College notes

Graduations Thomas Garby of Warwick graduated in December 2011 from the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi with a bachelor’s degree in professional golf management.

Dean’s list Joshua Orenstein of Warwick was named to the dean’s list for the 2011 fall semester at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt.

Honors, awards, programs Claire Pettit, daughter of Kathy Rodgers Pettit of Warwick and Ray Pettit of Garfield, N.J., will be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on May 11.

Phi Beta Kappa honors recent graduates and current juniors and seniors who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement in the humanities and fine arts, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences. Founded in 1776, it is the most prestigious national honor society recognizing excellence at the undergraduate level. The chapter at the university was founded in 1963.

Rebecca Tripp, a freshman from Warwick, traveled to Ewing, Va., with fellow Marquette University students over spring break as a part of the Marquette Action Program (MAP). During the week-long service trip, Tripp’s group volunteered at the Wilderness Road State Park.

Since 1977, MAP has offered students the chance to work and interact with people all over the United States. Sponsored by Marquette’s Campus Ministry, the trips expose students to aspects of poverty, racism and the lives of the disabled in today’s society. Depending on the site, students may be doing anything from assisting in classrooms to preparing meals at homeless shelters to repairing houses devastated by storms. This year, more than 180 Marquette volunteers traveled to 21 different sites in 14 different states.