Shannon Whidden of Hatfield, right, plays tic-tac-toe with her nephew Matthew Reopel, 1, of South Deerfield, during a visit May 24, 2017 to Look Park in Florence.
Shannon Whidden of Hatfield, right, plays tic-tac-toe with her nephew Matthew Reopel, 1, of South Deerfield, during a visit May 24, 2017 to Look Park in Florence.

Amherst

Zhen Cui received a doctorate degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Belchertown

Erica Boileau earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Hadley

Kristen Mokrzecki graduated from Springfield College, receiving a master’s degree from the school of social work. Mokrzecki is the daughter of Paul and Carla Mokrzecki. She is a 2011 graduate of Hopkins Academy and a 2015 graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She has accepted a position with South Bay of Springfield as a clinical social worker.

South Hadley

Rebecca Towne and Thomas Dowd received degrees from Merrimack College in North Andover.

Curry College

The following area students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the college in Milton.

Tatyana Almore of Belchertown; Lindsey Gaouette and Elizabeth Mercier, both of South Hadley; Savannah Ring of Hadley, and Angela Tocchio of Granby.

Northfield Mount Hermon

The following local graduated May 21 from the school in Mount Hermon.

Hann-Yu Wu and Eniola Ajao, both of Amherst; Milo Douglas of Sunderland