Cornell Law School: Megan Castellano, High School North, Class of 2005, is on the spring dean’s list at Cornell, where she is pursuing a JD/LLM in international law. She is spending July in Paris, taking law courses at the Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. In the fall, Megan will be joining the Cornell Law Review as associate editor.
Lynchburg College: Sarah Ashley Preno of West Windsor is on the spring dean’s list. She graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.##M:[more]##
Mercer College: Waka Petrillo of Plainsboro was recently awarded a $2,”500 scholarship from the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, Mercer Chapter. The scholarship is part of the NJSCPA’s annual scholarship program, which awarded more than $420,”000 this year to 89 students from across New Jersey. The scholarship was presented at the 49th Annual NJSCPA Scholarship awards ceremony in April.
Also, Nicholas D. Rodriguez of West Windsor, a business student at Mercer, was inducted into the honor society of the New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association at the Statehouse in Trenton.
Rider University: Dean’s list students include Plainsboro residents Rhodalynn Agyeman, a psychology major; Gisell Bernard, a business administration major; Dosha Brown, a liberal studies major; Doreen Chen, a biology major; Greg Chilakos, an accounting major; Robin Davis, a liberal studies major; Rodrigo DiLeo, a chemistry major; Valery Erlikhman, an actuarial science major; Neha Gandhi, a general liberal arts major; Nick Kang, an accounting major; Lauren Lopez, a liberal studies major; Kelly McCarthy, a psychology major; Megan Pisani, a secondary education major; Rheya Price, a marketing major; and Ashley Weitz, an elementary education major.
Also, West Windsor students on the dean’s list include Ronald Barrios, a management and leadership major; Tracey Belbina, a liberal studies major; Jesse de Agustin, a philosophy major; Susan Kirkpatrick, a liberal studies major; Michael Sciortino, a business administration major; Michael Sheffield, a communication major; David Tormey, a business administration major; Yumei Tsai, an accounting major; Kuljeet Grewal, a psychology major; Maura Nixon, an elementary education major; Vaidehi Trivedi, an accounting major; and Megan Wilityer, a psychology major.
Rutgers University: Arkadiy Makaron of Plainsboro is a recipient of the David M. Silverberg Scholarship offered by the Wakefern-ShopRite Scholarship program. The $2,”000 award for undergraduate studies is named after a former president of Wakefern Food Corporation. Arkadiy, who is pursuing a degree in pharmacy, graduated from High School South.
Seton Hall University: Connie Kartoz of West Windsor is pursuing her doctorate in nursing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania nearly 20 years ago, she will receive free tuition through the New Jersey Nursing Initiative, a new $22 million program aimed at averting a critical nursing shortage in the state. She will also receive a $50,”000 stipend. The catch is that she will instruct nursing students at a New Jersey college for at least three years after graduation.
Kartoz, 45, has three children. Through the years she has worked with private physicians and health clinics and taught part-time. Although she has thought about teaching full-time, a return to school was not feasible until the foundation award.
“To go back to school and take the income hit, it just wasn’t possible,” she explained. “I think for a lot of people that’s the case, and that’s why we have this nursing shortage.”
