Local Residents Earn Academic Honors at Dominican College Honors Convocation

On November 21, Dominican College students were recognized for academic achievement at the College’s annual Honors Convocation. During the Honors Convocation Ceremony, students who were named to the Dean’s List for one or more complete years were awarded a symbol appropriate to academic excellence, the tassel that graduates wear during commencement.

These distinctively colored tassels signify the sustained quality of their academic work at Dominican. White tassels were awarded for superior achievement for one complete academic year. Red tassels were awarded for exceptional accomplishment in College studies for two complete academic years. Gold tassels were awarded to those students who have maintained outstanding academic records for three complete academic years. Honors Convocation also includes induction of students into Alpha Chi, the national honor society. These students have pledged themselves to both scholarship and service. Membership is limited to the top 10 percent of an institution’s juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

The following local residents were recognized:

Kristen Donnelly of Sloatsburg was awarded a gold tassel

Sarah Dugandzic of Suffern was awarded a gold tassel

Joshua Pilgrim of Hillcrest was awarded a gold tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Demy Sebastian of New City was awarded a gold tassel

Gladys Anne Alonzo of Nanuet was awarded a red tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Joseph Carlo of Garnerville was awarded a red tassel

Casey Donohue of Salisbury Mills was awarded a red tassel

Kerianne Dudley of Nanuet was awarded a red tassel

Erika Dunn of West Nyack was awarded a red tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Jennifer Eisenberg of Congers was awarded a red tassel

Brittany Kohl of Bardonia was awarded a red tassel

Chaya Lapp of Spring Valley was awarded a red tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Michael Lemon of Stony Point was awarded a red tassel

Geethika Madhusudhanan of Spring Valley was awarded a red tassel

Kevin Medina of Valley Cottage was awarded a red tassel

Deirdre O’Reilly of Stony Point was awarded a red tassel

Kareen Phillips of Spring Valley was awarded a red tassel

Bethany Stevens of Stony Point was awarded a red tassel

Jennifer Woolley of Stony Point was awarded a red tassel

Kamila Wysocki of Spring Valley was awarded a red tassel

Jordyn Banks of New City was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Janice Berwick of Pearl River was awarded a white tassel

Jennifer Campbell of West Nyack was awarded a white tassel

Michael Canzona of Tappan was awarded a white tassel

Kathleen Corbett of Nanuet was awarded a white tassel

Elizabeth Correale of Stony Point was awarded a white tassel

Nikki Culianos of Pomona was awarded a white tassel

Heather Eisenstadt of New City was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Kinga Fontanilla of Spring Valley was awarded a white tassel

Adam Garcia of Stony Point was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Michael Grieco of Valley Cottage was awarded a white tassel

Camille Hamlet of New City was awarded a white tassel

Tara Hanratty of Congers was awarded a white tassel

Christina Hennessy of Pearl River was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Angela Hill of Garnerville was awarded a white tassel

Brittany Hitchings of Pomona was awarded a white tassel

Ashley Keane of West Nyack was awarded a white tassel

Matthew Landes of Tappan was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Fredrew Lebrun of Pomona was awarded a white tassel

Althea March of New City was awarded a white tassel

Pasquale Marciano of Congers was awarded a white tassel

Elana Marinelli of Suffern was awarded a white tassel

Kathleen McCarthy of Nanuet was awarded a white tassel

Elger Montesclaros of Bardonia was awarded a white tassel

Maricrys Popolizio of Nanuet was awarded a white tassel

Kelly Prisco of Valley Cottage was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Jason Reyes of Pomona was awarded a white tassel

Samantha Rivera of Garnerville was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Alanna Rooney of New City was awarded a white tassel

Ioannis Roussos of Sloatsburg was awarded a white tassel

Jason Schmidt of Valley Cottage was awarded a white tassel

Melissa Shurman of West Haverstraw was awarded a white tassel

Christopher Speno of West Nyack was awarded a white tassel

Keenah Stewart of Nyack was awarded a white tassel

Laura Towey of New City was awarded a white tassel

Karen Victoria of New City was awarded a white tassel and was inducted into Alpha Chi

Alicia Wilson of Haverstraw was awarded a white tassel

Karen Wolf of New City was awarded a white tassel

Christy Woods of Tappan was awarded a white tassel

Phyllip Augustin of Pomona was inducted into Alpha chi

Stephanie Chapman of Wesley Hills was inducted into Alpha chi

Brianna Lalji of Pomona was inducted into Alpha chi

Kathryn Scherf of Sparkill was inducted into Alpha chi

Alpha Chi student leadership at Dominican College and their faculty advisors have created two annual awards – one for the new member of the honor society who has most notably shown commitments to both scholarship and service, and the other for a student who, after his or her first year, has shown promise of such commitments. This year the Dr. John Lounibos Award for outstanding commitments to the Dominican College Chapter of Alpha Chi was awarded to Heather Breittholz of Wallkill, NY. The Sr. Miriam Catherine Nevins Award for outstanding promise was awarded to Camille Hamlet of New City, NY.