Watertown Students Make Dean’s List, Local Student Completes Research Project

Seven students from Watertown made the dean’s list Quinnipiac, Springfield College and Regis College, plus a local student completed an intensive research project. See the announcement from the colleges below:

Quinnipiac

The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2025 semester at Quinnipiac University:

 Dante Cosco Marina Garcia-Rangel

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 with no grade lower than C. Full-time students must complete at least 14 credits in a semester, with at least 12 credits that have been graded on a letter grade basis to be eligible. Part-time students must complete at least six credits during a semester. Names followed by an asterisk denotes with honors. Springfield College

Springfield College has named Nathan Master from Watertown, MA to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the 2025 fall semester.

Watertown Students Make Dean’s List, Presents Research Project

Watertown students attending college at Saint Anselm, James Madison, the University of Wisconsin, Northern Essex Community College, Hofstra, Assumption, SNHU, and Lasell made the dean’s list during the fall of 2025, and a student at Emmanuel College presented his research project. See details in the announcements provided by the colleges and universities. Saint Anselm

Saint Anselm College has released the Dean’s List of high academic achievers for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year. To be eligible for this honor, a student must have achieved a grade point average of 3.4 or better in the semester with at least 12 credits of study which award a letter grade. This semester there were a total of 702 students from 25 states, the District of Colombia, and 3 countries.

Watertown Students Earn Honors, Graduate & More

Watertown students at MCPHS, Hamilton College, Holy Cross, SNHU, Rhode Island, and Muhlenberg College have received honors, graduated or had other achievements. Honors List

MCPHS University

Ayushi Saxena of Watertown, Massachusetts, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University. Saxena is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership.

Watertown Student Earns Interdisciplinary Studies Award from Emerson College

The following announcement was provided by Emerson College:

Emerson College student Nel Blinman of Watertown earned a Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies Award in spring 2025 at the end of the academic year, recognizing students for their achievements during a ceremony. Blinman, who is majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies and is a member of the Class of 2027, earned the Robert E. Engel Award. The award, established in 2011 in honor of Bob Engel, a Marlboro faculty member for 36 years, is awarded to a student who demonstrates Bob’s passion for the natural world and his keen powers of observation and inquiry as a natural historian. The Marlboro Institute puts the “I” at the center of Emerson students’ education-one that is Individualized, Interdisciplinary, Inquiry-based, and Integrative in approach with respect to the different liberal arts disciplines on offer and their connectivity to the arts and communication strengths of Emerson College. About Emerson College

Emerson College is uniquely dedicated to the arts and communication, educating and inspiring storytellers and artists to impact and advance creative industries and media throughout the world.

See Which Watertown Students Made the Dean’s List, Earned College Honors During Spring 2025

Dozens of Watertown students earned honors at their colleges or universities during the spring semester of 2025. See the announcements sent by their institutions below. SNHU

It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Spring 2025 President’s List. The spring terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List.

College Students from Watertown Earn College Honors, Graduate

Students from Watertown earned honors at Lasell and Wisconsin, and graduated from Stonehill, and Texas. The following information was provided by the colleges and universities:

Honors

Lasell University

The Spring 2025 Dean’s List includes students who have completed at least 12 credits as a full-time student in that semester and have achieved a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. Georgy Arshakyan of Watertown MA

Kayleigh Dore of Watertown MA

Alicia Karunaratne of Watertown MA

Theo Jacobs of Watertown MA

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter 021, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, initiated 101 students and 3 honorary members into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society this year, including Watertown’s Cecelia Maillis. 

The 105th Phi Kappa Phi Induction Ceremony, was held on April 27 in Tripp Commons; Evjue Centennial Professor Douglas McLeod was the keynote speaker speaking on “News Coverage of Social Protest in a Polarized Political Landscape.” Honorary membership was granted to three UW-Madison faculty/staff: McLeod of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Pete Keys, Associate Director for Admissions & Engagement for the College of Letters & Science Honors Program; and Diana Rodriguez-Gomez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy. Phi Kappa Phi recognizes the achievements of the most outstanding students in every school and college at UW-Madison.

Dozens of Local Students Earn Honors at Several Colleges & Universities

Many Watertown students made the honors list at their college or university, another was part of an award winning project and one graduated. Among the colleges were UMass Amherst, Tufts, Emmanuel, Simmons, WPI, Wentworth, Wisconsin, Hamilton, Holy Cross, Minnesota, Salve Regina, William & Mary, Saint Anselm and Miami University. The following announcements were provided by the colleges and universities. UMass Amherst

The following students were named to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  

Students are appointed to the Dean’s List at the end of a semester in which they have completed a minimum of 12 graded credits and have earned a grade point average of 3.500 or better.  Ariana Aufiero Philip Centola Aidan Conneely Lana Curic Carina DeLorio Riley Donlan Ronan Greene Levon Gukasyan Benjamin Heep Jackson Helie Olivia Hoover Deion Howe Alyce Judge Lara Kebabjian Ilana Krebs Liam Lawn Maeve Lawn Robert Martirosyan Veronica Merhy Selina Nebiye Ruari O’Sullivan John Pavlidis Vishakha Rath Henry Sarris Oscar Shepard Adelle Sheynkman Benjamin Surenian Isabella Tancredo Daniel Tattrie Alexandra Thuene Hrachya Tonyan Gregory Venizelos Anna Zarkadas Christina Zouein

WPI

Marley Fortune is a member of one of two undergraduate teams that won first place in the 2024 President’s IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

Watertown Students Earn College Honors at Le Moyne, Dean, Hofstra, Plymouth St., Norwich, URI & SNHU

More than a dozen Watertown students earned honors at their college. The schools they attend include Le Moyne College, Dean College, Hofstra University, Plymouth State, Norwich University, University of Rhode Island, and Southern New Hampshire University. Le Moyne College

Lucy Romano, Freshman Marketing and Business Analytics major from Watertown, MA, has been named to the Le Moyne College Fall 2024 Dean’s List. To make the list, students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above. Located in a suburban setting on a picturesque 160-acre campus in Syracuse, N.Y., Le Moyne College is one of only 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.