#b#Master Gardeners#/b#
Area residents recently became certified as Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony held at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County. The graduates reside in area communities, have diverse backgrounds, and bring with them many skills and talents that benefit the program. They now join a group of experienced volunteers who provide home horticultural and environmental information to residents. Graduates include Mary Quigley, Jessica Irons, and Sudi Solomon of West Windsor, and Tara Miller of Plainsboro.
They completed 60 hours of instruction and also completed at least 60 hours of volunteer service to Mercer County.
Special recognition awards were presented to those who volunteered more than 100 hours in fulfilling their requirement for graduation. The recipients of this award include Mary Quigley. Visit www.mgofmc.org for information about education programs and the hotline.
#b#Excellence in Science#/b#
High School South’s Science Olympiad teams received first and fourth places in the recent Science Olympiad Regional Tournament. The advisor is Sunila Sharma. The students now will compete at the state level.
The following students earned 16 medals in individual events:
Eric Liu and Richard Chai: second place, Anatomy & Physiology
David Lang and Jamie You: fourth place, Anatomy & Physiology
Dhruva Byrapatna and Vishal Shankar: second place, Astronomy
Lewis Wang and Sai Vendidandi: sixth place, Astronomy
Aditya Iyer and Isaac Park: first place, Bridge Building
Arun Muthumakar and Ashray Chowdhry: second place, Bridge Building
Abraham Park and Julia Wu: third place, Chemistry Lab
Ajaybabu Sammeta and Eric Liu: sixth place Chemistry Lab
Bharath Jaladi and Ashray Chowdhry: second place, Electric Vehicle
Aditya Iyer and Tanishq Aggarwal: sixth place, Electric Vehicle
Aysha Sheik, Colman Yan, and Salil Desai: fourth place, Experimental Design
Abraham Park and William Jiao: first place, Forensics
Amelia Adcroft and Varnita Prakash: fifth place, Green Generation
Sourabh Chakraborty and Sruthi Katakam, and Ajay Koritala: third place, Protein Modeling
Abraham Park, Vijay Krishnan, and Lewis Wang: sixth place, Protein Modeling
Salil Desai and Kai Zheng: sixth place, Write it – Do It
Community Middle School’s Science Olympiad teams placed first and third in the recent regional tournament. The CMS coaches are Kevin Mackenzie, Lisa Sacca, and Arthur Downs.
In addition to the team honors, students received 17 out of 20 medals in individual events:
Vainavi Mukkamala and Sehej Bindra: second place, Anatomy and Physiology
Ketan Sengupta and Vivek Vajipey: fifth place, Bio Process Lab
Shreya Mogulothu and Ria Verma, sixth place, Bio Process Lab
Akila Saravanan and Shivani Prusty, first place, Bridge Building
Oliver Zhong and Anant Matta, third place, Bridge Building
Vijay Josephs and Eric Yang, first place, Can’t Judge a Powder
Omisha Sharma and Keshav Ratra, third place, Can’t Judge a Powder
Parth Shastri and Arnav Rastogi, third place, Disease Detectives
Arsh Rupani and Devanei Solai, first place, Elastic Launched Glider
Matthew Hong and Akash Chakka, second place, Elastic Launched Glider
Oliver Zhong and Joyce Gan, first place, Fossils
Akila Saravana and Arun Raman, third place, Fossils
Jessica Zeng and Tim Dai, first Place, Picture This
Danielle Tseng and Rishi Patel, third place, Picture This
Akhilesh (Aki) Gurram and Leo Yao, first place, Road Scholar
Eddie Chen and William Wang, second place, Road Scholar
Devanei Solai and Tim Dai, first place, Write It – Do It
#b#Business#/b#
Nila Das of Plainsboro was named to the Forbes’ “30 under 30” list. A vice president of mortgage trading at Citi, she was formerly with Goldman Sachs and Royal Bank of Scotland. She graduated from Boston University in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in finance and international management with a minor in economics.
#b#In College#/b#
Capital University: James Zeoli of West Windsor is on the provost’s list.
State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi: Amy Ashton of Plainsboro is on the dean’s list. She is majoring in nursing.
James Madison University: Students on the dean’s list include Zachary McCann of West Windsor, a member of the Class of 2017 and majoring in communication studies; and Amy Slothower of Plainsboro, a member of the Class of 2016 and is majoring in theater and dance.
Lehigh University: Students on the dean’s list include West Windsor residents Sydney Bornstein, Sarah Grust, Simon Hwang, Armaan Khullar, Amanda Lane, Amy Laresch, and Dazuo Zhu.
University of Vermont: Bethany Harris of West Windsor is on the dean’s list. A member of the Class of 2018, she is majoring in psychological science.
Widener University: Students on the dean’s list include Nicole Crossey, a political science, international relations and history major from Plainsboro; and Brae McQuade, a middle years education major from West Windsor.
