Thursday, October 1, 2026
At the conclusion of the fall semester, many colleges and universities throughout the country reached out to the Herald in recognition of local students who have distinguished themselves academically.
At Springfied College, in Massachusetts, making the Dean's List were Clayton Lent, of North Bellmore, who studies Applied Exercise Science, and Mary Galgano, of Bellmore, who studies Criminal Justice. To make the list, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded coursework for the semester, have no incompletes and have had a minimum semester grade point average of 3,500.
Bellmore-ites who made the Dean's List at the State University of New York Oneonta were Jacqueline Beza, Kimberly Demeo, Kaci Falcone, Jaclyn Greenberg, Jake Kamelhar, Maryrose Krassner, Mikaila Markel, Michelle Muccio and Eian Trenkle.
Merokeans making the SUNY Oneonta's Dean's List included Danielle Ackerman, Lauren Barber, Caitlin Coleman, Jackson Cortez, Alec Feldherr, Brianna Geier, Anastasia Koumourdas, Sydney Palma and Kimberly Wallach.
Making the Provost's List at SUNY Oneonta were Rachel Corwin and Alexia Smith, of Bellmore, and Christine Coleman and Jennifer Miles, of Merrick.
At Alfred State College, in Wellsville, Christopher Alfaro, of Bellmore, was named to the Dean's List, which means that he maintained a 3.50 grade-point average or above.
Further north, at the University of Vermont, Merrick's Hannah Lichy, who is majoring in Professional Nursing, was named to the Dean's List for maintaining a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and ranking in the top 20 percent of her class.
In Harrisonburg, Virginia, Samantha DePasquale, who is majoring in communication studies, Marissa Gross, who is majoring in integrated science and technology, and Niamh Woods, who is majoring in nursing — all from Merrick — made the Dean's List at James Madison University. Maryann Ferrara, of Bellmore, also made the Dean's List.
Rachel G. Schrager, of Bellmore, was named to the Dean's List at the University of Rhode Island.
At the University at Albany, Brian Zimmerman, Alana Green, Christopher Lanzillo and Tchad Michel, of Bellmore, and Sean McDonnell, Joshua Ferris, Dylan Martin and Daniel Mullane, of North Bellmore, were named to the Dean's List for earning at least 3.5 grade-point averages.
At Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Rebecca Hirsch, of North Bellmore, and Rachel Abramowitz, Jamie Korenberg and Joseph Mitri, all of Merrick, were named to the Dean's List for maintaining grade-point averages of 3.6 or better.
At Alfred University, Alyssa Garbarino, of Merrick, was named to the Deans List. Garbarini is a sophomore at the Inamori School of Engineering, and the daughter of Alfred and Roseanne Garbarino.
At SUNY at Potsdam, Julian Eicholz, of Merrick, who studies Music Performance, was named to the President's List, for maintaining a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.
At Belmont University, in Nashville, Tennessee, Noreen Prunier, of Merrick made the Dean's List with a grade-point average of 3.5 and no grade below a C.
