Friends and Neighbors: Community members’ achievements

Oliver Fay has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Fay is a member of the class of 2021 majoring in computer science.

Alyson Rutherford was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gina Jacobsen has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Jacobsen is a member of the class of 2020 majoring in fashion merchandising.

Simone Elise Miller received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine in Worcester, earning an “Excellence in Emergency Medicine” award. She was a 2008 graduate of Deerfield Academy, and a 2012 graduate of the University of Virginia.

She is currently in her intern year in the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.

Katherine O’Donnell was named to spring semester dean’s list at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. O’Donnell is a doctor of physical therapy student.

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

Kayla Michele Ahmed graduated from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Jillian Blajda was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Merrimack College in North Andover.

The following local students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the college in Ithaca, New York:

Carolyn Lorber of Amherst, Anna Tarren of Pelham, and Zoe Barker of Sunderland.

The following local students were named to the dean’s list at the school in Rochester, New York:

Amherst: Wiley Dole, applied mathematics program.

Belchertown: Tatyana Ryan, computer engineering program; Marissa Shaw, electrical engineering program; Alexis Ryan, industrial engineering program.

The following Belchertown residents were named to the spring semester president’s list at the university in Springfield:

Emily Woodford, accounting; Allison Lukas, biomedical engineering; Anders Nielsen, computer engineering; Danielle Brown, doctor of pharmacy; Tyler Bradshaw, political science.

Following are the local students named to the dean’s list at Holyoke Community College.

Amherst: Arfa Ayaz Ansari, Sona Behzadpour, Kaira Andrea Benjamin, Georgina Burgos, Carla , Leonor Castillo, Diana Louise Corley, Alice Isamara Soares Ramos Correia, Ariel Utgoff Ely, Luindy M. Espinal, Mareo Fabozzi

Mireida Patricia Fernandes, Alexander Jacob Friedman, Keneila Rae Hatch, Hummad Ijaz, Andrew Theodore Nardone, Harrison Neill, Sterling K. Ouellette

Phung Kieu Yen Pham, Nicolas Martin Reda, Julia Leigh Rodrigue, Alexander Joseph Pienkawa Rosenbach, Melissa Song, Ismael A. Tahoun, Xinhong Wu, Karell A. Zea, Nan Zhou.

Belchertown: Samantha Lauren Auletta, Elena Baker, Carol Elaine Barszcz, Chelsea Beaulieu, Ashley Elizabeth Boudreau

Kristina Lynn Bullock, Kevin James Campbell, Sarah Alicia Caron, Christian Timothy Courchesne, Jed M. Duffin, Andrew Bejamin Endress, Laura Anne Guerdon, Ahmed Mohsen Haikal

Aisling Aileen Hannah, Terice Megan Kelly, Wesley Henry Lupa, Taylor Ilysia Renae McCoy, Richard D. Megarry, Mikayla Mae Mikalunas, Makenzie Rose Mikalunas, Shelbi Dean Moore

Erin Marie Mytkowicz, Samantha Marie Opalenik, Brittany Ann Oppenheimer, Devang D. Patel, Brooke Dames Patterson, Marcel Antonio Pereira, Kaylee Quenneville, Samantha Noel Ridgway

Sara A. Sears, Sean Douglas Seaver, Natalya Siniscalchi, Brenna Marie Skaza, Jacob Snizek, Mingze Sun, Carl Frank Teschke, Ashley Sharon Thomas

Andrew Tocci, Robert Christopher Vigneault, Jaime Seth Williams, Victoria A. Willis, Timothy Joseph Zych.

Hadley: Miguel Aquino Jr., Megan Lynn Glazier, Andrew Gnatek, Isabella LaForte, Angela Rosemarie Loader, Nicole M. Perry, Sandra Grace Sellers, Jahmal Lucien Wineglass, Mohamad Zachary Yahman.

Pelham: Drew Lewis Delorey, Nicholas Russell Kosuda, Adena Lee Modestow, Selena Jakriya Seang.

Shutesbury: Jarod LeLacheur.

Sunderland: Rodrigo Alonso Valdiviezo Salazr, Sarah Lynn Dickey, Nina Garcia Devine.