Local Students Earn Academic Honors

Zogasi  Named to Springfield College Dean’s List

Springfield College has named Megi Zogasi from Winthrop, MA to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the 2025 fall semester.

Zogasi has a primary major of Exercise Science / Applied ES.

The criteria for selection to the Dean’s List are as follows: The student must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded coursework for the term, exclusive of “P” grades. The student must not have any incompletes or missing grades in the designated term. The student must have a minimum semester grade average of 3.500 for the term. Student must not have been barred from Dean’s List due to disciplinary action.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall 2025 Dean’s List

 Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced its Dean’s List for academic excellence for the Fall 2025 semester.

The criteria for the WPI Dean’s List differ from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI students are named to the Dean’s List based on the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and hands-on projects.

“WPI’s academic programs are rigorous and require a level of independence beyond what is required in traditional courses. WPI students work on real-world, open-ended problems on campus and in communities around the globe. Far from being simple academic exercises, the projects students complete have genuine and lasting impacts in our partner communities,” said Provost Andrew Sears. “Some of this nation’s best and brightest students come to WPI to study engineering, science, business, and the humanities. Those named to the Dean’s List have excelled in all of their work, and we are exceptionally proud of these outstanding students.”

The following students were named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List:

Muhammad Fazeel of Winthrop, class of 2028, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Henry Kalemi of Winthrop, class of 2028, majoring in Biomedical Engineering

Amir Mahmoud of Winthrop, , class of 2029, majoring in Biology and Biotechnology

Owen Nargi of Winthrop, , class of 2029, majoring in Biology and Biotechnology and Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Wyatt Teixeira of Winthrop class of 2029, majoring in Aerospace Engineering

Alec Waxer of Winthrop, class of 2027, majoring in Environmental Engineering

More than 7,500 URI students named to Fall 2025 Dean’s List

The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that several area students have been named to its Fall 2025 Dean’s List. Among them are:

Sage Calinda of Winthrop

Juliana Demers of Winthrop

Ava Hawrylciw of Winthrop

To be included on the Dean’s List, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. Part-time students qualify with the accumulation of 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable earning at least a 3.30 quality point average.

Students named to the Dean’s List represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, and many other states and countries.

Roger Williams University Announces Fall 2025 Dean’s List

 Select students have been named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester.

Alexander Daigneault of Winthrop

Christopher Gibbons of Winthrop

Bergeron-Laws of Winthrop has achieved Dean’s List for Fall of 2025 at NECC

To be included, students must attain a grade point average of 3.3 or higher within the term, carry six or more credits within the term, and be matriculated in a degree program.

SNHU Announces Fall 2025 President’s List

It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2025 President’s List. The fall terms run from September to December.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.

Matthew Conner

Aaliyah German

Thomas Rikkola

Maya Sepe

Duffy Named to SNHU Dean’s List

 Molly Duffy of Winthrop (02152) has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Fall 2025 Dean’s List. The fall terms run from September to December.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.

UAlbany Welcomes Kevin Gil of Winthrop as New Student for Fall 2025

The University at Albany is welcoming Kevin Gil of Winthrop, MA, for the start of the Fall 2025 semester.

Gil, who is majoring in Business Administration (Intended), is among some 5,482 new Great Danes to enroll this semester.

More than 2,801 first-year students, from 35,664 applicants, are joining UAlbany’s Class of 2029, with 358 students selected to be part of the University’s Honors College, and 250 students enrolled as Presidential Scholars.

In addition, more than 1,258 transfer students and 1,423 new graduate students are joining the campus community this fall.

The Class of 2029 is among the most diverse in University history, with 56.6 percent coming from historically underrepresented groups. Students also hail from 30 different states and 39 countries. The class boasts an overall high school average of 90.2 percent.

The University at Albany is one of the most diverse public research institutions in the nation and a national leader in educational equity and social mobility. As a Carnegie-classified R1 institution, UAlbany faculty and students are advancing our understanding of the world in fields like artificial intelligence, atmospheric and environmental sciences, business, education, public health, social sciences, criminal justice, humanities, emergency preparedness, engineering, public administration, and social welfare. Our courses are taught by an accomplished roster of faculty experts with student success at the center of everything we do. Through our parallel commitments to academic excellence, scientific discovery, and service to community, UAlbany molds bright, curious, and engaged leaders and launches great careers.

AVA BESHERE Inducted Into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 

Saint Anselm College student Ava Beshere from Winthrop, MA, a Nursing major in the class of 2026, has been inducted into the Epsilon Tau-at-Large Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing for the 2025-2026 academic year.  

Sigma Theta Tau is the second-largest nursing organization in the world with over 135,000 active members in more than 100 countries globally. The society is committed to advancing world health and celebrating nursing excellence through scholarships, leadership, and service.

AVA BESHERE  Named to Dean’s List for Fall 2025 Semester 

Saint Anselm College has released the Dean’s List of high academic achievers for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year. To be eligible for this honor, a student must have achieved a grade point average of 3.4 or better in the semester with at least 12 credits of study which award a letter grade. This semester there were a total of 702 students from 25 states, the District of Colombia, and 3 countries.

Mark W. Cronin, Dean of the College, announced that the following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2025 semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

• Ava Beshere, Nursing Major