Oliver Powers, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Powers of Newtown, recently graduated with honors from Salisbury School during commencement exercises on June 1. Oliver received the Josephine Bauman Rudd Prize, the Corkery Medal, and he was also awarded the Joseph A. Sartori Award. During his four-year tenure at Salisbury, Oliver was a three sport varsity athlete, playing football, basketball, and baseball. He has signed a four-year baseball scholarship to play at Radford University, Radford, VA.

The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at Providence College, R.I., for the spring 2012 semester: Jennifer Lynn of Newtown, Danielle Norris of Sandy Hook, Adam Schankman of Newtown, and Casey Tenney of Sandy Hook. To qualify for the dean’s list at the college, students must achieve at least a 3.55 grade point average with a minimum of 12 credits.

Emily Rose Floros was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Delaware, Newark, Del., for the spring 2012 semester at the college.

Wooster School, Danbury, recently announced Newtown graduates from the school who earned awards this school year. Emily McInerney  earned the Scott Schwartz ‘91 Drama Award, Corey Allred and Emily McInerney earned National Merit Scholarship Commendations, Nicole Lang earned the Cordelia Manning Service to the Arts, and Corey Allred and Nicole Lang earned the Cum Laude Society.

Alexandra Saboe of Newtown and Kim-Li Tran of Sandy Hook earned dean’s list honors at Cabrini College, Radnor, Penn., for the college’s spring 2012 semester.

Joshua Engler, Newtown, was named to the dean’s list at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the spring 2012 semester. Dean’s list designation is reserved for students who excel academically and earn at least a 3.3 grade point average in a semester with a full-time course load at the university.

Tyler Bigham of Newtown earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering technology from Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Applied Science and Technology, and Jack Griffin of Sandy Hook, earned a bachelor of science degree in information technology from the college’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, in Rochester, N.Y.

Margaret Morrissey of Newtown was named to the spring 2012 dean’s list at Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore. In order to qualify for the dean’s list at Loyola, a student must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 with a minimum of 15 credits.

Katherine Lynn Miller of Sandy Hook was named to the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, dean’s list. A 3.5 or better grade point average for second semester 2011–2012 earned a place on the dean’s list recognizing academic performance.