#b#Private Schools#/b#
Pennington School: Upper school students on the dean’s list include West Windsor residents Niral Ramesh, a junior; and Emma Kramer, a sophomore.
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart: Aana Bansal, a senior from West Windsor, is the 2014 New Jersey winner and a 2013 New Jersey Runner Up for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. Bansal is a finalist in the national competition.
The NCWIT Awards recognize high school women for their computing-related achievements and interests as part of an effort to encourage more young women to choose careers in technology.
#b#In College#/b#
Berkeley College: Danielle Johnson of West Windsor is on the president’s list.
Bucknell University: Students on the dean’s list include: High School North graduates Fred Guo of Plainsboro and Ralph Otis, Allison Shook, and Daniel Steinberg of West Windsor; and Taylor Zahn of West Windsor, a 2010 graduate of Montgomery High School.
College of New Jersey: West Windsor resident Joanna Ju, a member of the TCNJ Choir, will be performing at Lincoln Center as part of the third annual Project Hand-in-Hand concert to benefit Japan’s long-term recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that hit the nation in 2011. The choirs, led by John P. Leonard, along with 90 high school students from the earthquake disaster-area in Japan, and the New York City Opera Orchestra, will collaborate to perform Carol Orff’s “Carmina Burana: Secular Songs for Singers and Choruses to be Sung Together with Instruments and Magic Images” on Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m.
Visit handinhandconcert.com or www.facebook.com/ProjectHandInHand for information.
Emory College, the undergraduate, liberal arts college of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has the following West Windsor residents on its dean’s list: Ankita Gumaste, Michelle Heker, Zachary Mozenter, and Saahith Pochiraju.
Fairleigh Dickinson University: Kenneth Lemley of West Windsor has been inducted into FDU’s Phi Omega Epsilon senior honor society.
McDaniel College: Jennifer Litzinger of West Windsor performs the role of Zombie in “Evil Dead: The Musical” at McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland, from Wednesday to Saturday, April 16 to 19. Litzinger is a sophomore. Call 410-857-2448 or visit www.mcdaniel.edu for more information
Oxford College, the two-year liberal arts division of Emory University located in Oxford, Georgia, has the following students on its honor list: Carissa Hunter and Robert Bamford of West Windsor, and Pranav Venkatraman of Plainsboro.
Stevenson University: Jan Donato of Plainsboro is on the dean’s list.
University of the Sciences: Plainsboro residents on the dean’s list include doctor of pharamcy students Rajesh Gadde, Rakesh Gadde, Rasagnya Kota, Joon Lee, Shreya Sabharwal, Prachetas Singh, and Masato Sugeno; Victoria Lee, a doctor of occupational therapy student; and Nora Osman, a doctor of physical therapy student.
West Windsor residents on the dean’s list include Joseph Guan, a doctor of pharmacy student; Christopher Matthews, a doctor of physical therapy student; Erica Simi, a doctor of occupational therapy student; and Michael Wang, a health science student.
#b#Engagement#/b#
Prerna Gupta and John Denton are planning a November wedding. Both are graduates of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, Gupta in 1993 and Denton in 1990.
The future bride graduated from Mercer Community College and Kutztown University and is pursuing a master’s degree as a reading specialist at Rider. She teaches special education at Brookfield School. She is the daughter of Sushila and Sat Gupta of West Windsor.
The prospective bridegroom received certification in construction from Mercer County Vocational School. He has been working at ACE Hardware in Princeton for 11 years. He is the son of Marge Denton of Key West, Florida.
