College Degrees and Honors Awarded To New City Residents

Berklee College of Music in Boston announced Alyssa Gutierrez earned placement on the Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2012 academic year. To be eligible for this honor, a full-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or above; a part-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.6 or above.

Berkeley College announced Stephen Jean-Baptiste, who attends the White Plains location, made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2012 Quarter. Students who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or better with a minimum of 12 academic credits qualify for the Dean’s List.

Ithaca College student Scott Koblick was among 51 New York college students to receive a $2,500 Excellence in Accounting Scholarship. Given annually by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and its Foundation for Accounting Education, the scholarships are awarded annually to accounting students on the basis of academic achievement. An accounting major, Koblick will begin his senior year this fall.

During its Spring Commencement Weekend May 19-20, the University at Albany awarded 2,870 degrees, including 2,000 undergraduate and 870 graduate degrees. Local recipients included: George Albero graduated with a Bachelor of Arts; Danielle Kastrat graduated with a Bachelor of Arts; Eric Laitman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts; Jonathan Laurent graduated with a Bachelor of Science; Jacqueline Goggin graduated with a Master of Science; Sonia Tharathattel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts; Nazanin Daee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts; Joel Zimmerman graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Allison Moodhe graduated with a Bachelor of Science.

Ivy Hattem was cited for academic achievement for the Spring 2012 Semester at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi. Hattem, a Culinary Arts Management major, qualified for the Dean's List, which requires an academic average of 3.50 and above and six credit hours or more within the semester.

Michelle Eberhart, a student athlete at Binghamton University, was named to the spring 2012 Athletic Director's Honor Roll after achieving semester grade point averages (GPA) of 3.30 or higher. Eberhart, who is on the Women's Track & Field team and pursuing a major in English, attended Clarkstown South High School.