On March 24th, faculty, students and families gathered in the Massry Center for the Arts to celebrate academic excellence at The College of Saint Rose. Congratulations to the many graduate students who were honored at the 2012 Honors Convocation for their scholarly achievements.

Dr. David Szczerbacki, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, congratulated the students, noting “Honors Convocation is an annual reminder about what is important and why we are all here – student learning and achievement, which are a direct result of our faculty’s passion about excellence in the teaching-learning process.”

Below are the graduate students who received honors:

School of Arts and Humanities:

Art Education – Diane Lecours

Communications – Elizabeth Frear

English – Kaitlin Affrunti and Brianne St. John

Music Education – Marissa Mazzei

School of Business:

BS/MS Accounting – Maryellen Dunkle

MS in Accounting – Wencan Xie

BS/MBA – Heather Feiden

MBA – Rikki Signoracci

Thelma P. Lally School of Education:

Adolescence Education – Julie Gabriel and Holly Kingstrom

Adolescence Education/Special Education – Samuel Ratti

Childhood Education – Eileen Galough

Childhood Education/Special Education – Jessica Lawrence

College Student Services Administration – Heather Shaw Clark and Jennifer Long

Communication Sciences and Disorders – Jordan Nieto

Curriculum and Instruction – Christopher DeConno

Early Childhood Education – Danielle Wood

Educational Leadership Advanced Certificate Program – Gayle Reed

Educational Leadership Master’s Degree Program – Nancy Baghai-Rad

Educational Psychology – Diana Akhmedjanova (click here to see Diana’s Student Spotlight post)

Educational Technology Specialist – Kimberly Bisner

Literacy: Birth-Grade 6 – Kaitlyn Madden

Literacy: Grades 5-12 – Lindsay Jones

Mental Health Counseling: Community – Stephanie Coppa and Stephanie Oakley

Mental Health Counseling: College – Faith Enemark (click here to see Faith’s Student Spotlight post)

Professional Special Education – Elizabeth Foley and Kimberli Sullivan

School Counseling – Christina Rizio

School Psychology – Christine Jones

Special Education/Adolescence Education – Katie Tittemore

Special Education: Grades 1-6 – Jenna Hughes

School of Mathematics and Sciences:

Computer Information Systems – Carl Bianchi

Special Awards:

Institute for Community Research and Training Award for Excellence in Research – Samantha Rosetti

Joyce Coon Memorial Award (awarded to a graduate student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program who has demonstrated excellence in the area of adult neurogenic communication disorders and swallowing.) – Pui Mei Lam

 

Best wishes to all the graduate students honored at this year’s Honors Convocation!