College notes

Graduations
Emily Chu, Warwick Valley Class of 2009, is graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in marketing communications from Emerson College in Boston in May.

Lindsay Theodore , a 2009 graduate of Warwick Valley High School, will graduate magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in molecular and cell biology with distinction in research later this month from Cornell University in Ithaca.

Lindsay will continue her education, pursuing a Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences at Harvard Medical School beginning in September.

She is the daughter of Cynthia and Nick Theodore of Sugar Loaf.

Dean’s list
Russell Zintel, a 2011 graduate of Warwick Valley High School, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at the University of Vermont in Burlington with a grade point average of 3.67.

To qualify, students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 and be among the top 20 percent of their class.

Russell is a sophomore majoring in English and minoring in political science.

Programs, awards, honors
Julie Jacques of Warwick took part in an internship this spring through SUNY Oswego’s Experience-Based Education program.

The Experience-Based Education program at Oswego places students in internships and career awareness opportunities that allow them to earn college credits while garnering valuable life experience. Last year, more than a thousand Oswego students took part in experiential learning while working at hundreds of businesses, nonprofit agencies and government offices, not counting the hundreds of student teachers working in area schools.

Jacques, a senior psychology major, interned at the Lifestyles Center on the SUNY Oswego campus.