Alec Schrader is valedictorian of Fredonia High School’s Class of 2020. Alec is the son of Philip and Karen Schrader and has two brothers, Seth and Gabe Schrader. Throughout high school, Alec has challenged himself by taking eight of the nine Advanced Placement courses offered at ...

ERIE, Pa. — Ashley Diane Crandall of Mayville has received a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and will enter a PGY1 residency with LECOM Health Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie. In 2020, the LECOM School of Pharmacy, with campuses ...

Jamestown Community College faculty members Jessica Kubiak and Laura Parmenter received the 2020 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence recently. The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence recognizes consistently superior professional achievement and encourages the ...

Dr. Jed Walsh graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine with a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree in May. Walsh was vice president of the Class of 2020 and a member of the Student Doctor of the Year selection committee. Walsh earned a bachelor of science degree in ...

WESTFIELD — Katie Joy Bodenmiller, daughter of Thayne and Louella Bodenmiller, is the 2020 Westfield Academy and Central School valedictorian. Katie said she has grown up in a very loving, but driven, home. She has been a WDOE Player of the Day and Player of the Week for soccer, as well ...

ERIE, Pa. — Kaitlyn Alexandra Crossan of Dunkirk has received a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) and will undergo surgery/general residency training with McLaren Greater Lansing in Lansing, Michigan. Osteopathic medicine ...

Erica Rojas, who plans to attend the University at Buffalo and major in political science, has received a $1,000 scholarship from the Western Division Federal Credit Union. She is a member of the Class of 2020 from Dunkirk High School. “We are a strong believer in education; our young ...

The Dunkirk Democratic Committee announced it will be awarding Erica Rojas a $250 scholarship from the Dunkirk Democratic Committee Scholarship Fund. Bob Bankoski, the driving force behind the Scholarship Fund, has notified Erica and dropped off the scholarship check at the Dunkirk High School ...

Dominique Riforgiato, a Fredonia High graduate class of 2017, received her degree from D’youville College in Buffalo in May as a member of Lambda Sigma, a national honor society for second year students, and Chi Alpha Sigma, a national college athlete honor society. She received the ESS ...

Senior Catherine J. Oag, a history major at the State University at Fredonia, has received the Phi Alpha Theta Award. The Department of History at Fredonia presented the award, which was created to recognize and encourage outstanding students who exemplify the spirit of Phi Alpha Theta, the ...

Jamestown Community College has announced the names of students who are degree and certificate candidates for graduation in May. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on large public gatherings, traditional commencement ceremonies for JCC’s May 2020 graduates are postponed until December and will be ...

Jamestown Community College recently honored 72 area high school students from throughout southwestern New York as the 2019-20 students of the year in the College Connections program. In selecting the students of the year, schools were asked to consider College Connections participants who ...

ANGOLA — Students enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at the Carrier Educational Center thought for sure their chances to compete in the New York State ProStart Invitational were erased after schools closed their doors on March 15. Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES students on the ...

Jake Alan Smith, son of Sharon and Richard Smith, has been named the Valedictorian of the 2020 senior class at Forestville Central School. He was a safety on the football team, a forward on the basketball team, and a sprinter on the track team. He plays alto saxophone in marching and concert ...

State University of New York at Fredonia Department of Physics Assistant Professor Michael Dunham, whose research and scholarship interests are in observational studies of star and planet formation, is the recipient of the 2020 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award. In ...

... The University of Northwestern Ohio is proud to acknowledge that Connor M. Lynden of Fredonia has made the Dean’s List for the February 2020 session in the College of Applied Technologies. Full-time students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or better to be named to the Dean’s ...

CEDARVILLE, OHIO — Mark Massaro of Dunkirk earned a Master of Ministry during the online Class of 2020 Celebration on May 2. The ceremony can be viewed at cedarville.edu/classof2020. This celebration will not replace commencement, which will be held homecoming weekend on Oct. 2-3, with full ...

Elizabeth Sawka, daughter of Rosemarie Sawka of Lancaster, formerly of Fredonia, and the late Vincent Sawka, earned a Masters of Social Work from the Graduate School of Social Services at Fordham University during their 2020 commencement. Elizabeth is the Creative Arts Specialist for ...

Senior Matthew Woleben of Brocton was named to the Zeta Upsilon Chapter of the Kappa Delta Pi national honor society in education at the State University of New York at Fredonia. An Earth Science Adolescence Education major, he is the son of Bruce Woleben of Brocton and the late Wendy ...

Kayla R Suchanick, 22, of Fredonia graduated from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. A virtual ceremony took place on May 3. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education and Human Ecology for Fashion Retail Studies. Suchanick was in two honor societies as well. She ...