Xavier Oliver, of Marlboro, graduated from the University of Tampa on Saturday, Dec. 5. Oliver graduated with a Master of Business Administration in Business Administration.

The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 1,046 students to the President’s List, in recognition of their academic excellence in the Fall 2020 semester. The SUNY Potsdam students were honored for earning top marks by President Kristin G. Esterberg.
The students included:
• Lucas Canino of Highland, whose major is Biology
• Abbigayle Finch of New Paltz, whose major is Criminal Justice Studies

• Hailey Gallinari of Highland, whose major is Music Education
• Timothy Petty of Highland, whose major is Politics

A total of 1,938 SUNY Oneonta students earned Dean’s List honors for the fall 2020 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.
Area students include:
Joseph Ayala of Highland

Malina Bahr of Highland
Brittany Bishop of Milton
Kaitlyn Bordone of Wallkill
Joseph Canosa of Milton
Rebecca Dugatkin of New Paltz
Gianna Fazio of New Paltz
Elizabeth Goodenough of Marlboro
Perlina Pereyra Garcia of Highland
Otto Richards of New Paltz
Ava Sarubbi of New Paltz
Jessica Scott of Wallkill
Joslyn Shepard-Stivers of Wallkill
David Sosnick of Wallkill
Leah Stern of New Paltz
Cormac Stutzman of Gardiner
Olivia Thibault of Highland
Amelia Verderosa of New Paltz

Alma College has released the Dean’s List for those students who achieved outstanding academic performance during the 2020 Fall Term. Students, including Alexis John of Highland, NY, who achieve a 3.5 or better grade point average during a term, while carrying a minimum of 13 credits, at least eight of which are evaluative grades, are named to the Dean’s List. Alma College, founded in 1886, is a four-year residential liberal arts college located in the heart of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.