Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Kristin Boelzner

The 鶹app at Manchester will recognize the academic achievements of more than 70 students at the2016 on Tuesday, May 17.

One of the university’s largest academic ceremonies, Honors Convocation brings administrators, faculty, staff and students together to celebrate academic success. This year’s event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester, N.H.

Leading the proceedings is UNH Manchester Dean Mike Decelle, with remarks from P.T. Vasudevan, UNH Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. This year's student speaker is English major, English program award recipient and University Scholar Kristin Boelzner. , lecturer of mathematics and recipient of the 2016 Excellence in Teaching award, will give the faculty address.

This year’s program will recognize Presidential Scholars,University Scholars, inductees of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta honor societies as well as recipients of the WritingAcrossthe Curriculum, Undergraduate Research Conference andacademicprogram awards.

Student speakerKristin Boelzner has become a dynamic presence at UNH Manchester, involved in almost every facet of the urban campus. Boelzner received the Heart of UNH Manchester award at the Student Leadership Recognition Ceremony, recognizing her passion for students and commitment to UNH Manchester. She also received the Unsung Hero award, which is awarded to students who demonstrate dedication to student clubs and the campus community.

Boelzner’sroles on campus also include positions as a student marketing assistant and blog team leader in the marketing department; Peer Assistant Leader, Academic Coach, Transfer Student Mentor in the Office of Student Development and Involvement; office assistant in the Student Service Suite; and an event promoterwithin the Student Activities Department.

At this year’s Honors Convocation,Boelzner, a University Scholar, will receive theEnglishProgram Award and be recognized for her invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa.

The following students will also receive awards for outstanding academic achievement in their undergraduate degree program:

Presidential Scholars

Presidential Scholars must have earned 100 credits byFebruary15, 2016, of which at least 64 are UNH graded credits, and have a 3.85-4.0 cumulative UNH grade point average.

Kaitlin Archibald, Business, BA, SummaCumLaude (Dec 2015)

Sara Clark, Psychology, BA SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

OliviaMarchioni, Business, BA, SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

Bruce Rheaume, Biological Sciences, BA, SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

University Scholars

Baccalaureate degree candidates must have earned 100 credits byFebruary 15, 2016, of which at least 64 are UNH graded credits, and have a 3.5-3.84cumulative UNH grade point average.

Associate degree candidates must have earned 32 or more credits byFebruary 15, 2016, of which at least 12 are UNH graded credits, and have a 3.5- 4.0 cumulative UNH grade point average.


Becky Baker, Biotechnology, BS, Cum Laude (May 2016)

MikailaBayers, Psychology, BACumLaude (May 2016)

Cassie Beaudin, Biological Sciences, BA MagnaCumLaude (Dec 2015)

JessalynBenson, Biological Sciences and History major

Kristin Boelzner, English, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Zachery Boynton,EET:ComputerTechnology, BS, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Garrett Bryant,EET:ComputerTechnology, BS, Magna Cum Laude (May 2016)

Mariah Cahill, Psychology, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Wayne Charrette, English, BACumLaude (Dec 2015)

Annie Cole, Sign Language Interpretation major

Adam Connolly, Electrical Engineering Tech, BS, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Erin Conroy, Business, BA, MagnaCumLaude (Dec 2015)

Kyle Cormier, Electrical Engineering Technology major

Amanda Cote, Communication Arts major

HannahDePietro, Sign Language Interpretation, BS, Cum Laude (May 2016)

GabrielaDiaconu, Biological Sciences, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Matthew Dimock, Mechanical Engineering Technology major

Taylor Driscoll, Biological Sciences major

Christopher Falk, Business major

NelsonGbeve, Communication Arts, BA, MagnaCumLaude (Dec 2015)

MatthewGott, Biological Sciences major

Joshua Greer-Carney, Biological Sciences major

MatthewHeyner, Computer Information Systems, BS MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Melissa Jacob,GeneralStudies major

Cassidy John, Humanities, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Shane Johnston, Biological Sciences, BACumLaude (May 2016)

StephenKobleElectrical Engineering Tech, BS, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

KimberlyMaciejczyk,BiologicalSciences major

SusannaMagdziarz,History major

Kendra McDonald,BiologicalSciencesMajor

RobertMcMenamin,BusinessAdministration major

Susan Orr,GeneralStudies major

Brianna Palhete, Business, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

JessicaPalmariello, Sign LanguageInterpretation major

Abby Pelletier,Biological Sciences major

Maggie Plante, Biological Sciences, BA, MagnaCumLaude (Dec 2015)

AlanProvance, History, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Jennifer Reid,BiologicalSciences major

Thomas Rhoades, History, BA SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

Derek Rose, Business, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Fallon Rouleau, Biological Sciences, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Ryan Sanborn,Historymajor

KatieSarette, History, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Aaron Savoy, General Studies, AA (Sept 2016)

Jonathon Shallow,ComputerScience &Entrepreneurship major

Liam Smith,BiologicalSciences major

Ryane Staples,BiologicalSciences major

Julie Swanson, Psychology, BACumLaude (May 2016)

DonaldSwinerton,BiologicalSciences major

MichaelTay, Biological Sciences, BACumLaude (May 2016)

Brandon Therrien, Mechanical Engineering Technology, BS, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

AlannaWagenblast, Sign Language Interpretation, BS MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

David Wiley, English major

Zachary Window, Biological Sciences, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Program Awards

Bruce Rheaume, Biology Program Award

Becky Baker,BiotechnologyProgram Award

Paige Tobin, Business Program Award

Amanda Cote, Communication Arts Award

MatthewHeyner, CIS and Computer Science & Entrepreneurship Award

StephenKoble, Engineering Technology Award

Kristin Boelzner, English Program Award

Ryan Sanborn, History Program Award

Cassidy John, Humanities Program Award

Victoria Gouveia, Politics & Society Program Award

Brianna Sargent Merrill, Psychology Program Award

AlannaWagenblast, Sign Language Interpretation Program Award

Writing Across the Curriculum Award Winners

Bruce Rheaume, Biological Sciences, BA, SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

LoriZibel, History, BA (Sept 2016)

Honorable Mention:Marc Brennan

Biology Program Book Award

Ariel Trachtenberg, Biological Sciences major

Biotechnology Program Book Award

Rachel Main, Biotechnologymajor

History Program Book Awards

Thomas Rhoades, History, BA SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

Nicole Toy, History major

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Humanities Program Book Awards

Cassidy John, Humanities, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

AmandaVendt, Humanities, BA (Dec 2015)

Master Tutor Awards

Sara Clark, Psychology, BA SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

KatieSarette, History, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Undergraduate Research Conference Awards

Oral Presentations

NelsonGbeve, Communication Arts, BA, MagnaCumLaude (Dec 2015)

LoriZibel, History, BA (Sept 2016)

PosterPresentations

KyleVynorius, Biological Sciences major

Cinema Arts Presentations

Kyle Sanborn, Communication Arts major

Computing Technology Poster Presentations

Nigel Swanson, Computer Info.Systems, BS (May 2016)

Engineering Technology

Jacob Gallant, Mechanical Engineering Tech, BS (May 2016)

Phi Beta Kappa Recognition

Kristin Boelzner, English, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

GabrielaDiaconu, Biological Sciences, BA, MagnaCumLaude (May 2016)

Bruce Rheaume, Biological Sciences, BA, SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

Phi Alpha Theta Recognition

JessalynBenson

EricaGuilbeault, History major

SusannaMagdziarz, History major

AlanProvance, History, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

Thomas Rhoades, History, BA SummaCumLaude (May 2016)

Ryan Sanborn, Communication Arts major

KatieSarette, History, BA, Cum Laude (May 2016)

CorySzaro, History major

Nicole Toy, History major