Top First-Year °®½´ÊÓÆµ Students Recognized at Celebration
Nov 13, 2017
Front row: Julianna Moffitt; Karen Wegst, adjunct instructor of education; Alec Karcher; Sharissa Morton; Katelyn Szymkowski; Jessica Schrader; Sydney MacInnis; Dr. Shannon Lupien, assistant professor of psychological sciences; Dung Dinh; Alison Greaves; Lynne Landon, instructor of biology; and Bridget Niland, director of athletics/associate professor of business administration. Back row: Derrick Swartz, chemistry lab coordinator; Dr. Jonathan Good, associate professor of biology; and Dr. Shirley Peterson, dean of arts and sciences. (Not pictured: Samantha Barker and Sarah Lewandowski)
Top First-Year °®½´ÊÓÆµ Students Recognized at Celebration
Nov 13, 2017AMHERST, N.Y. – The top 10 first-year °®½´ÊÓÆµ College students who earned the highest grade point average in their first year at the college were recently recognized at a luncheon celebration that for the first time included a ceremonial ringing of the new Founders Bell.
In honor of their academic excellence, prior to the on campus luncheon each student participated in ringing °®½´ÊÓÆµâ€™s Founders Bell, which was dedicated this fall at the college’s inaugural Founders Celebration.
The top students, who had a minimum cumulative 3.97 GPA, represent majors in biochemistry, business administration, early childhood education, nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and psychology.
Honorees for the 2016-17 academic year are:
- Samantha Barker of Hilton, physical therapy major.
- Dung Dinh of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, psychology major.
- Alison Greaves of Amherst, nursing major.
- Alec Karcher of Lancaster, undeclared major.
- Sarah Lewandowski of Lancaster, physical therapy major.
- Sydney MacInnis of Superior, Colo., business administration major with a marketing specialization.
- Julianna Moffitt of Mission Viejo, Calif., early childhood education major.
- Sharissa Morton of Churchville, physician assistant studies major.
- Jessica Schrader of Jamestown, biochemistry/pre-veterinary medicine major.
- Katelyn Szymkowski of Lancaster, physician assistant studies major.
The luncheon also included special acknowledgements by honored students for selected faculty members considered inspirational in their academic success at °®½´ÊÓÆµ. Pictured below is Sydney MacInnis ringing °®½´ÊÓÆµâ€™s Founders Bell.