South Brunswick Students Earn Degrees, Dean's List Honors

The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)

Local students have earned the esteemed honor of placement on the Dean's List at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) for the spring 2012 semester:

Samantha Berk, a Sophomore Art Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Jessica Sassaman, a Senior Art Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Jarret Klein, a Junior Communication Studies major, resident of Monmouth Junction

ReNee Carroll, a Senior Graphic Design major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Amanda Gorzynski, a Junior Music Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Amy Lis, a Senior Accountancy major, resident of Dayton

Isabelle Scurato, a Senior Accountancy major, resident of Monmouth Jct

Michael Zadjura, a Sophomore Finance major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Alyssa Brent, a Senior Marketing major, resident of Dayton

Emily Skalko, a Sophomore Marketing major, resident of Kendall Park

Tyler Olsson, a Senior Journalism and Prof. Writing major, resident of Kendall Park

Prabha Pamnani, a Sophomore English Secondary Education major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Julie Sears, a Senior History Secondary Education major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Shreya Shah, a Sophomore History - 7 year medical major, resident of Kendall Park

Lauren Wells, a Senior History Secondary Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Ruhi Srinivasan, a Sophomore Psychology major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Emily Campisano, a Junior Elementary Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Andrew Lewis, a Senior Elementary Education major, resident of Dayton

Matthew Sichel, a Senior Elementary Education - M/S/T major, resident of Kendall Park

Kristie Zimmermann, a Senior Elementary Education - M/S/T major, resident of Kendall Park

Samantha Breeman, a Sophomore Special Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Yasmine Burd, a Freshman Pre-Special Education major, resident of Kendall Park

Hannah Pawlak, a Freshman Special Education major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Melissa Mastro, a Senior Engineering Science - Biomedic major, resident of Kendall Park

Travis Wardlow, a Senior Computer Engineering major, resident of Kendall Park

Rebecca Boley, a Senior Health and Exercise Science major, resident of Kendall Park

Jordan Deandrea, a Senior Health & Ex. Sci. Teaching major, resident of Dayton

Demetrios Frangos, a Freshman Nursing major, resident of Dayton

Niketh Bhashyam, a Junior Biology major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Amy Patel, a Junior Biology - 7 Year Pre Med major, resident of Kendall Park

Bindi Patel, a Junior Biology/SUNY Optometry major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Kush Patel, a Junior Biology major, resident of Kendall Park

Varsha Radhakrishnan, a Junior Biology - 7 Year Pre Med major, resident of Kendall Park

Shilpa Samudrala, a Senior Biology major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Annmarie Toma, a Senior Biology major, resident of Kendall Park

Pranavi Vemuri, a Junior Biology - 7 Year Pre Med major, resident of Monmouth Junction

Zion Lin, a Junior Computer Science major, resident of Dayton

Daniel Silano, a Senior Physics major, resident of Datyon

To achieve this honor, a student must carry 12 or more credits that semester and have a 3.5 grade point average or above.

The University of Scranton

The University of Scranton has announced it's Dean's List, which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2012 spring semester. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the Dean's List. The list includes students from the Jesuit university's College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management, the Panuska College of Professional Studies and the College of Graduate and Continuing Education. More than 1,470 students were named to the 2012 spring semester Dean's List, including the following area residents.

Heather De Bari of Monmouth Junction is a senior exercise science major in Scranton's Panuska College of Professional Studies

Brian Luck of Monmouth Junction is a freshman criminal justice major in Scranton's College of Arts and Sciences

Jessica Talarick of Kendall Park is a senior communication major in Scranton's College of Arts and Sciences

James Madison University

Dayton resident, Mary-Louise Kidaha, graduated with a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from James Madison University during the May 2012 commencement exercises.

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Tatiana Gass of Kendall Park, NJ, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan Campus, located in Teaneck, NJ, has been inducted to FDU's Phi Omega Epsilon, senior honor society for the Spring 2012 semester. To qualify for Phi Omega Epsilon, a student must have completed 90.0 credits toward an undergraduate degree, and of these credits, 58.0 must have been earned at FDU and a cumulative grade point ratio of 3.2 must have been maintained for all of them.

Quinnipiac University

The following area residents were named to the dean's list for the Spring 2012 semester at Quinnipiac University:

Sara Aniano of Monmouth Junction, NJ

Samantha Chromey of Monmouth Junction, NJ

Tara Dempsey of Dayton, NJ

Lauren Pernal of Dayton, NJ

To qualify for the dean's list, a student must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 with no grade lower than C. Full-time students must complete at least 14 credits, including 12 that have been graded A through C in a semester. Part-time students must complete at least six credits during a semester to be eligible.

Delaware Valley College

Dr. Bashar Hanna, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Delaware Valley College, announced that Sarah Shearer of Monmouth Junction, NJ, is among the college's May list of graduates. Delaware Valley College is a multi-disciplinary institution in Doylestown, Pa. that offers both undergraduate and graduate programs.