Michelle Cupo and Stasha Heinrich, both of Oxford, were selected as part of the 2016 New Jersey All-State Academic Team.
Michelle Cupo, left, and Stasha Heinrich. (Photo courtesy Warren County Community College) Warren County Community College Michelle Cupo and Stasha Heinrich, both of Oxford, were selected as part of the 2016 New Jersey All-State Academic Team.
The women were honored by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges along with only 35 other students from the state's 19 community colleges.
The were honored at the 22nd annual Phi Theta Kappa Day celebration on May 5, at a special ceremony in Trenton.
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Dr. Mary O'Sullivan, of Saints Philip and James School, was awarded the Junior Division Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award for New Jersey.
As a winner of this award O'Sullivan is nominated for the National Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest in June 2016.
The National Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award is given to one junior division (grades 6-8) and one senior division (grades 9-12) teacher who has shown outstanding creativity, commitment, and inspiration in developing student interest in history education.
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The Citadel Class of 2016 graduate, Kevin Thieme, of Bethlehem, was commissioned into the U.S. Navy during a ceremony on May 6. Thieme received a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering during commencement on May 7.
Citadel Class of 2016 graduate, Rocco Consiglio, of Nazareth, was commissioned into the U.S. Army during a May 6 ceremony. He received a degree in criminal justice May 7.
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Julia Derco, of Hackettstown, was been named to the Elmira College dean's list for the winter term.
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Brett M. Bonfanti, of Easton Area High School has been named Fordham University's Class of 2016 Valedictorian. He will also be receiving honors for his nomination to Phi Betta Kappa. He will address the class on May 19, and walk in his graduation on May 21. He is employed by NBC Studios in Manhattan. A member of the choir at Our Lady of Mercy parish, in Easton, he and will be singing for its closing mass set for May 29.
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Lebanon Valley College recognized the following area for academic achievement in the natural sciences, social sciences, or humanities: Zac Edwards, of Catasauqua, won the Achievement Scholarship Award in business administration; Sarah Meinhart, of Allentown, won the Pi Sigma Alpha Award in political science; and Scott Reagan, of Wind Gap, won the Outstanding Student in German, the Sigma Iota Rho award.
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The following students from Warren County were named to the dean's list at Berkeley College: Cassidy Baker, of Blairstown; Amanda Bordi, of Hackettstown; Julian Caprio, of Stewartsville; Donald Henry, of Washington; Marissa Jones, of Columbia; and Jackelyn Perez, of Phillipsburg.
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Victoria Hyland, of Bangor, was among the University of Scranton students inducted into Beta Beta Beta, the national honor society for biology.
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The following area students graduated recently from Coastal Carolina University: Ryan Justice, of Stockton; Rachel Stout, of Flemington; Emily Tatarka, of Hackettstown; Cailyn Turchi, of Phillipsburg; and Max Whitaker, of Lambertville.
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Monique Latourette, of Easton, was inducted into the Bioloby National Honor Society at Susquehanna University; Breanna Latourette was inducted into the Psychology National Honor Society at Marywood University and was also named treasurer of the school's chapter. Both are Easton Area High School graduates.
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Melissa Ka-Yun Lee, of Bethlehem, earned a master's degree in music from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Brian J. Panella of Easton, received the Dean Arthur A. Weeks Outstanding Service Award, from Widener University Delaware Law School at a recent ceremony. He also received an outstanding student service award. Panella, son of Jack and Jeanne Panella, will graduate May 21. He plans to take the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar exams. He has accepted a position with Goudsouzian and Associates.
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Sabrina M. Hendershot, of Easton, received the Fairfax Leary Jr. Memorial Scholarship from Widener University Delaware Law School, She also received the Dean Anthony J. Santoro Scholarship, and the William Prickett, Jr. Corporate Law Award, given for outstanding achievement in corporate law. She was recognized for holding a prestigious Josiah Oliver Wolcott Fellowship, in which she clerked for a Delaware Supreme Court justice during her final year of law school, and she received an outstanding student service award. Hendershot will graduate summa cum laude on May 21, ranked third in her class. She plans to take the Delaware bar exam and has accepted a clerkship with Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. of the Delaware Supreme Court. She is the daughter of Gina Pretopapa, of Easton.
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Local residents were among the University of Scranton students inducted into Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, including: Caitlin Gilby, of Hackettstown; Dana Christine Kosman, of Walnutport; and Jessica Zelenak, of Macungie.
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Stephen Long of Bethlehem was among the University of Scranton students inducted into Phi Sigma Tau, the international honor society for students of philosophy.
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Megan Hannon, of Glen Gardner, was among the University of Scranton students inducted into Eta Sigma Gamma, the national health education honor society.
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Among the Albright College students were recognized for academic achievements at the college's annual Honors & Awards Ceremony were Brandon Lukow, of Allentown, who received the Crime and Justice Achievement Award; Leslie Lukow, of Allentown, who received the William E.C. and Mary Dearden Chair in Business Administration Scholars Award: Management; and Madeline Sedler, of Emmaus, who received Domino Players Award.
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Richard Johnson, of Bethlehem, received the Undergraduate Student Merit Award at Lehigh University. This is the highest honor bestowed upon an undergraduate student by the Alumni Association.
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Ryan Henderson, of Califon, received an MBA from UMass Dartmouth Charlton College of Business during the recent commencement ceremony.
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Kirsten Fischer, of Nazareth, was recently recognized as a Lycoming University scholar at the college's annual Honors Convocation in April.
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Ryan Henderson, of Califon, received a juris doctorate degree from UMass School of Law - Dartmouth. James de Iturrondo, of Independence Township, graduated from UMass Dartmouth with an undergraduate degree from the College of Engineering.
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The following local residents recently were initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi: Phillip Carroll, of Glen Gardner, initiated at University of Bridgeport; Carissa Clift, of Bath, initiated at the University of Toledo; and Ani Muradyan, of Hackettstown, Amanda Sona, of Stewartsville, Maureen Stephen, of Belvidere and Katrina Streisguth, of Hackettstown, initiated at Kean University.
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Grace Guggenheim, of Pittstown, and Emily Hulse, of Milford, were named to the dean's list at Belmont University.
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Devin Crevani of Milford, Crevani received the Father Bendik Scholarship Award, during recent ceremonies at Misericordia University.
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Paul Mendoza, of Oxford, was recognized for induction into Alpha Lambda Delta National Honorary Society for first year students at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
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