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Penn State Scranton students honored for academic achievement at GPA celebration

Penn State Scranton recently celebrated the academic excellence of students on campus and rewarded them with certificates and keychains at the GPA celebration.  Credit: Morgan SewackAll Rights Reserved.

DUNMORE, Pa. – Penn State Scranton recently celebrated the academic excellence of students who achieved a remarkable GPA of 3.2 or above during the spring 2023 semester. The campus’ GPA celebration was held on campus in the Sherbine Lounge, where students were commended for their exceptional dedication to their studies.

Chancellor Marwan Wafa took the opportunity to express his heartfelt congratulations to the high-achieving students and praised them for their outstanding academic performance, dedication and hard work that led to their impressive GPAs. Wafa emphasized that these students serve as a source of inspiration for their peers and embody the University's commitment to academic excellence.

Dharti Ray, assistant director of student services and engagement, also shared words of encouragement with the recognized students.

“Students should be proud of their academic achievements! A high GPA reflects their dedication towards their coursework,” Ray said.

The following is a list of students who achieved a 3.2 and above GPA for spring 2023.

(Note: some of the recognized students have graduated and/or transferred from the campus and University):   

Debbie Acosta, Lukas Adames, Aless Jellan Agojo, Stephanie Algar, Elizabeth Alin, Angelena Allen, Erick Alonso, AJ Ambrosecchia, Ava Angeloni, Matthew Arnold, Samantha Artone, River Backman, Evan Bannon, Luke Bannon, Robert Basalyga, Hailee Bass, Andrew Bauer, Maggie Bede, Stephen Bednarek, Neena Beggin, Tanner Begin, Luke Bender, Mary Benitez, Catherine Bennett, Angelica Berardi, James Bernosky, Branden Berry, Swapnil Bhatt, Holly Bidwell, Ryan Blanchard, Marilyn Bollard, Kyle Bosley, Kristofer Boswell, Michael Braun, Ally Bresnahan, Thomas Bruveris, Kaylynn Buonpastore, Taylor Burdick, Anastasia Burgerhoff, Isabelle Burney, and Christopher Burnis.

Also, Isabella Calabrese, Regan Cameron, Johnnah Carr, Dylan Carrighan, Keeley Carroll, Ryan Carrotto, Daniel Chabla, Ankitha Chebiyam, Nicole Chen, Zachary Chludzinski, Stanley Ciborosky, Alexandria Clarke¸ Cameron Cleary¸ Morgan Coccodrilli, Matthew Coggins, Jordan Coles, Katrina Alexine Concepcion, Morgana Costanzo, Emily Cron, laxmi Dahal, Liv Damski, Erica Davis, Joshua Davitt, Briana Dawkins, Gerald Delacruz, Amanda Delhagen, Carissa DeLucca, Rhiannon Depew, Aidan Derrick, Sneh Desai, Deyniel Desarden-Ruperto, Deymeliz Desarden-Ruperto, Alan Deutsch, Alexandria DeWolfe, Michael DeWolfe, Justin Dit, Demetrius Dolinish, Matthew Domanish, Ryley Dommes, Patrick Donvito, Justin Dorneman¸ Joseph Dougherty, Nicholas Drago, Christian Ductor, Kayla Drutherosky, and Gavin Durkin.

Additionally, Janelle Elejalde, Zachary Elko, Juliet Falcone, Evan Familetti, Natalie Faybisovich, Ty Felmlee, Alexander Ferguson, Chloe Ferrin, Summer Franklin, Alexis Fumanti, Abigail Gaebel, Matthew Galka, Mahek Gandhi, Rag Gandhi, Allen Gao, Luke Gardiner, Kiley Gardner, Gabrielle Geldhof, Grant Geldhof, Sierra Gibbs, Julian Giglio, Jermin Gilbert, Nicholas Gilberti, Gretchen Gilia, Aarya Godghate, Patrick Grady, Brianna Graff, Daniel Grant, Devin Gray, Zackery Gray, Justin Griffiths, Madelyn Grilz, Jhopselin Guaman, James Gulbin, Connor Haggerty, Emily Hallman, Jazmine Hamilton, Gregory Harrington, Philip Haser, Ammaarah Hassan, Maleah Hawley, Ashlyn Healey, Michael Herbinko, Alexander Hineline, Lauren Holzman, Adam Horan, and Matthew Howard.

Also, Marissa Ivanko, Joseph Jackson, Sean Jacobs, Carley Jankauskas, Jeffrey Jarbola, Ayden Johannson, Abryel Johnson, Braedon Joyce, Delaney Kaeb, Jake Kalinowski, Maria Keifer, Trever Keller, Leah Kellogg, Alyssa Kelly, Emma Kernoschak, Evan Kerrigan, Holden Kersey, Emily Kizer, Mackenzie Kizer, Daniel Kleeman, Justin Kline, Owen Kotchessa, Kayla Kozlowski, Elizabeth Kozy, Ryan Kretschmer, Casey Krushnowski, Abigail LaBadie, James Labelle, Fernando Larrea, Solei Lasanta, Darla Lattimer, Robert Lauer, William Leety, Geroge Legg, Shea Lello, Haley Leonard, Grant Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Hang Li, Austin Lipinski, Paige Liptai, Jonathan Lobos, Nicholas Lowe, Megan Lucey, Kylie Lynch, Marissa Lynch, and Kaila Lynos.

Additionally, Lucas Macdonough, Peter Macdonough, Cameron Mackerley, Mahathir Mahbub, Ayman Mansuri, Sarah Marble, Alison Marshman, Ethan Marti, Ethan Maslowski, Falen Mason, Rachel May, Jalynn McFadden, Connor McAndrew, Charles McAvoy, Paige McClain, Thomas McIntyre, Elizaeth McKeon, Miranda McLafferty, Sara McNichols, Cesar Mercado, Ariana Meserve, Alyssa Miller, Amber Miller, Kristie Miller, Marisa Milton, Skylar Minichello, Khush Mistry, Neel Modi, Amanda Moody, Leila Moran, Elizabeth Morris, Amanda Moss, Rowan Mulligan, Lauren Murnock, Gavin Murphy, Rachel Murray, Parkston Myers, Mason Natalini, Rylie Nealon, Thomas Neifert, Timothy Nelson, Ryan Notari, Jennifer O’Connor, Qussai Odeh, Sam Odeh, Enrique Olmedo, Tyler Olver, Ayden Ondek, Halle O’Neil, Francesca Orellana, Olivia Osborne, and Andrew Oudshoorn.

Also, April Paciotti, John Paffenroth, Alex Pagotto, Leela Sathwika Pala, Christian Pane, Steven Paredes, Lisa Parmar, Darshan Patel, Deep Patel, Dev Patel, Devkumar Patel, Dhruv Patel, Harpal Patel, Het Patel, Kris Patel, Kunj Patel, Nidhi Patel, Om Patel, Riya Patel, Rushi Patel, Tejas Patel, Tirth Patel, Vidhi Patel, Ryan Patterson, Jeremiah Pauler, Erin Pearsall, Ashlyn Pena, Matthew Pendrak Jr., Cade Penepacker, Randall Percival, Devin Peterson, Melina Petrini, Noah Petrucci, Andrew Phillips, Alexandra Pietralczyk, Arianna Pisano, William Portanova, Nathaniel Powell, Antonio Pugliese, Avianna Pugliese, Danitza Pula-Acosta, Kamili Rachell-Williams, Angelo Franco Ramos, Jordan Rebar, Christian Reece, Jessica Reed, Ronald Refner, Danielle Renner, Ashley Reyes, Michael Ried, Nicola Riitano, Eric Rine, Rafael Rios, Alysse Ritter, Francesca Rizzo, Jennifer Robinson, Grace Rosecrans, Chloee Romford, Luke Rusin, Zachary Rusnik, and Amanda Rzucidlo.

Additionally, Ryan Sabatella, Emily Salas, Carlos Salazar-Paz, Kaylee Salony, Taylor Saltkill-Mcrew, Samantha Sashko, Alana Scanlon, Airiana Scarfo, Jenna Scarfo, Anthony Scartelli, Jacquelyn Scherer, Gabriella Schmidt, Megan Schmidt, Abigal Schrader, Alyvia Scutt, Michael Scutt, Sadaf Sediqi, Makayla Seeram, Haily Serpico, Bryan Shabroski, Lauren Sharpe, Conner Sheruda, Aaditya Shukla, Eric Simonson, Ava Smargiassi, Taylor Smith, Thomas Snyder, Ankush Sodhi, Adrian Sokolowski, Krutik Solanki, Felicia Sompel-Welk, Angeleah Sopko, Katrina Souryavong, David Spalding, Troy Srebro, Ashley Stangline, Tanner Steele, Justin Sterling, Matthew Stone, David Stoshick, Rashel Swanson, Samantha Swanson, Jennifer Swartz, Kaitlyn Sweigart, Naseem Tajak, Audrey Talluto, Ryan Tamayo, Alexis Tanana, Claire Taylor, Jozalynn Thrower-Marin, Nicole Tinna, Aidan Tomczyk, Rebecca Tone, Shannon Toolan, Ashley Torres, Madalyn Toth, Matthew Traverse, Madison Tricarico, Morgan Truskoloski, and Frank Turnbaugh.

Also, Aidan U’Glay, Grace Ursich, Temo Uvera, Kelly Varcoe, Luis Venegas, Gabriela Ventura, Mary Vermac, Francesca Vilano, Isabella Vinskofski, Zamarra Vrabel, Vedant Vyas, Joseph Walser, Garrett Walsh, Matthew Walsh, Michael Waltman, Alexandra Wardach, Victoria Wardach, Samantah Warner, Richard Warnken, Isabella Waters, Alexander Watt, Madison Weinczyk, Ryan Weitz, Jonathan Wescott, Khalil White, Abigal Whitney, Natalie Whitney, Joshua Wiesel, Emma Wiggins, Jaiden Wiggins, Andrea Williams, Robin Wrobleski, Jared Yates, Erica Yatzun, Kevin Yaurincela, Jonathan Yocum, Samuel Yudhistira, Abigal Yurkanin, Gabriel Yurkanin, Katie Zabrowski, Nicole Zasada, Nicole Zehner, Jayson Zimmerman, Ariel Zohner, and Ryan Zona.

As the academic year continues, the honored students are expected to continue their commitment to excellence and serve as role models for their peers. Penn State Scranton remains dedicated to fostering a community of academic achievement and personal growth.

Last Updated October 31, 2023