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Student News - March 5
Two Rockaway residents have been named to the Dean’s List at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI: Maxwell Grippo who is studying in the College of Culinary Arts and Melissa Celli who is studying in The Hospitality College.
Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, has released the Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement during the 2007-08 fall semester. Two sisters from Rockaway who met this standard are: Kristen M. Schibener, a 2004 graduate of Morris Hills High School, is a senior majoring in music education, she gave her Senior Vocal Recital at Rooke Chapel in November. Accompanied by David Cover, University pianist and organist, Schibener, a soprano, presented a program of singing classical music composed by Mozart, Schubert and Bellina, among others. A reception was given in her honor. Wendy S. Schibener, who graduated from Morris Hills High School in 2006, is a sophomore majoring in English and theater arts. She played the lead role of Sarah in "A Time for Farewells" by playwright Damian Trasler presented by the Bucknell University department of theater and dance, and also directed a one-act play, "Mere Mortals," written by David Ives. She recently completed an externship at "The Washington Times," publishing two articles in the newspaper as part of Bucknell University's internship/externship program. Both are daughters of Donna Spinweber and the late Charles Schibener.
Erin Stahl of Boonton Township, daughter of Michael and Kathleen Stahl, an English major, with minors in education and Spanish, was named to the Dean’s List at Fairfield University for the fall 2007 semester.
The University of Connecticut announced the students who attained the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester. They include: from Denville, Kristin Marie Brosius, an agriculture and natural resources major; Kimberly Starr Markoff, a liberal arts and science major and Marissa Nicole Meade, an education major. From Mt. Tabor, Emily Jean Embler who is enrolled in the ACES academic program. From Parsippany, Michelle Beth Bobier, a liberal arts and science major; Jennifer Lynn Deaborn, a liberal arts and science major and Ashley Tavares DiCicco who is enrolled in the ACES academic program. From Rockaway, Anita Ramesh Patel and Chelsea Seidenberg, both of whom are enrolled in the ACES program. From Towaco: Kimberly Keating Depietro, a business major.
These Rockaway residents, students at University of Delaware, made the 2007 fall semester Dean's List: Ashley Annelies Ings a junior accounting major in the College of Business and Economics, Jason Kohn a junior music education - instrumental major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Leigh Anne Wagner a sophomore international business studies major in the College of Business and Economics.
Washington College in Chestertown, MD has announced its Dean’s List for the fall 2007 semester. Mountain Lakes resident Alexander C. Joyce, a freshman and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Joyce, IV, was among those named.
Fairleigh Dickinson University has released the names of students who qualified for the Fall 2007 Semester Dean's and Honors Lists at the Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck. To qualify for the Honors List, a student must have a 3.5 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0; for the Dean's List, a student must have a 3.2 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0. Local students who made the Honors List are: Deatte Clarino and Robyn Mappa of Denville; Albeiro Alvarez and Maureen Devine of Dover; Cesar Garces and Jared Sonners from Parsippany; and Jessica Cancho and Jerilyn Marino of Wharton. Local students who made Dean’s List are: Eric Moore from Dover, Mark Anthony Arce and Richard Park from Lake Hiawatha and Aakash Shastri and Wesley Tseng from Parsippany.
Eric Ballance, a Radford University information technology student from Rockaway, will present research at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research. Information technology professors Hwajung Lee and Joseph Derrick are the faculty research sponsors for Ballance's project, "Investigating Ubiquitous Computing Through the use of IR, WI-FI, and Bluetooth Technologies to Enhance Microsoft Onenote for the Tablet PC."
Caroline Pinke of Mountain Lakes, a Scholar With Honor, is one of thirty-four Pingry seniors who has been honored by the College Board for exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations. Three Pingry students were honored with the Scholar with Distinction Award, earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more exams. She is also one of 11 Pingry seniors who has been named an Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar for the 2008-2009 academic year. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars have a class rank of one, two, or three in the graduating class and rank in the top 10 percent of the graduating class at the end of junior year, or they are ranked in the top 10 percent of their class and have a minimum combined math and reading SAT score of 1260 at the end of junior year. Distinguished Scholars receive an annual scholarship of up to $1,000, without regard to financial need, for up to four years of undergraduate study at an approved New Jersey college or university.
Nicole E. Kallas of Denville received a Bachelor of Science degree in communication in Jan. 2008 from Boston University, Boston, MA.
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