Plus dean's list and graduation announcements from colleges and universities.
A workshop sponsored by the First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union called "Mad City Money" was featured at this year's Region 28 Future Business Leaders of America's annual conference held at Lehigh Carbon Community College in North Whitehall Township.
Notre Dame High School is located in Bethlehem Township, Pa. (File photo) Approximately 400 members were in attendance from our Region's 15 area schools.
Several students participated in various performance events during the day. The afternoon culminated with an awards ceremony.
Notre Dame had the following winners that qualify for state competition to be held in Hershey in April.
First-place winners: Shyam Mehta, Future Business Leader; Gabriella Flank, Client Service; Greg Bianchi, Public Speaking I
Second-place winners: Meghan Grys, Business Communication; Richard Mueller, FBLA Principals and Procedures
Third-place winner: Sara Medei, Introduction to Parlimentary Procedures
Fourth-place winners: Julia Pinter, Business Law; John Koons, FBLA Principles and Procedures; Katie Dicker, Introduction to Business Procedures; Arthur Jacob, Introduction to Information Technology; Fayth Alston, Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Fifth-place winners: Tiana Boutros, Businesss Communication; Sarah Skievaski, Insurance & Risk Management; Elizabeth Cartier, Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure; Daniel Krochta, Networking Concepts
Other winners at the conference were: Nadia Holmgaard, Jane Karam, Chris Bianchi, Emily Stubits, Alexander Gosciniak, Jack Nesbitt, Kathleen Capella, Rebecca Fahy, Jawhara Karam, Anthony Pacchioli, Gregory Brutschea, Jacob Schaeffer, Da (Diane) Yun, Joseph Simmons, Nicole Schaeffer, Kyra Cerar, Robert Fiedler and Jack Morey.
College notes
Olivia M. Simone, daughter, of Sandra and Pascal Simone, of Belvidere, and Alec J. Talsania, son, of Jay and Diana Talsania, of Fogelsville, were named at Hamilton College. Simone is a graduate, of Notre Dame High School. Talsania is a graduate, of Moravian Academy.
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The following local residents earned dean's list honors for the fall semester at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass.: Katherine A. Bryer, of Frenchtown; Margaret A. Flynn, of Stewartsville; Victoria F. Kenyon, of Pittstown; and Kasie L. Lyons, of Belvidere.
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The following area students were named to the James Madison University president's list: Cecilia Rogers, of Emmaus; Erica Reifinger, of Allentown; Elizabeth Ferguson, of Easton; Chelsea Landry, of High Bridge; Justin Rissmiller, of Easton; Regen Zimmerman and Amy Lebrecht, of New Tripoli; Haley Leopold, of Wind Gap; Alyssa Zurlo, of Washington; and Nicolette Chuss, of Fogelsville.
Students named to the dean's list include: Zachary Mears and Carly Sokol, of Hackettstown; Rebecca Harkness, of Stockton; Karli Ribsam, of Lambertville; Jacqueline Suros, of Pittstown; Casey Behre, Brian Fellin, Matthew Mecadon, Erika Lynn, Brianna Semanchik, Brandon Palmere, Ryan Soong and Lindsay Bohon, of Flemington; Sarah Hopkins, of Annandale; Nicholas Ciesla, of Phillipsburg; Alyssa Coronati, Elizabeth Dent and Brianna Keefe, of Allentown; Benjamin Wolff and Laura Young, of Easton; Katelyn Croy, of Emmaus; Claire Zakszewski, of Lebanon; Anthony Tito, of Ringoes; and Blaise Hudak, of Milford.
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Colin Halbach, of Bethlehem, was named to the dean's list at Normandale Community College, in Bloomington, Minn.
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Michael Numon, of Port Murray, earned a master's degree from the College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth, Minn.
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Albright College student Jordan Winkler, of Bangor, is spending several weeks in Ecuador learning about the cultural and media landscape through classroom instruction, life with an Ecuadorian family and trips to diverse parts, of the country.
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Karli Ribsam, of Lambertville, Sean Keefe, of Allentown, and Chelsea Bartholomew, of Fogelsville were among the recent graduates, of James Madison University.
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Stewartsville resident Margaret A. Flynn completed an internship at Spaulding Harvard Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown, Mass., during the fall semester at Stonehill College.
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The following area students were named to the York College dean's list.
Semira Ajisafe, of Easton; Amanda Altavilla, of Califon; Angelina Arancibia, of Allentown; Alexander Ardle, of Northampton; Patrick Burker, of Catasauqua;
Jenna Caciolo, of Macungie; Amanda Carman, of Bethlehem; Megan Cirocco, of Whitehall; Alex Colton, of Bangor; Sonia Deel, of Center Valley; and Michael Dutt, of Pen Argyl; Kelcie Fischer, of Nazareth; Jacob Hauser, of Breinigsville; Samantha Hay, of Bangor; Amy Hinkle, of Slatington; Kurt Keller, of Allentown; Ryker Kern, of Oxford; Becca Kinney, of Phillipsburg; Kristen Lee, of Bethlehem; Carissa McQuade, of Phillipsburg; and Karryna Merwine, of Bethlehem.
Also: Ian Miller, of Allentown; Tyler Modic, of Bethlehem; Timothy Moore, of Whitehouse Station; Elliot Mortimer, of Whitehall; Benjamin Ney, of Zionsville; Amber O'Connell, of Blairstown; Matthew Peer, of Bangor; Alexa Polomchak, of Northampton; Meagan Reibman, of New Tripoli: Alexis Reid, of Great Meadows; Sarah Ritter, of Belvidere; Richard Roy, of Lambertville; Sarah Schaffer, of Coplay; Dakota Schweitzer, of Slatington; Ryan Stango, of Hackettstown; Abagail Stives, of Bethlehem; Brandon Tocket, of Bangor; Jacob Whittle, of Asbury; Elizabeth Wiseley, of Macungie; Ashley Worthington, of Zionsville; Meaghan Yorke, of Washington and Jonathan Zehnbauer, of Glen Gardner.
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The following students were named to the Champlain College dean's list: Lauren Buniva, of High Bridge; Sara Gonia of Hackettstown; Clay Terry of Milford; and Dustin Yost, of Orefield.
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Brooke Conway, of Belvidere, made the president's list at Coastal Carolina University for the fall semester. Dean's list honors were awarded to: Nicole Carvino, of Great Meadows; Maria Costa, of Flemington; Emily Day and Jessica Holdorff, of Easton; Trenton Elsea, of Allentown; Benjamin Loh, of Bethlehem; Sydney Lutz, of Schnecksville; Necoda Nealon, of Nazareth; Nicole Pritchard, of Phillipsburg; Megan Seier, of Breinigsville; Nicholas Warner, of Annandale; Kendall White and Hailey Winnicky, of Hampton; and Zachary Zahn, of Glen Gardner.