BERLIN — The following represents a collection of press releases announcing student accomplishments.
•The University of Rhode Island has announced that more than 4,986 undergraduates have qualified for the Spring 2016 Dean’s List, including Yoosoo Jang of Berlin. To be included on the Dean’s List, students must have completed 12 or more credits during a semester for letter grades with at least a 3.30 quality point average.
•Abbie Tyler of Ocean City received a Bachelor of Science degree in Fashion Merchandising from Marist College the weekend of May 20.
•Taren Nance graduated from Wor-Wic Community College with honors in 2013, received his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Wilmington University in 2014 and is now pursuing his master’s degree with the help of a $2,500 GEICO Pathway to Completion scholarship. Nance is one of only two students ever selected to receive the award, which was made available through a partnership between GEICO and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), an internationally-recognized honor society serving America’s two-year colleges.
Nance received many awards and scholarships during his time at Wor-Wic. While PTK Middle States Region president, he received the $5,000 PTK Guistwhite scholarship. He was also named to the All-Maryland Academic Team, won a regional officer medallion and was named international distinguished officer of the year in 2012. He also won the faculty honors scholarship in 2011.
Nance credits Wor-Wic with turning his academic career around. “Wor-Wic provided me with a strong academic foundation that has enabled me to achieve academic excellence,” Nance said. “Wor-Wic saved my life by allowing me to rewrite my academic history as I was once a two-time academically dismissed college student prior to attending Wor-Wic.”
Nance is currently an elementary school teacher in Dorchester County. He plans to finish his master’s program in the fall of 2016 and says his next professional goal would be to obtain a vice principal position.
•Charles “Chase” Bowden of Sharptown has been awarded the Paul S. and Carrie E. Hyde Scholarship at McDaniel College. He is the son of Thomas and Lisa Bowden.
He graduated from Mardela Middle and High School on June 4. He will be an incoming freshman at McDaniel College as a member of the class of 2020.
•After another year of work raising funds for the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City Scholarship Foundation, great satisfaction was realized when the club presented 17 scholarships to deserving graduating senior students at Stephen Decatur High School on May 25. Kiwanis Selections Committee Chair Roy Foreman presented the awards.
This year’s recipients are Peyton Townsend, $2,000, University of Georgia; Caroline Hammond, $1,500, University of Marylan; Zohar Omer, $1,500, University of Maryland; Zainab Mirza, $1,000, American University; Rebekah Nesbit, $1,000, Washington College; Hyun Soo Chun, $1,000, University of Maryland; Adam Kristick, $1,000, University of Maryland; Logan Romberger, $1,000, University of Virginia; Hunter Ulrich, $500, Widener University; Contessa Hutchins, $500, University of Florida; Olivia Kurtz, $500, Salisbury University; Erin Smith, $500, Christopher Newport University; Rebecca Evans, $500, American University; Catherine Withers, $500, Towson University; Allison Shumate, $500, Salisbury University; Kyla Walker, $500, Hood College; and Ellen Bargar, $500, Messiah College.
•Tulane University
awarded degrees to nearly 3,000 graduates on May 14, at the
Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Sarah Gunion of Ocean City graduated from the School of Liberal Arts with a
Bachelor of Arts degree.
•The Kenny Schmidlin Memorial Music Scholarship (KSMM) of $1,000 was awarded to Logan Romberger of Ocean City. He is a 2016 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School.
The KSMM scholarship is awarded to the student who most exemplifies a love and appreciation of music, just as Kenny Schmidlin did throughout his shortened life. Logan has not only excelled academically and athletically, he has spent many hours volunteering his skills for a variety of causes. A member of several bands, he has performed free concerts, directed and composed his own music, and shared these efforts with others.
Romberger will be attending the University of Maryland Honors College in the fall to pursue a degree in electrical engineering.
•Camarryn Beale, a criminal justice major at Wor-Wic Community College, has been selected as a recipient of a $1,000 Martha Maxwell Developmental Education Student Scholarship from the National Association of Developmental Education (NADE).
Beale was nominated by Jill C. Buchert, assistant professor of developmental English and director of developmental education.
“Camarryn has taken advantage of our new TRIO Student Support Services program,” Buchert said. “Her success speaks to the value of completing developmental coursework so that a student can be more successful in credit-level requirements. Not only does she have good grades, she is also a student ambassador and went to Annapolis to advocate for Wor-Wic on Student Advocacy Day.”
TRIO Student Support Services is a grant-funded program that assists in the retention and program completion efforts of the college and serves first-generation and low-income students, as well as students with disabilities.
Beale says she was drawn to Wor-Wic because it was affordable, offered the major she was interested in and she didn’t have to leave home.
“At Wor-Wic, I’m surrounded by such great people and instructors,” she said. “After high school, when I found out my best friend was going away to college, I was devastated, but thankfully I’ve made really great friends here who have positively impacted my life. The faculty are great and a lot of them have experience in the criminal justice field. Unfortunately, I’ve faced a plethora of challenges outside of school and life hasn’t gone the way I planned. Having Annette Brown, director of counseling, there for me every step of the way, encouraging and picking me up at my lowest, has been such a great blessing.”
•Kelly A. Walsh of Selbyville was among the more than 900 bachelor’s and associate degree recipients at The University of Scranton’s undergraduate commencement, which was held May 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. Walsh majored in counseling and human services at the Jesuit university. Prior to graduating, Walsh was inducted into Tau Upsilon Alpha, the national human services honor society. The University’s chapter of the honor society, established in 2008, recognizes academic excellence of undergraduate counseling and human services students.
•Rydge Dudley of Selbyville, Del., is one of nearly 700 Lebanon Valley College students named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester. Dean’s list students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.4 out of 4.0. Dudley, a graduate of Indian River High School, is pursuing a bachelor of arts in sociology at The Valley.
•Jonathan Hastings of Bishopville is one of nearly 700 Lebanon Valley College students named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester. Dean’s list students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.4 out of 4.0.
Hastings, a graduate of Stephen Decatur High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in early childhood education and special education at The Valley.
Additionally, Hastings was named to the MAC Commonwealth All-Conference second team for tennis this season.
•Nicholas Craven of Berlin graduated from Bucknell University on May 22.
•Wagner College recently announced its academic honor rolls for the Spring 2016 semester. Mariam M. Hamad of Willards was named to the Dean’s List, which requires a 3.7 grade point average.
•Recently named to the Dean’s List at the College of William & Mary for the spring 2016 semester were Justin Paul Canakis of Bishopville and Jamison Huovy Donohue of Salisbury.
In order to achieve Dean’s List status, a full-time degree seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 Quality Point Average during the semester.
•Cassidy Remmell, a junior majoring in graphic design, from Ocean City, was among approximately 1,940 students at Coastal Carolina University who made the Spring 2016 Dean’s List.
To qualify for the Dean’s List, freshmen must earn a 3.25 grade point average, and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 grade point average. To qualify for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average. All students must be enrolled full time.
•Kelly Sullivan of Berlin has been named to Millersville University of Pennsylvania’s Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester. The 1,250 students named to Millersville University’s spring 2016 Dean’s List earned a semester grade-point average of 3.50 or higher and attempted at least 12 credits of course work.
•Sophia Brennan, daughter of Martha and Mark Brennan, was among the Furman University students included on the dean’s list for the 2016 spring semester. Furman’s dean’s list is composed of full-time undergraduate students who earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher on a four-point system. Furman is a private, undergraduate liberal arts college of 2,700 students in Greenville, S.C.
•Area students awarded Bachelor of Arts degrees from St. Mary’s College of Maryland included
Robert Beall, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude; Emlyn Hammer, Biology; Karlie Straight, Biology; Cody Forrest, Computer Science; Robin Goldman, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude; and Kayla Baier, Sociology.
•Over 760 students received degrees at York College of Pennsylvania’s commencement exercises on May 14 including Daniel Maskell of Selbyville, Del. with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations and
•Berry College is proud to announce that Jake Emche of Berlin, earned a BS in Marketing. Berry’s spring 2016 graduating class consisted of 435 undergraduates and more than 60 graduate students, making it the largest graduating class in Berry’s history.
•Daniel Maskell of Selbyville, Del. graduated from York College of Pennsylvania on May 14. Maskell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations.
•The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
Richard Neville of Berlin was initiated at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
Jessica Newell of Berlin was initiated at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Austin Roadarmel of Selbyvillewas initiated at University of Delaware.
•Jayme Conforti, of Berlin was among 1,100 candidates for graduation at Coastal Carolina University’s commencement ceremonies. Conforti graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marine science
•Colby-Sawyer College has named Nitesh Lama of Ocean City to the Dean’s List for academic achievement. Lama is majoring in Accounting and is a member of the class of 2018.
•When Megan Mahedy of Wall Township, N.J. begins her graduate studies at Columbia University this fall, she will do so with the backing of a Salisbury University education.
Mahedy, who earned full funding for her first graduate semester as a recipient of the Columbia University Teachers College Scholarship Award, recently completed her B.A. in community health in three years at SU. Graduating from Salisbury with magna cum laude honors, she will pursue her M.S. in the same field.
“I am so excited to use the unparalleled skills and knowledge I gained while a student at Salisbury and expand upon those during my time at Columbia,” she said.
While at SU, Mahedy was a member of the national Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa leadership and Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor societies. She was a resident assistant for the University’s Biology Living Learning Community; wrote the health column for The Flyer student newspaper; and worked as a special projects developer for MAC, Inc., the Maryland Area Agency on Aging, through the SU-based ShoreCorps/PALS (Partnership for Adolescents on the Lower Shore) AmeriCorps program.
She also has served as a research assistant in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s doctoral program in organizational leadership and a scholar in Columbia’s Epidemiology and Population Health Institute.
After completing three independent research projects, Mahedy presented at the Northeastern Regional Honors Conference, the National Active Minds Conference and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. She also received the SU Student Academic Research Award and was a Dean’s List student.
•Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the non-profit trade association for Delmarva’s chicken business, has announced the recipients in its 2016 College Scholarship Program. From a field of 20 applicants who are enrolled at or have been accepted at colleges and universities across the country, seven outstanding students were chosen to receive grants totaling more than $12,000. Each has expressed an interest in working in a segment of Delmarva’s chicken industry.
The recipients are Roshell Brown, Oak Hall, Va., a student at Wilmington University majoring in business management; Kimberly Hildreth, Salisbury, a junior at the University of Delaware majoring in pre-veterinary medicine and animal biosciences; Michael Johnson, Milford, Del., a senior at Milford High School who will be attending the University of Delaware majoring in business management; Samantha Kirk, Laurel, Del., an agribusiness major at Delaware Technical and Community College who will be transferring to Wilmington University to complete a bachelors degree in business management; Levi Kolakowski, Cordova, Md., a junior at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore majoring in agriculture studies; Wesley Myrer, Pittsville, a freshman at Salisbury University majoring in biology; and Erin Smith, Bishopville, a senior at Stephen Decatur High School who will be attending Christopher Newport University majoring in business.
The Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. College Scholarship Program is funded by an annual golf tournament to be held on Wednesday, June 8, at Green Hill Country Club near Salisbury.