Milton Students Earn Academic Honors

The following are announcements of academic accomplishments for Milton residents.

Milton Residents Inducted into Honor Societies at Providence College

The following local residents were recently inducted into the Providence College chapters of national honor societies:

• Daniel Carroll, a resident of Milton, and a member of the class of 2014 at Providence College, was inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the national honor society for Economics. Carroll is pursuing a degree in Quantitative Economics.
• Ian Mulhern, a resident of Milton,  and a member of the class of 2014 at Providence College, was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the national honor society for History. Mulhern is pursuing a degree in History.

Christopher Norris Receives Recognition at Champlain College Awards Dinner

Christopher Norris a resident of Milton, was honored at Champlain College's annual awards dinner for the Division of Communication and Creative Media. Norris, a senior majoring in Graphic Design & Digital Media received the Design Achievement Award. The annual dinner, which took place at the Champlain College Gymnasium recognized outstanding students and their achievements throughout the Division of Communication and Creative Media.

Kelly Leavitt Inducted Into International Honor Society for Business at Quinnipiac University

Kelly Leavitt of Milton was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business at Quinnipiac University on Wednesday, April 10.

To be eligible for induction, students must be ranked in the top 7 percent of their junior class, the top 10 percent of their senior class or the top 20 percent of their graduate student class, and must maintain a GPA above 3.75.

Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, and it is the highest academic honor that a business student can attain.

Milton Resident Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Colby College

Holly E. Mawn of Milton, a senior at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa this spring. Membership in the society is one of the highest academic honors an undergraduate student can achieve.

Mawn, who is majoring in psychology, was one of 48 students to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Colby. A graduate of Milton Academy, she is the daughter of Peter Mawn and Sandra Carr of Milton.

Milton Native Myron Inglis Named Stonehill SURE Scholar

A total of 50 Stonehill College students will work with 32 faculty members on a variety of research projects over the coming summer of 2013 and Milton native Myron Inglis, a junior at the College, will work with Jennifer Swanson of the Business Administration Department on An Exploration of the Relationship between Microfinance and Government Policies.

Through their research, they will attempt to determine what role the government plays in supporting microfinance. They will explore this relationship by creating a theoretical model detailing the relationship between macroeconomic government policies and microfinance lending and will apply it to the MicroLoan Foundation and its operations in Malawi.

Inglis, an international business and economics major, will assist in every step of the research and will co-author an article for the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute annual conference, and will be submitted for publication in the International Leadership Journal or the Journal of Microfinance.

The scholars and their faculty mentors are the 18th group to work under the Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program, which provides students with an opportunity to perform significant, publishable research under the guidance of an experienced faculty researcher. The research experience will help to provide students with a competitive advantage in graduate and professional school applications and in post-college employment opportunities, as well as to provide assistance to faculty in research activities.