American University: Tori Dalcourt of Plainsboro is on the dean’s list. A 2012 graduate of High School North, she is double majoring in law and society and American history. The features editor on “The Eagle” student newspaper, she is vice president of the Student Historical Society and class treasurer of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. She was a teaching assistant in “Justice, Law, and the Constitution” in the School of Public Affairs this past semester.
Dalcourt was selected to present her independent study, “Federalism in the Twenty-First Century: Shelby County, Alabama and Constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act” at a research symposium in April. An intern at the National Partnership for Women & Families in Washington, D.C., she researches workplace policy and projects relating to fair pay. She will study abroad at the King’s College of London in the fall.
Cambridge University: Daphne Ezer, a 2008 graduate of High School South, attended a reception in London to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Marshall scholarships. Ezer, a graduate of Duke University with a double major in computer sciences and biology, received a Marshall scholarship for graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
She has interned at Microsoft, taught English to Tibetan students in China, and won awards in the Duke Start-Up Challenge. Ezer’s research interest is in predictive models of gene expression. She hopes to become an academic researcher and bridge her interests in technology, biology, and science policy. She is pursuing a PhD in genetics at Cambridge.
Ezer and her family lived in Plainsboro for 18 years before moving to Norfolk, Virginia, in 2008. She credits much of her success in college to the teachers she had in WW-P and the opportunities the schools gave her to pursue her interest in the science through the PRISM program in middle school, the Waksman genetic research club, and the Science Olympiad team in high school. Ezer has since helped establish Science Olympiad teams at public schools in Durham, North Carolina.
Clemson University: Students on the dean’s list Sean William Flannery of Plainsboro, who is majoring in bioengineering; and West Windsor residents Amy Victoria Lee, who is majoring in marketing; Alexander David Campbell, who is majoring in special education; and Christopher Robert Fania, who is majoring in financial management.
Coastal Carolina University: Students on the dean’s list include West Windsor residents Jacob and Daniel Riff. They are both freshmen majoring in management.
University of Dayton: Emily Ferguson of West Windsor is on the dean’s list.
Drexel University School of Law: Andrew I. Meltzer of West Windsor received his juris doctor. A 2007 graduate of High School South, he is a graduate of the University of Delaware, class of 2011, with a double major in history and political science.
Franklin & Marshall College: Students on the dean’s and honors list include West Windsor residents Amanda Clayton and Ethan Kaye, graduates of High School North; and Ariel Eland, a graduate of High School South.
Marietta College: John Gleim of West Windsor is on the spring dean’s high honors list. A member of the Class of 2017, he is a graduate of High School South. He is majoring in petroleum engineering.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth: Jordan Plotkin of West Windsor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts.
Pratt Institute: New graduates include Michaela Calotta of West Windsor, Dilpreet Gill of Plainsboro, and Jessica Schultz of Plainsboro.
Rowan University: Graduates from West Windsor include Michael Patrick Brienza with a degree in finance, Jasmine Caroline Grant with a degree in political science, Rupa Karmakar with a degree in biomedical sciences, Kyle Garrett Lyon with a degree in public relations, and Hannah Sophia Magnusson with a degree in communication studies.
Also Jared William Mangone with a degree in entrepreneurship, Addison Waco Michalowski with a degree in mechanical engineering, Samantha Marie Miller with a degree in teacher leadership, Mao Yue Arthur Own with a degree in music, Sanjev Rajaram with a degree in biological science, and Amy Christine Schmelzer Collier with a degree in osteopathic medicine.
Rowan University graduates also include Plainsboro residents Malasa Umesh Jois and Amy Xu Wang. They both received degrees in osteopathic medicine.
Rutgers University: Max Skula of West Windsor graduated with honors with a degree in chemical engineering.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland: Keighly Bradbrook of West Windsor graduated with a bachelor of arts degree. She majored in psychology.
Washington University in St. Louis: Glenn R. Harris, a 2010 graduate of High School South, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude with a major in biology. After a gap year working in the St. Louis County hospital system and teaching MCAT preparation courses, Harris plans to apply to medical school for admission in September, 2015.
