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Pennsylvania College of Technology
The following students have graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University. The college held a commencement ceremony Dec. 17, 2016, at the community arts center in Williamsport.
Catasauqua: Vincent M. Pellechia, Associate of Applied Science degree in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis
Northampton: Taylor C. Firmstone, Associate of Applied Science degree in health information technology
Lehigh University
Students at Lehigh University attained dean’s list for the fall 2016 semester. This status is granted to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses.
Bath: Alexandra Mease
Coplay: Tyler LaMaze-Bridgwood
Whitehall: Reem Azar, Jacob Buskirk, Lukasz Gjondla, Vyolet Haik, Nicholas Kauffman, Ivan Kok, Reagan Miller
For more than 150 years, Lehigh University has combined outstanding academic and learning opportunities with leadership in fostering innovative research. The institution is among the nation’s most selective, highly ranked private research universities. Lehigh’s four colleges - College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Economics, College of Education and the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science - provide opportunities to 7,000 students to discover and grow in a learning community that promotes interdisciplinary programs with real world experience.
Learn more at lehigh.edu.
Pennsylvania College of Technology
The following students have been named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Pennsylvania College of Technology, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University. The dean’s list includes all full-time students who have a semester GPA of 3.5 or better. Part-time, degree-seeking students who have earned 12 credits and have a graduation GPA of 3.5 will receive initial dean’s list recognition. Thereafter, upon completion of each additional 12 credits, a student will be eligible for the dean’s list if the minimum GPA has been maintained.
Coplay: Jacob M. Weller, Bachelor of Science, in engineering design technology
Northampton: Logan R. Koehler, Associate of Applied Science in heavy construction equipment technology: technician emphasis; Matthew J. Paukovits, Bachelor of Science in manufacturing engineering technology
Whitehall: Garrett Hillenbrand, Bachelor of Science in construction management
Mansfield University
Zachary Merkle, of Coplay, has been named to Mansfield University’s dean’s list for the fall 2016 semester. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must attend the university full time and earn at least a 3.5 GPA.
Mansfield University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). For more information, visit mansfield.edu.
Mansfield University
Alexandra Phillips, of Whitehall, has been named to Mansfield University’s president’s list for the fall 2016 semester. To earn this status, a student must attend the university full time and attain at least a 4.0 quality-point average for the semester.
Mansfield University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). For more information, visit mans- field.edu.
Hamilton College
Codi C. Reynolds, daughter of Linda and Herman Reynolds, of Whitehall, has been named to the dean’s list at Hamilton College for the 2016 fall semester. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have carried throughout the semester a course load of four or more graded credits with an average of 3.5 or above. Reynolds, a senior majoring in Asian studies and comparative literature, is a graduate of Whitehal High School.
Hamilton, a liberal arts college with an emphasis on individualized instruction and independent research, is a national leader in teaching effective writing and persuasive speaking. Additional information about the college can be found at hamilton.edu.
King’s College
Dr. Joseph Evan, provost and vice president for academic affairs at King’s College, recently announced the students who have qualified for the fall 2016 dean’s list, having achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Bath: Brooke Lutz
Coplay: Tyler Cruz
Danielsville: Jacquelyn Michalski
Northampton: Alex Getz, Amber Saylor, Zachary Schoeneberger, Lauren Sterner
Whitehall: Kieran Frankenfield
Elizabethtown College
Sara Kroboth, of Whitehall, a sophomore international business major, was named to the dean’s list at Elizabethtown College for the fall 2016 semester.
Students on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who earn a semester GPA of 3.60 or better in 14 or more credit hours, of which at least 12 credits are letter-graded course work.
Elizabethtown College, located in historic Lancaster County in south-central Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees.








