Elizabeth Mabee, a student at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, will volunteer during Alternative Spring Break. Mabee will team up with CASS Community Social Services, which offers food, housing, health services and jobs programs for Detroit residents.
Paige Murphy, a member of the class of 2020, has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at Stonehill College in Easton, where she is majoring in criminology.
Connecticut College
The following local students were named to the fall semester dean’s list at the college in New London, Connecticut.
Amherst: Frances Brown, class of 2020, high honors, undeclared; Mei Reffsin, class of 2017, high honors, art; Samuel Simonds, class of 2019, high honors, film studies
The following local students have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at MCPHS University in Boston.
Amherst: Allison Lam, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical and health care business, class of 2018
Belchertown: Angela Martoccia Grabazs, pursuing a doctor of pharmacy, class of 2022; and Urvi Patel, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in premedical and health studies (physician assistant studies), class of 2018
The following local students were named to the first semester honor roll at the school in Granby.
Hadley: Reece Tramazzo, grade 6, maximum honors; Courtney Hurley, grade 12, honors; Jessica Hurley, grade 12, high honors
Merrimack College
Local students named to the fall semester dean’s list at the college in North Andover include Mary Lavallee and Rebecca Towne, both of South Hadley.
The following local students were named to the fall semester dean’s list at the college in Morrisville, New York.
Mikaela Cormier and Brianna Peeso, both of Belchertown
Rochester Institute of Technology
The following local resident was named to the fall semester dean’s list at RIT in Rochester:
Jacob Potter of Belchertown, studying computer science;
The following local residents were named to the fall semester dean’s list at the college in Boston.
Amherst: Yeji Lee, undeclared
Belchertown: Kate Annalise Bowers, undeclared
Hadley: Devon Zoe Eckert, marketing
Sunderland: Juliana Clare Blodgett, public health
The following local residents graduated recently from Simmons.
Amherst: Zoe Keenan received a master’s degree in library and information science.
Pelham: Helene Flittie received a bachelor’s degree in arts administration; Natane Halasz received a master’s degree in library and information science.
Western Governors
University
The following local residents have received their degree from WGU in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Gurudarshan Morse of Amherst received his master’s degree in mathematics education, 5 through 12; Keith Bessette of Granby received his bachelor’s degree in information technology; Cydney Mulveyhill of South Hadley received her bachelor’s degree in nursing.
The following local residents graduated from WNEU, Springfield, in February.
Belchertown: Megan Granger, master’s degree in creative writing-fiction; Brittani Allen, bachelor’s degree in general biology; Karen Mercier, bachelor’s degree in business administration-accounting, with honors; Peter Spotts, master’s degree of business administration
Granby: Joshua Labonte, bachelor’s degree in business administration-accounting, summa cum laude
South Hadley: Thomas Antunes, bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering


