Area students earn honors and degrees.
Three Nazareth Area High School Students earned Honorable Mention in C-SPAN's national 2016 StudentCam competition.
Matthew Gary, Samuel Borick and Julia Fontana will receive $250 for their documentary, "2016: The Race to Protect the Environment."
The national competition invites students to produce a five- to seven-minute documentary on a national policy issue.
This year, students used video cameras to address the theme, "Road to the White House: What's the issue YOU most want candidates to discuss during the 2016 presidential campaign?"
The 150 winning videos may be viewed at studentcam.org/winners16.htm and may be used in a broadcast with attribution to C-SPAN.
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The following area students earned degrees from Rochester Institute of Technology: Rachael Dufford, of Glen Gardner; Charlotte Edwards, of Allentown; Samuel Hill, of Stockton; Liam Mc Elroy of Allentown; Stephen Miller of Clinton Township; Daniel Miller, of North Whitehall Township; Patrick Procopio, of Clinton; Nathan Serfass, of Nazareth; Eric Warrington, of Readington Township; and Umar Zubair, of Easton.
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Justine Schultz, daughter of Kristina and Edward Schultz, of Stewartsville, graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University in December.
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The following area students were inducted in the Cedar Crest College chapter of Psi Chi Honor Society: Julianna Brauchle, of Upper Milford Township; Jacquelyn Deigert and Megan Smith, of Whitehall; Brooke Eveler, of Nazareth; Amy Harding and Margaret Olock, of Bethlehem; Mackenzie Lilly, of Catasauqua; Julianne Martone, of Hackettstown; Paige Sibilia, of North Whitehall Township; Tara Smith and Danyelle Snyder, of Allentown; Jodi Tocci, of Fountain Hill; and Kirin Uzar, of Blairstown.
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Susan Cheng, of Hackettstown, presented research at the 68th Annual American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting in Las Vegas. Nine students in the Master of Science in Forensic Science program at Cedar Crest College presented their research at the annual meeting, along with one forensic science undergraduate student. Other area students included: Clare Fried, of Easton; and Andrea Jones, Emily Prisaznik and Melanie Schade, of Allentown.
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The following Kutztown University students recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi: Kate Heffner, of Emmaus; Ashley Nedley and Manpreet Patel, of Allentown; and William Harwi, of Whitehall.
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The following local students have received the dean's award for academic excellence at Colgate University: Alexandra Rodriguez, of Easton, a graduate of Easton Area High School; Olivia Detato, of Lambertville, a graduate of Notre Dame High School; Molly Diamondstein, of Allentown, a graduate of Parkland High School; Meredith Dowling, of Oxford, a graduate of Warren Hills Regional HS; Emily Matassa, of Allentown, a graduate of Kellenberg Memorial HS (Long Island, N.Y.); Kendra Peeples, of Oxford, a graduate of Belvidere High School; and Stacy Silnik, of Allentown, a graduate of Parkland High School.
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Jaden Heather Makovsky, a Dickinson College student, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2015 semester. A graduate Northampton High School, she is the daughter of Victor Makovsky of Rumney, N.H., and Cheryl Eichelberger of Walnutport.
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Holly Mitman, of Easton, and Da'Ron Strickland, of Bethlehem, were among a group from Lebanon Valley College who took an alternative spring break service trip to St. Augustine, Fla. to participate in service projects.
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Three local James Madison University students took part in alternative spring break trips: Morgan Timberlake, of Flemington, traveled to Lakeland, Fla., to volunteer with East Coast Migrant Head Start Project; Benjamin Wolff, of Easton, traveled to Boston to volunteer with New England Center for Homeless Veterans; and Breanna Malecki, of Clinton Township, traveled to Orick, Calif., to volunteer with Redwoods National and State Park.
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Michael Capobianco, of Easton, Mikayla Ninos, of Northampton, and Thomas Zamorski, of Frenchtown, were named to the president's list at Widener University in Chester, Pa.
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The following area students were among the recent graduates of Delaware Valley University.
Mary Bachert, of Macungie; Pamela Dawe and Kacy Friend of Nazareth; Alexis Giannattasio, of Lebanon; Victoria Hudson, of Upper Saucon Township; Michael Jensen, of Upper Mt. Bethel; Christopher Knecht and Caitlin Padalino, of Easton; Patrick Pilon, of Allentown; and Michelle Salvemini of Bangor.