Academic Honors Announcements for Braintree Students – July 15 Edition

These students are likely just a handful of the many accomplished scholars from Braintree in high school or college. If you know of any other students worthy of praise, email joseph.markman@patch.com or comment below!

Roger Williams University

Kathleen Kiely, a resident of Braintree, MA, has been named to the Spring 2012 Dean's List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. Kathleen is a Communications major. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean's List that semester.

University of Delaware

Molly Sullivan has been named to the University of Delaware's Dean's List for Spring 2012.

Sullivan is from Braintree, MA.

To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean's List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.33 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester.

Loomis Chaffee School

James Cox a sophomore from Braintree has recently been named to the Honor Roll for the Spring term at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor. Located in Windsor, Connecticut, The Loomis Chaffee School was chartered in 1874. A boarding and day school of 670 students from 28 U.S. states and 35 countries, the school includes boys and girls from grades 9 through 12 and post-graduate.

Since its inception, Loomis Chaffee has offered educational opportunity regardless of religious or political beliefs, national origin or financial resources. Academically challenging, the school promotes energetic learning and close faculty-student bonds within a respectful and civil community.

University of New Haven

Sue-Ellen Consolati of Braintree, MA, graduated from the University of New Haven on May 13, 2012 with a B.S. in Criminal Justice.

The University of New Haven is a private, top-tier comprehensive institution recognized as a national leader in experiential education. Founded in 1920 on the campus of Yale University in cooperation with Northeastern University, UNH moved to its current West Haven campus in 1960. The University provides its students with a unique combination of a solid liberal arts education and real-world, hands-on career and research opportunities. UNH enrolls approximately 6,400, including nearly 1,800 graduate students and more than 4,600 undergraduates – the majority of whom reside in University housing. Through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, Tagliatela College of Engineering, and University College, UNH offers 75 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UNH students have access to more than 50 study abroad programs worldwide and its student-athletes compete in 16 varsity sports in the NCAA Division II's highly competitive Northeast-10 Conference.

UMass Boston

The following local students have graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston this spring:

Michelle Goggin, of Braintree, MA.

Amber Smith, of Braintree, MA.

Angie DiMarzio, of Braintree, MA.

Samantha Sarantakis, of Braintree, MA.

Wan Remylina Wan Zaid, of Braintree, MA.

Thao Pham, of Braintree, MA.

Marybeth Holland, of Braintree, MA.

Vy Quan, of Braintree, MA.

Jessica Frechette, of Braintree, MA.

Jennifer Garcia, of Braintree, MA.

Nancy McConnell, of Braintree, MA.

Renata Dobrolinski, of Braintree, MA.

Abigail Ford, of Braintree, MA.

Robert Cusack, of Braintree, MA.

Elise Higgins-Steele, of Braintree, MA.

Shavon Austin, of Braintree, MA.

Paul Champagne, of Braintree, MA.

Hanan Alzaim, of Braintree, MA.

Russell Davis, of Braintree, MA.

Rachel Brundige, of Braintree, MA.

Maryanne Barry, of Braintree, MA.

Andrea Castaldo, of Braintree, MA.

Lawrence Mackin Jr, of Braintree, MA.

UMass Boston graduated a record-breaking 3,810 students at this year's 44th Commencement on June 1, 2012.

–Info from readMedia Newswire, UMass, Catholic Memorial