NCC

Local students

on dean's list

The following students have been named to the dean's list for the fall 2012 semester at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem.

This honor is reserved for students who have completed a minimum of 6 credits and achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

The residents on the list includes:

Allentown: Ali Abdulhayoglu, Janessa Avecillas, Angela Awad, Aliandro Ayala, Rishaad Azizi, Nicholas Barker, Valerie Barnes, Tia Billett, Diana Caceres, Michelle Cal-deron, Veronica Cofre, Jarred Cury, Nadeen Daoud, Dominique De-milio, Ebelin Dutan, Bryan Edgar, Shanice Edwards, Marie Everett, Christopher Giannetta, Nicholas Giannetta, Michael Gmitter, Emalie Gomez, Samantha Green, Shannon Grozier, Fitzgerald Guzman, Katie Hahn, Shaunice Hay, Vivian Hinojosa, Nicholas Hoffman, John Ibrahim, Michelle Inamagua, Joshua Kennedy, Michael Kisslinger, Michael Kozman, Joshua Krawiec, Colby Kulig, Kayla Lasserre, Carol Levit, Kimberly Lightcap, Renee Litzenberger, Amer Mahmud, Francine Maiatico, Carlos Martinez, Scorpio McPherson, Daniel Mehrholz, Giselle Montanez, Mai Nguyen, Ngoc-Linh Nguyen, Vien Nguyen, Peter Njuguna, Prason Oswald, Cynthia Pereira, Giorgia Perotti, John Philapavage, Tiffany Pinero, Anam Qazi, Timothy Reigle, Jeremy Reyes, Thomas Riley, Nina Rivera, Brittney Roberts, Iliana Rodriguez, Jason Rodriguez, Darleny Romero, Glennys Santos Medina, Gregory Schrantz, Lindsay Smith, Dean Stavropoulos, Lea Svendsen, Martha Swanson, Jose Tavarez, Kayla Tilton, Enagnon Tonon, Jessica Torres, Gaetano Tribuzio, Marcos Urbina, Pedro Ventura, Wajdi Wakim, Jeffrey Wentz, Julia Wieand, Stephanie Zandarski, David Zdichowski;

Breinigsville: Krysta Connolly, Tatyana Cowell;

Coplay: Tyler Baxter, Rachel Benowitz, Kaitlyn Heffentrager, Patricia Mazur, Joseph Morales, Jill Whitmarsh;

Laurys Station: Trang Ngoc Vu;

Orefield: Jennifer Lamont, Samantha Sheftel;

Schnecksville: Vincent Carrion, Christopher Devine, Jennifer Dvoracek, Jacqueline Ed-wards, Joshua Herring; and

Slatington: Jeremy Batman, Emily Dettmer, Jared Kern, Stephanie Thomasco.

Millersville University

Local residents

graduate

Victoria J. Levine, of New Tripoli and John L. Monaco, of Breinigsville, graduated alongside 504 Millersville University of Pennsylvania students during the fall 2012 undergraduate commencement ceremony Dec.16 in Millersville's Pucillo Gymnasium.

Levine earned a Bachelor of Science degree in speech communication.

Monaco earned a Bachelor of Science degree in social studies education.

Ithaca College

Local resident

graduates

Amir Abdulhay, son of Suzanne Abdulhay of Orefield, graduated with a major in biology from Ithaca College's School of Humanities and Sciences.

His degree was awarded in December 2012.

Kutztown Univ.

Local resident

on dean's list

Scott Brannan was named to the dean's list at Kutztown University.

He is the son of Kim and Rick Brannan of North Whitehall.

Brannan is a graduate of Parkland High School.

Bryant Univ.

Local resident

on dean's list

Samuel Justus, a freshman in international business from Allentown was named to the fall 2012 semester dean's list at Bryant Uniaa

in honor society

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has announced that Charles Dutko Jr., of Kutztown, was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

He is pursuing a degree at Pennsylvania State University.

Dutko Jr. is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.

Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter.

Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership.

Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.