Amherst

Michael Harkins Barry received a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he majored in economics.

Greta Lennon Devoney graduated magna cum laude from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California with a major in communication and minor in marketing. She recently completed an internship in entertainment market research at National Research Group in Los Angeles.

Melina Lennon Devoney graduated cum laude from Occidental College, Los Angeles with a degree in biology. Devoney also received the Yeomans Athletic Award for excellence in the class room and in an individual sport. She will work as assistant cross country and track coach at Occidental prior to pursuing a graduate degree next year.

Belchertown

Noa Pisani was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.

Erin Finn was named to the president’s list at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Her major is music performance.

Sunderland

Amber Niedbala, daughter of Karen and John Niedbala, graduated from Springfield College in May with a bachelor’s degree in health science.

Crystal Niedbala, daughter of Karen and John Niedbala, was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She is enrolled in the Isenberg School of Management.

Hadley

Kacy Ninteau, daughter of Jill and Steve Ninteau of Orange, recently graduated from Mahar Regional High School where she was valedictorian of her class. She is the granddaughter of Patricia Pipczynski and the late John Pipczynski of Hadley. She will be attending Brandeis University, Waltham, in the fall with a neuro science pre med major.

Framingham StateUniversity

The following local students, with the exception of DeFilippo, received bachelor’s degrees from the university in Framingham:

Belchertown: Jennifer DeFilippo received a master’s degree in nursing; Kelly Thompson

Holyoke Community College

The following area students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at the college in Holyoke.

Amherst: Hesham Ahmed, Arfa Ayaz Ansari, Paula I. Ayala Martinez, Damien Kayne Crockett, Yulia El Khoury

Brandon Listernick Estrada, Catherine Elizabeth Fox, Alexander Jacob Friedman, James Richard Gross

Laura Dorfman Hardegree, Jill Jarrett, Sara R. Lord, Jamie Ruth Mayer, Alison Marie McIntire, Brianna Marie Owen

Phung Kieu Yen Pham, Nicolas Martin Reda, Alexander Joseph Pienkawa Rosenbach, Marcela Rosenberg

Samuel Olukayode Teluwo Jr., Miriam Tess Trobaugh, Elena Valenzuela-Stookey, Karell A. Zea, Xiaobin Zheng, Nan Zhou.

Belchertown: Cody Rudolph Amelisko, Melissa Jean Anderson, Chelsea Beaulieu, Allison R, Crowner, Joran Moses Florian

Isabelle Marie Griffin, Aisling Aileen Hannah, Brittany L. Lamotte, Samantha Marie Laramee, Alexis Morgan LaVallee, Ryan Lee McIntosh

Richard D. Megarry, Makenzie Rose Mikalunas, Mikayla Mae Mikalunas, Brandon Joseph Netkovick, Devang D. Patel

Hannah Nicole Pease, Lucas Andrew Reed, Nicholas Sarna, Sara A. Sears, Aryell Mae Sugrue, Sheila Sullivan, Ming Ze Sun

Carl Frank Teschke, Andrew Tocci, Liam Thomas Weston, Alexander Scott Wordsworth

Deerfield: Michelle Mary Melnik

Hadley: Miguel Aquino Jr., Richard T. Downie, Noah M. Koski, Cynthia Maddison, Ethan Pierre Picard, Lucian Robert Picariello, MohamadZachary Yahman

Leverett: Daniel E. Mashrick

Pelham: Drew Lewis Delorey, Matthew DiPoto

Shutesbury: Susan Brigitta Reyes

South Deerfield: Sara Ells

Sunderland: Paul Jones, Maija Lee Orlovsky Nagels, Katie L. Suprenant

Wagner College

Graduating from the college on Staten Island, New York, is Emma E. Konieczny of Hadley, who was awarded a master’s degree in advanced physician assistant studies.

Western New EnglandUniversity

The following local doctor of pharmacy degree students were named to spring semester dean’s list at the college in Springfield:

Belchertown: Pegah Shakeraneh; Karolina Kwietniak

Sunderland: Jessica Zewski