Winthrop Students Earn Academic Honors

Local Students Receive Bachelor’s Degrees from UMass Amherst

Approximately 5,500 students received bachelor’s degrees in over 100 majors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Undergraduate Commencement on May 11, 2018 at the McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

Below is a list of students from Winthrop who earned a degree.

Nicholas Michael Brandi-Miller

Christopher Anthony Capone

Cassandra Marie Devin

Katlyn Mae Fennell

Adam Charles Holden

Alana Ann Macneil

Taylor Kimberly McCormack

Tristan Mirata

Anthony Alexander Poluyanoff

Ashlie Marie Rockwood

Alexis Rose Vaccaro

 

ON THE HONOR ROLL AT BC HIGH

The following local students have been named to the Boston College High School Fourth Quarter Honors:

Daniel Reis 2019 and JamesEzekiel 2020 of Winthrop achieved High Honors.

Matthew Rudser 2019, Christopher Rodriguez 2020 and Aidan Cash 2021 achieved Honors.

For High Honors, sophomores, juniors, and seniors must have at least a 3.80 quality point average and all grades ‘”C+” or higher. Freshmen need a 3.6 quality point average and all grades ‘”C+” or higher.

For Honors, sophomores, juniors, and seniors must have at least a 3.20 quality point average and all grades ‘”C-” or higher. Freshmen need a 3.165 quality point average and all grades ‘”C-” or higher.

Boston College High School is a Jesuit, Catholic, college-preparatory school for young men founded in 1863. The school enrolls approximately 1600 students from more than 100 communities in eastern Massachusetts.

 

MOSLEY GRADUATES FROM UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Rachyl Caitlin Mosley of Winthrop has received the following from The University of Alabama: B.S. Commerce Business Administration. UA awarded some 5,436 degrees during spring 2018 commencement May 4-6.

With a beautiful campus, dozens of challenging academic programs, expert and world-renowned faculty and numerous opportunities for service and growth, The University of Alabama is a place where legends are made. UA offers its students a premier educational, cultural and social experience with more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. The campus gives students the opportunity to interact with nationally renowned faculty performing cutting-edge research.

The University of Alabama, the state’s oldest and largest public institution of higher education, is a student-centered research university that draws the best and brightest to an academic community committed to providing a premier undergraduate and graduate education. UA is dedicated to achieving excellence in scholarship, collaboration and intellectual engagement; providing public outreach and service to the state of Alabama and the nation; and nurturing a campus environment that fosters collegiality, respect and inclusivity.

 

POWERS ON DEAN’S LIST AT MCPHS

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science (MCPHS) University is pleased to announce  that Joia Powers has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester:

* Joia is a native of Winthrop and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene. Joia will graduate in 2020 from the Boston campus.

The Dean’s List recognizes those students with a full-time course load who have achieved outstanding scholarship with a 3.5 GPA or higher for the academic term.

 

LOCAL STUDENTS ON DEAN’S LIST AT REGIS

Regis, a Catholic university in Greater Boston, is pleased to announce that 415 students have made the Dean’s List for academic achievement for the 2018 spring semester. The following students from Winthrop made the list:

* Caitlin Page of Winthrop, is among the students who made the Dean’s List. Page is class of 2019.

* Michael Bruno of Winthrop, is among the students who made the Dean’s List. Bruno is class of 2018.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List as a senior, junior or sophomore at Regis, a student must have a semester grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.50. For first-year students, a semester GPA of at least 3.25 must be attained.

“I am very pleased to see so many of our students excelling across the university,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs, Malcolm O. Asadoorian III, PhD. “The dean’s list and the diversity of academic disciplines speak to a dedicated student body and to a faculty that promotes intellectual curiosity and achievement.”

The School deans agreed it was particularly notable to have a strong roster of first-year students who made the list, which reflects both the quality of our curriculum and the caliber of students coming to Regis.

Regis is a leading Catholic coed university in greater Boston with more than 2,700 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in the arts, sciences and health professions devoted to engage, serve and advance in a global community. With a strategic graduate focus on health care, Regis was recently named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League of Nursing for the third time.

The intergenerational Weston campus includes a Children’s Center, named 2017 Program of the Year by the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers, and a Lifelong Learning program (LLARC) for senior adults with a passion for learning. Regis North, a satellite campus in Lawrence, Mass., in partnership with Northern Essex Community College (NECC), offers nursing, public health, sports management and health sciences bachelor degree completion programs to students in the Merrimack Valley.

Regis is also an Apple Distinguished School for 2016-2018. Visit Regis at regiscollege.edu.