Friends and Neighbors: Community members’ achievements

Gloria Francesca Miller has graduated from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, with a degree in environmental studies and a minor in art. Gloria is a 2014 graduate of Amherst Regional High School.

Trent Lenkarski was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut, where he is pursuing a degree in national security studies.

Katherine “Katie” O’Donnell graduated cum laude from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 23 and is now a doctor of physical therapy. She is a traveling physical therapist. O’Donnell graduated from Hopkins Academy in Hadley in June of 2012.

She is the daughter of Kelly O’Donnell Taylor and step-daughter of Lewis Taylor, both of Chicopee, and grand-daughter of Jim and Helen O’Donnell of Hadley.

Dionna Armitage has been named to the spring semester dean’s list, with honors, at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.

The following local students graduated from the university in Boston:

Amherst: Vivian M. Pazmany, bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; Conlan P. Brown, doctorate in physical therapy; Caroline F. Lord, bachelor’s degree in Middle East and North Africa Studies.

The following local students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Boston University:

Amherst: Nina D. Maroudas, Elizabeth D. McLaughlin, Harsimran Kaur Multani.

Belchertown: Lucas B. Lavoie

Deerfield: Ivan Kosyuk

​​​​​​​Pelham: Jonathan S. Naughton

The following local students graduated recently from the college in Ithaca, New York.

Pelham: Anna Tarren, magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry.

South Deerfield: Rebecca Harrington, cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in clinical health studies.

The following local students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the college in Colchester, Vermont:

Belchertown: Jenna P. Blain, a sophomore neuroscience major, daughter of Gerald and Robyn Blain; Madison V. Newman, a junior English and secondary education major, daughter of Randall and Patricia Newman; Margaret A. Patel, a junior music and religious studies major, daughter of Bhavin and Elisabeth Patel, all graduates of Belchertown High School.

Hadley: Emelia R. Aiken-Hafner, a first-year environmental studies major, daughter of James Hafner and Kelly Aiken, graduate of Hopkins Academy.