Colgate University has given several Queens students its dean’s award with distinction for the spring 2017 semester. To receive the award, students must obtain a 3.6 grade point average and complete at least three courses. Students who received the award include Forest Hills’ Xiaohan Li, Flushing’s Carlen Zhu and Kimberly Chan, Astoria’s Zakaria Chakrani and Nader Mohamed, Corona’s Angie Diaz, Middle Village’s Kasey Halsey, Far Rockaway’s Tabitha Gomez, Rosedale’s Valesca Polycarpe and Beechhurst’s Karra Puccia.
SUNY Oneonta has named several Queens students to its provost’s list for the spring semester. To make the list, students must obtain a 4.0 grade point average and complete at least 12 credit hours. Students who made the list include Howard Beach’s Gina Digiovanni, Richmond Hill’s Waldo Espinosa, Woodside’s Paula Rebancos and Glen Oaks’ Mark Ricky.
Several Queens students graduated from Becker College during the school’s commencement ceremony in May, including Far Rockaway’s Davin Collins (bachelor of arts in psychology), Flushing’s Keith Freudig (who received a bachelor of science in business administration) and Jamaica’s Kyle Credle (bachelor of science in business administration).
Cause For Paws
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato took her cat, Sugar, to the “Cause for Paws” fundraiser for the Noah’s Ark Animal Rescue in Rockaway Park on Aug. 13. The rescue was founded in 2015 and is dedicated to protecting, fostering, rehabilitating and finding homes for orphaned, neglected, abused, abandoned and homeless animals in the five boroughs.
Sugar was declared the champion of last year’s competition and was, therefore, ineligible to compete this year.
