On Campus: Great Achievements By College Students From Ellington And Somers

ELLINGTON-SOMERS, CT — Here are some recent notable accomplishments by local college students, as provided by readMedia Newswire. More great feats will be noted as they are received in the coming weeks.

Elms College, Chicopee MA

• Thomas Kennison of Somers received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Elms College following the conclusion of the spring 2025 semester. Kennison was among 279 students who received their degrees in December.

Hofstra University, Hempstead NY

• Katherine Adams of Ellington excelled during the spring 2025 semester at Hofstra, achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 to earn a spot on the Dean's List. Katherine's major is music business.

University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY

• Tara McLean of Ellington has been named to the University at Buffalo's spring 2025 dean's list. McLean was among 5,667 students named to UB's spring 2025 dean's list.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT

• Halei Frey of Ellington was named to the University of Bridgeport's spring 2025 Dean's List. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have a term grade point average of between 3.2-3.69.

University of Connecticut, Storrs CT

• A number of Ellington and Somers residents recently received degrees at the University of Connecticut. From Ellington: Layla Abushaqra, Aravind Adusumalli, Ashley-Hope Agnew, Amanda Ameral, Michael Asante, Tyler Bennett, Eesham Bhattacharyya, Jonathan Bruno, Ethan Canna, Hannah Capello, Jamie DiDato, Patrick Dobrowolski, Chloe Goodin, Emily Gorman, Andrew Gregory, Bryce Grigaitis, Frances Kim, Emma Kloter, Evelyn Landau, Rachel Mangold, Matthew Mateya, Eve Mattson, Delaney Munter, Pranav Nair, Tarun Nori, Kirill O'Neil, Vic Palmer-Lavoie, Ethan Peck, Xavier Rodrigues, Joshua Roy, Tyler Sakos, Emma Spartz, Raghav Srivastava, Aidan Stimac, Jordan Terry, Penelope Torres and John Wrynn. From Somers: Alyssa Albano, Adam Argiro, Emily Brayton, Ella Deveau, Alexander Grzelak, Taya Hester, Caelyn Hoffman, Conner Kocot, John Medrek, Hannah Renzoni, Laura Riley, Serena Robidoux, Andrew Skalski, Gabrielle Tullock, Angela Young and Kyle Yvon.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA

• Four Somers students and a resident of Ellington were among the undergraduate students named to the university's spring 2025 Dean's List. The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differ from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI students are named to the Dean's List based on the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and hands-on projects. Local honores and their majors are Katherine Bernier from Somers, class of 2028, biomedical engineering; Nicholas Calcasola from Somers, class of 2027, computer science and data science; Grace Chagnon from Somers, class of 2028, data science; Gabriel D'Amour from Somers, class of 2027, data science; and Griffin St. Pierre from Ellington, class of 2026, biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering.