Nicholas Garofalo and Benjamin Wicki made the Dean’s List at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, for the fall 2008 semester. To made Dean’s List at Sacred Heart University students must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.6 out of a 4.0 scale.

Diana Curcuruto was named to the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Hofstra University, Long Island, N.Y. Diana is studying music at the university.

Kristen DeCesare was named to the Dean’s List at Quinnipiac University in Hamden for the fall 2008 semester.

Shane Blomberg, Jessica Halloran, and Jennifer O’Connell were named to the Dean’s List at Savannah College of Art and Design, in Savannah, Ga., for the fall 2008 quarter. To be named on the Dean’s List at the college students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or more.

David Arthur Kugielsky recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design,. earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in industrial design.

Allen H. Hubbard was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2008 semester at Saint Michael’s College, in Middlebury, Vt. Allen is a first-year journalism and mass communication major at the liberal arts, residential Catholic college. Students who complete a minimum of 12 credits and achieve a grade point average of at least 3.4 at the end of a semester are recognized for their scholarship by inclusion on the Dean’s List.

Edward John Small of Sandy Hook, a senior history major at Dickenson College in Carlisle, Penn., has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2008 semester. To be named to the Dean’s List students must earn a grade point average of 3.7 or more.

Kara Gardner of Sandy Hook was named to the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Delaware Valley College, in Doylestown, Penn.

Newtown students named to the Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the fall 2008 semester are Mary Frances Anders, Christie Lea Attanasio, Mercedes O. Ball, Joseph Thomas Bowen, Sophia Katherine Beegle Cerreta, Lindsay Lauren Chimileski, Matthew Robert Courchene-Roy, Anthony James Craparo, Nicholas Newill Doniger, Jennifer Esther Durelli, Christina Marie Ercole, Jacqueline Colette Ercole, Kaitlyn Mary Ferguson, Christopher Claude Gindraux, Neil Frank Goyal, Leah Brooks Herity, Christie Helen Iwanicki, Michael De’Von Mitchell, Shayna Marliss Moliver, Jennifer Ann Nelson, Krishna Jaydev Patel, Adam Francis Pennarola, Lauren Marie Petrucci, Graham Ryan Philbrick, Brian Adam Poeltl, Christopher Walter Potter, Andrea Raynor, Jordan Scheurer Reed, Andrea Helm Reinhardt, Christina Rose Sanchez, Blayne Alan Sapelli, Ciara Elizabeth Simek, Najamuddin Roshan Syed, Colleen Elizabeth Thornberg, Jennifer Nicole Truchsess, and Kristie Elizabeth Uniacke.

Sandy Hook students named to the Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the fall 2008 semester are Liam Patrick Cawley, Jessica Rose DiVanno, Kathryn Rosemary Fielding, Kevin Michael Gilroy, Benjamin Kevin March, Elaine DuRuss McCafferty, James Daniel McCafferty, Shayna Lee Mesko, Melissa Mary Shepard, and James Kenneth Wiedemann.

Stephen K Dworkin and Kathleen I. Sharnick were named to the Dean’s List for the 2008 fall semester, they also received high honors, which is given to students who earn a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, at Connecticut College in New London.

Emily Snyder was named on the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Champlain College, in Burlington, Vt. Emily is majoring in Graphic Design and Digital Media.

Jenna M. Van Waalwijk was named to the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, Penn.

Courtney Rose Gastonguay received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Stephen F. Austin State University during commencement exercises held in December.

Francesca Piscitelli, a business administration-management and psychology major, was among 366 students at Lycoming College, in Williamsport, Penn., who received recognition on the fall 2008 Dean’s List. To receive Dean’s List recognition at the college, students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or more for the semester.

Hilary Jill Moskowitz was named to the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Keene State College, in Keene, N.H. To qualify, students must complete a minimum of six credit hours during the semester and have a grade point average of 3.5 or more.