Colleen is a junior with a major in counseling and human services. The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester at SUNY Fredonia: Jessica Megan Bertollo of Warwick. Paige Ashton Zanetti of Warwick. Katherine Taylor Pitney of Warwick was among the students inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, the nation’s oldest and largest honor society for first-year students, at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Kathryn Lynch of Warwick was on the dean’s list at Iona College in New Rochelle for her third semester in a row. The following students are on the dean’s list for their outstanding academic achievement for the fall 2010 semester from Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University, State University of New York: Rory Jude Hayes of Pine Island. Lindsay Rae Cosner of Warwick. Steven Edward Dixon of Warwick. Eric L. Einhorn of Warwick. Jesse Myles Fuca of Warwick. Jan Lynn Hocker of Warwick. Michael Von Linkens of Warwick. Luke John Pettinato of Warwick. Katherine T. Pitney of Warwick. Devin Tyler Ryback of Warwick. Beau Tyler Thompson of Warwick. The criteria for the dean’s honors list is a minimum grade point average of 3.5. The following area residents were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester at Grove City College in Pennsylvania: Arielle Goyzueta, a junior elementary education major, has been named to the dean’s list with high distinction. Arielle is a 2008 graduate of Goshen High School and is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Juan Goyzueta from the Village of Florida. Ashley Steiginga, a senior biology major, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction. Ashley is a 2007 graduate of Hawthorne Christian Academy and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Steiginga from Warwick. Courtney Steiginga, a sophomore marketing management major, has been named to the dean’s list with high distinction. Courtney is a 2009 graduate of Hawthorne Christian Academy and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Steiginga from Warwick. Students eligible for the dean’s list have a GPA of 3.40 to 3.59; for the dean’s list with distinction a GPA of 3.6 to 3.84 and for the dean’s list with high distinction a GPA of 3.85 to 4.00. Internship Kelly M. Schroeder of Warwick is taking part in an internship this spring through SUNY Oswego’s Experience-Based Education Program. Schroeder, a senior human development major, interns at Oswego Children’s Project, on the SUNY Oswego campus. The Experience-Based Education Program at Oswego places students in internships and career awareness opportunities that allow them to earn college credits while garnering valuable real-life experience. Last year, more than a thousand Oswego students took part in experiential learning while working at hundreds of businesses, nonprofit agencies and government offices, not counting the hundreds of student teachers working in area schools. Honors, programs, awards Bruce Mason of Warwick was one of nine Ashland University students who presented their research at the first annual Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Undergraduate Research Symposium held in the Ohio Statehouse Atrium in February. Mason, advised by Dr. Randall Gearhart from the Department of Sport Sciences, presented “Muscle fiber recruitment in young, recreationally trained women using a vibration platform.” This event exposed state legislators to the research opportunities that students have at private colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio. Ashland University was one of 25 independent institutions represented at the Symposium.