A New Record of Students Graduating with Honors
A record number of students are graduating with University Honors in 2018-19! These students completed 18 credits of honors coursework and a senior project or thesis. They also earned many other university recognitions, such as two the student recognitions at the May 2019 Undergraduate Commencement: Jaileene Arriaga - the John G. Lee Medal and Destynie Medeiros - the Ribicoff Prize.
Several of these high-achieving students are ready to begin their careers:
For the complete list of the 70 honors graduates in 2018-19, please see below:
A&S
Barney
CETA
Hartt
Several of these high-achieving students are ready to begin their careers:
- Iliana Albion-Poles, Acoustical Consultant at Veneklasen Associates
- Angelica Ansbacher, Music Teacher in West Hartford
- Jarod Beauregard, Videographer at Commercial Media Solutions
- Maria Chiaia, Radiologic Technologist at Advanced Orthopedics New England
- Alyssa Hernandez, Calissa’s Counseling Services (and grad. school above)
- Marissa Jayawickrema, Fellowship at Newman's Own Foundation
- Gabrielle Legall, Fellowship with Guyana Ministry of Health
- Liam Walker, Insurance Agent for New York Life
- Ethan Wagner, Acoustical Engineer at Bose
- Taylor Zitkus, Leadership Trainee at Cigna Insurance
- Many others have been accepted for graduate study:
- Angelica Ansbacher, M.A. (part-time) at Teachers College at Columbia U.
- Goodson Bannerman, MSAT at University of Hartford
- John Case, M.S. in Acoustics at Penn State
- Alyssa Hernandez, M.A. in in social work at Saint Joseph’s
- Billy McLaughlin, Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University
- Destynie Medeiros, Ph.D. in neuroscience at University of Alabama
- Hannah Moore, M.A. in Counseling: Art Therapy at Adler University
- Alexa Perrefort, M.A. in Remedial Language Arts at Fairfield University
- Holly Pianka, Psy.D in Clinical Psychology at Immaculata University
- Robert Stone, M.F.A. in Photography atRochester Institute of Technology
- Bergin Sullivan, MBA at University of Hartford
- Nina Vazquez, M.A. in Latin American Studies at UConn
For the complete list of the 70 honors graduates in 2018-19, please see below:
A&S
- Jaileene Arriaga, Sociology/Politics and Government*
- Jarod Beauregard, Cinema*
- Derek Bonaparte, Communications
- Kevin Bonaparte, Computer Science
- Avery Buehler, Computer Science*
- Samantha DeGruccio, Criminal Justice
- Alyssa Hernandez, Psychology*
- Zack Holcomb, Cinema*
- Marissa Jayawickrema, History*
- Peter Jones-Torregrosa, Psychology
- Dima Karakitukova International Studies – Dec. 2018*
- Gabrielle Legall, Chemistry/Biology*
- Kelly Mecozzi, Psychology - December 2018
- Billy McLaughlin, Biology
- Destynie Medeiros, Biology*
- Sherby Michel, Politics and Government*
- Hannah Moore, Psychology
- Michelle Mor, English*
- Justice Page, Criminal Justice*
- Holly Pianka, Psychology/Political Science*
- Jaleyca Rivera, Psychology
- Briana Rutland, Biology
- Samantha Soucy, Cinema*
- Stefanie Szot, Communications*
- Nina Vasquez, Criminal Justice/Political science*
- Taylor Zitkus, Politics and Government – Dec. 2018*
Barney
- Godson Bannerman, December 2018
- Fredrik Ekman, Economics and Finance
- Bergin Sullivan, Business Management
- Maggie Qiu, December 2018
- Liam Walker, Economics and Finance
CETA
- Iliana Albion-Pole, Mechanical Engineering
- Jacob Amero, Mechanical Engineering
- Ethan Casavant, Mechanical Engineering
- John Case, Mechanical Engineering
- Joseph Gokey, Architecture
- Javier Melecio, Mechanical Engineering
- Lucas Sapin, Engineering Interdisciplinary
- Ethan Wagner, Mechanical Engineering
- Thompson Akele, Pre-Osteopathic Medicine
- Maria Chiaia, Radiologic Technology
- Madison Markey, Physical Therapy
- Tess Michaud, Elementary/Special Education
- Alexa Perrefort, Int Elementary/Special Education
- Christina Titarenko, Health Sciences
- Elyse Wallach, Elementary/Special Education
Hartt
- Angelica Ansbacher, Music
- Danny Brown, Music Theater
- Austin Doughty, Actor Training
- Gabrielle Filloux, Music Theater
- Natalie Harde, Music Theater
- Tobias Haus, Music Composition
- Genevieve Hendrix, Music Theater
- Haley Huxley, Music Theater
- Max Kile, Music Theater
- Connor Lanier, Music Theater
- Ariana Ortmann, BFA Acting
- Jessica Schreiner, Music History/Performance
- Keith Sisterhenm, Trombone – Dec. 2018
- Matthew Werner, Music Theater
- Katherine Wolff, Music Theater
- Benjamin Yuscavage, Music Education/Percussion
- Teresa Cardona, Illustration
- Natalie Cruz, Visual Communication and Design
- Daniella Minichino, Illustration
- Alyssa Petrancosta, Graphic Design
- Julia Scott, Visual Communication Design & Illustration
- Robert Stone, Photography (December 2018)