HAMBURG, N.Y. – Honors of academic excellence, including department awards, were presented to graduating seniors in the Hilbert College Class of 2011 at the institution’s annual academic honors reception that took place commencement weekend. The honored students received their degrees at Hilbert’s 50th commencement exercises held on May 7.
Academic honors certificates were also awarded to students who had earned a 3.3 GPA and above. In addition, the reception included recognition of inductees into Lambda Epsilon Chi, a national honor society for paralegal students, and Sigma Tau Delta, an international English honor society.
Selected students from the graduating class were also named for membership in Hilbert’s Blue and White Society, which recognizes students who have excelled both academically and through extracurricular activities.
Department-specific awards, special honors and honors certificates were received by:
AKRON:
- Honors certificate – Matthew Brewer
ALBION:
- Martin Stirk – Looseleaf Law Publications Award for Criminal Justice, Honors Medal and honors certificate
ANGOLA:
- Honors certificate – Theresa Dentice, Donald Nowak, Erica Page, and Shawn Young
BLASDELL:
- Lauren Alimonti – Hilbert College Award in Liberal Studies and honors certificate
- Ashely Maciejewski – Hilbert College Award in Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Michelle Bellagamba, Shannon Sherwood and Jennafer Thorn
BLISS:
- Honors certificate – Carole Jones
BROOKLYN:
- Rosemarie Escalera – Blue and White Society and honors certificate
BUFFALO:
- Caitlin Alongi – Honors Medal and honors certificate
- Frank Castiglia – Blue and White Society and honors certificate
- Alain Levesque – McGrath Award in Accounting and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Regina Ernst and Heather Smith
CASSADAGA:
- Valerie Culverwell – Hilbert College Award in Accounting and honors certificate
CENTRAL SQUARE:
- Brandon Morse – Blue and White Society and honors certificate
CHEEKTOWAGA:
- Jill Ambellan – Hilbert College Award in Psychology and honors certificate
- Kayla Tigue – McGrath Award in English, Sigma Tau Delta inductee, Honors Medal, and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Jill Hazlett, Ryan LaCorte, Jeffrey Torgalski, Jason Wahl, and Vanessa Zwara
DEPEW:
- Honors certificate – Jacquelyn Berst, Jessica Kagels, Holly Opanashuk, Nicholas Sims, and Nicholas Wesolowski
DERBY:
- Jillian Pelechaty – Looseleaf Law Publications Award for Criminal Justice, Blue and White Society and honors certificate
EAST AURORA:
- Honors certificate – Shannon Baldwin and Jamie Pyjas
EAST CHATHAM:
- Honors certificate – Samantha Lawrence
EAST CONCORD:
- Madison Lux – Jocelyn Hughes Excellence in English Award, Sigma Tau Delta inductee, Blue and White Society, Honors Medal and honors certificate
EDEN:
- Mary Burdick – McGrath Award in Psychology and honors certificate
- Herbert Stockschlaeder – Waring Financial Group Achievement Award and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Katrina Schmitt
ELBA:
- Honors certificate – Christina Weibel
ELMA:
- Ashley Mazur – McGrath Award in Business Administration and honors certificate
- Christopher Nowak – Hilbert College Award in Computer Security and Information Assurance and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Bonnie Goodrich
GLENWOOD:
- Honors certificate – Jay Janik
HAMBURG:
- Matthew Butera – McGrath Award in Criminal Justice and honors certificate
- Rachel Dobiesz – McGrath Award in Digital Media and Communications and honors certificate
- Maureen Gabor – Hilbert College Award in Legal Studies, Lambda Epsilon chi inductee and honors certificate
- Frederick Martin – Hilbert College Award in Criminal Justice and honors certificate
- Stephanie Trifunovic – Hilbert College Award in Digital Media and Communications and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Colin Coplai, Mark DiGaudio, Ashley Halbach, Katie Hurd, Cheryl Lorenz, Lindsay Miller, Michael Nero, Tammy Nordblum, Jane Summers, and Kelsey Tumiel
HOLLAND:
- Tiffany Martin – Hilbert College Award in Business Administration and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Stacey Cox
KENMORE:
- Honors certificate – Kevin Conti
LACKAWANNA:
- Honors certificate – Emily Schilling
LAKE VIEW:
- Robert Bliss – Waring Financial Group Achievement Award and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Marissa Caruso, Bryan Duszkiewicz and Kathleen Przbyl
LANCASTER:
- Honors certificate – Whitney Preyer
LOCKPORT:
- T’ne Holmes – Looseleaf Law Publications Award for Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation and honors certificate
- Brittany Johnson – Honors Medal and honors certificate
NORTH SYRACUSE:
- Honors certificate – Hillary Lloyd
NORTH TONAWANDA:
- Jarrett Anson – Looseleaf Law Publications Award for Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation and honors certificate
- Nicole Brancato – McGrath Award in Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation, Honors Medal and honors certificate
- Kelly Cline – McGrath Award in Rehabilitation Services and honors certificate
OLEAN:
- Jamie Sloane – Blue and White Society, Honors Medal and honors certificate
ORCHARD PARK:
- Honors certificate – David Braymiller, Timothy Kurk and Michele Pasnik
PERRY:
- Honors certificate – Molly Merz
ROCHESTER:
- Honors certificate – Colby Miller
SCHODACK LANDING:
- Honors certificate – Alicia Simpson
SILVER CREEK:
- Nicole Phillips – Hilbert College Award in Human Services, Blue and White Society and honors certificate
- Angelika Summerton – McGrath Award in Legal Studies, Lambda Epsilon Chi inductee, Blue and White Society, and honors certificate
SPRINGVILLE:
- Honors certificate – Adam Haag
STOW, Ohio:
- Richard Sykora – Hilbert College Award in Political Science, Blue and White Society and honors certificate
TONAWANDA:
- Eric Davies – Blue and White Society and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Amanda Dudek
VARYSBURG:
- Honors certificate – Darren Gasiewicz
WATERTOWN:
- Rebecca Easton – Honors Medal and honors certificate
WEST SENECA:
- Lisa O’Shei – McGrath Award in Human Services and honors certificate
- Michael Rust – McGrath Award in Computer Security and Information Assurance and honors certificate
- Honors certificate – Kelly King