College notes

Dean’s list The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester at Northeastern University in Boston:

Marione Besas of Harriman, a speech-language pathology/audiology major.

Emma Case of Monroe, a health science major.

Michael Sobel of Monroe, a business administration major.

Brittany Woolford of Monroe, biology major.

Katie Woolford of Monroe, a pharmacy major.

To achieve the dean’s list distinction, students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.5 or greater out of a possible 4.0 and carry no single grade lower than a C- during the course of their college career.

Honors, awards, programs The following local residents were among 123 new members inducted into the SUNY Oneonta chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national scholastic honor society for college freshmen, during a ceremony on March 11.

Danica Bermudez-Mclaud of Monroe.

Katharine Capozzi of Tuxedo. Phi Eta Sigma promotes excellence through recognition programs and scholarship competitions. New members qualify by achieving grade-point averages of at least 3.5 during their first semester or year in college.

Adrianna Concilio, a student at Orange Ulster BOCES, won a Mercer culinary cutlery kit after placing seventh in a cooking competition at Paul Smith’s College in upstate New York on March 3. Concilio also won a $250 scholarship.

Concilio, of Monroe, competed with 16 other budding chefs at Paul Smith’s 15th annual Cooking for Scholarships competition. Contestants were provided identical ingredients and given 3 1/2 hours to prepare a menu and cook a meal. They were also given a written exam and tested on their ability to perform basic culinary techniques.

More than $24,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded at the event, which was judged by a panel of Paul Smith’s faculty chefs.

Caitlin L. Curtis, a 2005 graduate of Monroe-Woodbury High School and 2009 graduate of Boston University with a degree in archaeology, is now pursuing her master’s degree in geography as well as a doctorate in anthropology/archaeology as a teaching fellow at the University at Buffalo. She recently presented a paper, based upon her team’s research, “Planning for Archaeotourism in Western Turkey: A GIS Approach to Heritage Preservation,” at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers held at the Hilton and Sheraton Hotels in New York City.