Author: Yvonne Page

DANIELSON, CT — Quinebaug Valley Community College has announced the names of 210 students named to the spring semester dean’s list.For a printable PDF of the dean’s list, click here.

Andover:
Arlene Pacheco

Ashford:
Diana Cone, Amanda DeMaire, Ann Marie Goulette, Adam Klesser, Yuliia Serheieva, Susan Sherman, Paul Vertefeuille

Ballouville:
Jens Hansen

Baltic:
Aaron Arpin

Bolton:
Stephen Jacobsen

Brooklyn:
Hailey Barrows, Laura Bates, Alison Brennan, Valerie Brodeur, John Carr, Christopher Carrion, Andrew Davis, Ricky Ellis, Trenisa Findlay, Brianna Girard, Nathan Graveline, Patricia Grohe, William Hamill, Marrisa Herring, Anna Hill, Frank Jimenez, William Kalvinek, Sherry Lowe, Kerry McGuire, Sarah McMerriman, Jason Murphy, Taylor Nicholson, Wanto Polynice, Ortexis Ramos, Robert Siwko, Robert Tuttle, James Walker, Abdullah Yusufi

Canterbury:
David Adams, Liliana Baraybar, Julia Christensen, Andrew Desrosiers, Amanda LaFramboise

Central Village:
Adelyn Garland

Chaplin:
Brenden Cloutier, Ryan Landon

Clinton:
Christina Lecza

Columbia:
Kathleen Smith

Coventry:
Douglas Burke

Danielson:
Brittany Barnes, Ryan Comtois, Kerri Fulton, Courtney Greene, Melissa Hopkins, Candice Koolhaas, Jarrod Larkin, Michael Lee, Jordan Mahon, Michaela Marshall, Samantha Morowski, Jenna Normandin, Carlos Poch, Michaela Raymond, Alan Reynolds, Megan Reynolds, Christine Sheridan, Mia Smith, Brendan Trajanowski, Mya Windrow, Brianna Worden, Katie Zannini

Dayville:
Brianna Blinkhorn, Catherine Burgess, Reid Dumas, Matthew Dumont, Samantha Duquette, Thomas Ellis, Allison Keeling, Jennifer Lehtinen, Jordyn Malarkey, Chelsea Opperman, Vincent Pontarelli, Leah Rainey, Jenna Rodrigues, Brandon Steen, Andrew Tingley

Eastford:
Amy Ayer

Gales Ferry:
Matthew Murphy

Griswold:
Kaitlyn Dick, Kaitlin Nagel

Groton:
Zachary Dunn, Jennylyn Duyan

Hampton:
India McDermott Arriola

Jewett City:
Michael Ahern IV, Jayson Carbonneau, Amanda Fenner

Lebanon:
Jason Dodge

Mansfield Center:
Gus Larsen Giangrave, Ruth Soderberg, Jeri-Lyn Wrubel

Moosup:
Rebecca Gervais, Christopher Korab, James Murphy, Lindsey Salas, Angel Stewart

Niantic:
Raena Ferguson

North Grosvenordale:
Lynzie Hancock, Sylwia Helwig, Ashley Klein, Mia Krysa, Jason Lebeau, Sara Watson

North Windham:
Maxwell Landeck

Norwich:
Shiloh Mahmood, Holly Ryan

Oneco:
Zachary Savage

Plainfield:
Angela Grasso, Austin Grimshaw, Kristi Luchi, Jesse Paprota, Justin Soja, Jennifer Spinney, Patricia Wilson, Amanda Wish

Pomfret:
Erin Grist, Dawn Libby, Christopher Arpin, Caitlin Barclay, Kayla DeMaire, Sydney Faragne, Kelsey Gallo, Thomas Kacerik, Gabrielle Larrow, Jaden Rosselli, Ramsey Tarabishy, Robert Tripp, Eric Yost

Putnam:
Hannah Bergeron, Amanda Champagne, Kevin Champagne, Avery Choti, Angelica Desrosiers, Veronica Fuchs, Susan Giles, Joseph Ionkin, Leah Jackson, Kayla Klingensmith, Mason Lafleur, Zachary Lavoie, Kris Levesque, Diane Matthews, Joshua McFadden, Heather Montie, Saige Morin, John Smith, Garrett Sward, Tyson Winchell, Evan Zach

Scotland:
Naomi Sargent

Sterling:
Myia Harris, Lauryn Hart, Cody Jackson, Jason Leclair, Maxwell Mapel, Amanda Shaw

Storrs:
Nicole Abbott, Sara Green

Thompson:
Roxanne Dahlin, Johnathon Deneault, Audrey Helmetag, Cameron Huizenga, Lindsey Julian, Kaitlyn Morton, Michael Salisbury, Connor Weiss

Wauregan:
Amber Hopps, Hanah Hopps, Kathryne Vegiard

Willimantic:
Karla Alamo, Victoria DeJesus, Yasmin Garcia-Juarez, Peter Gelinas, Ibia Hernandez, Erika Rivera, Yarixa Rodriguez, Keith Udal, Eric Weissenborn

Windham:
Joshua Cruz, Charles Steiner

Woodstock:
Willard Brin, Francesca Cicarelli, Korrin Durning, Charles Hall, Ashley Hemphill, Jared MacDonald, Lillian Mandeville, Sean McGroary, Jacob Parent, Morgan Reynolds, Emily Rosaci, Coleen Solitro, Joseph Thompson

Woodstock Valley:
Patricia Devin, Elijah John

Dudley, MA: Kerrissa Cobb

Oxford, MA: Rosanne Wheeler-Flint

Southbridge, MA: Kathryn Bohm, Kristen LaFleche

Foster, RI: Felicia Galipeau

DANIELSON, CT —The Robotics Team from Quinebaug Valley Community College, winner of last year’s NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium Community College Quadcopter Challenge, will host NASA’s Connecticut Space Grant Consortium Community College Spring Robotics Competition. The competition will be held on Friday, April 26 in the Quinebaug Valley Middle College gymnasium from 12-3pm.

Two QVCC teams will compete on Friday: 3L2R and the Rock Wobblers. Team Rock Wobblers is comprised of members Julia Boyce of Foster, RI (General Studies), Becca Cuff of Jewett City, CT (Biology), Garret Sward or Putnam, CT (Engineering Science) and Treye Chaney of Putnam, CT (General Studies). Team 3L2R is comprised of members Andrew Tingley of Dayville, CT (Engineering Science), Austin Grimshaw of Plainfield, CT (Computer Networking), Spencer Terwilliger of Danielson, CT (Computer Networking), and Joshua Robichaud of Danielson, CT (Technology Studies w/ Mechatronics Certificate).

Also participating will be Team Quad Squad from Northwestern Connecticut Community College, comprised of members Doug Hoffman (Lead), Amana Gregg, James Ivain, Tommy Le, Melissa Mallem, and Nathanial Reynolds. Additionally, Team New England Rotors from Three Rivers Community College will compete, comprised of members Yevhen Rutovytskyy (Lead), Jonathan Bermudez, Kevin Peterson, Nathaniel Reigles and Adam Rugh.

The approximate schedule is as follows:

• 12:00 – 12:30pm: Lunch and team setup
• 12:30 – 12:40pm: Welcome and Introduction
• 12:40 – 1:15pm: Video and demonstration of rotor protection, camera mount, and unique capability
• 1:15 – 1:45pm: Multi-pilot flight
• 1:45 – 2:45pm: Close-up imaging and exploration (environmental parameter logging, sample return and mapping)
• 2:45 – 3:00pm: Certificates for participating teams and closing remarks

The Robotics Team from Quinebaug Valley Community College, winner of the last three NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium Community College Quadcopter Challenges, presented at the Student Poster Session of the NASA National Council of Space Grant Directors in Arlington, VA on March 1, 2019.

QVCC Quadcopter Challenge team members include James Laudon ’18, Jacob Parent, Zeke Parent, Emily Rosaci and Andrew Tingley. QVCC was the only community college among eight groups selected from two-year and four-year institutions across the nation. The team made the trip to the Washington, D.C. area with Team Advisor and Space Grant Campus Director, Jakob Spjut to present their work.

Team members and brothers Jacob and Zeke Parent, Woodstock, CT shared that they were fortunate to have met students from all over the country. “To name a few, there were groups from Montana, Oregon, Iowa, and even Alaska,” said Jacob Parent. Zeke Parent shared that the team met representatives from NASA, who are also interested in visiting QVCC to tour the Advanced Manufacturing Center where the quadcopter was created. “We proved to everyone that community colleges have huge potential and can compete at the level of big four-year schools,” said Parent. As members of the Robotics Club at QVCC, Jacob and Zeke agree that the hands-on experience with coding and CAD software has prepared them for real life applications, such as the Student Quadcopter Challenge.

Two QVCC student teams will compete in the 2019 Community College Quadcopter Challenge, hosted by the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium at QVCC in late April.

Quinebaug Valley Community College has announced the names of 200 students named to the fall semester dean’s list. For a printable PDF of the dean’s list, click here.

Andover:
Estela Hernandez

Ashford:
Diana Cone, Yuliia Serheieva, Paul Vertefeuille, Ashley Vincent

Ballouville:
Jens Hansen

Brooklyn:
Emily Beaudry, Chad Bell, Avery Benton, Valerie Brodeur, Kimberly Byrne, Mary Coraccio, Summer Coraccio, Andrew Davis, Cody DeGray, Trenisa Findlay, William Hamill, Tyler Hawes, Marrisa Herring, Leah Janetatos, Anthony Jean, Sherry Lowe, Sarah McMerriman, Jesse Paredes, Chad Petitpas, Nicholas Smith, Kylie White

Canterbury:
Krystyna Andrews, Andrew Desrosiers, Emma Hopkins, Amanda LaFramboise

Central Village:
Adelyn Shellenberger

Chaplin:
Brenden Cloutier, Kristina Davenport, Patrick McNamara, Allyson Paradis

Clinton:
Henry Mahier

Coventry:
Douglas Burke, Melissa Morton

Danielson:
Christopher Arpin, Jasmine Ashmore, Nicole Auger, Ryan Ballard, Tyra Bergstrom, Meghan Briquier, Kyla DesRoberts, Kerri Fulton, Meghan Galloway, Alexander Hopkins, RoxAnn Huckaby, Jeremy Kolodziejski, Michaela Marshall, Nila Mejia-Soto, Samantha Morowski, Abigail Newman, Jenna Normandin, Katherine Perry, Michaela Raymond, Alan Reynolds, Yvonne Roberts, Isabel Rodriguez-Mendez, Rebecca Roy, Monique Sanborn, Spencer Terwilliger

Dayville:
Nicholas Allaire, Khamvongsouk Bandith, Paul Brisson, Patricia Jacques, Isabella Notarantonio, Vincent Pontarelli, Edward Pragana, Jenna Rodrigues, Maria Rodriguez, Megan Vertefeuille

Gales Ferry:
Matthew Murphy

Griswold:
Sean Anderson, Kaitlyn Dick, Rebecca Leffler

Hampton:
Thomas Lehoux, Miles Lindell, Alayna O’Callaghan

Hartford:
Antoinette Ledgister

Jewett City:
Viola Bonanno-Boushell, Jayson Carbonneau, Cassandra Edge, Briana Evans, Amanda Fenner, Sara Schultz

Lebanon:
Jason Dodge, John Gray

Mansfield Center:
Jennifer Del Valle, Alexander Tomanelli

Meriden:
Quyen Di Sabino

Moosup:
Eneriko Ferraj, David Gallant, Raymond LaRose, James Murphy, Brittany Savage, Paige Waterman

New London:
Zachary Dion

North Franklin:
Zachary Beebe

North Grosvenordale:
Tyler Baker, Kaylah Brace, Mia Krysa, Savannah Loiselle, Sara Watson

Norwich:
Amy Adams, Xiaomin Huang, Holly Ryan

Oneco:
Ashley Finley

Plainfield:
Hannah Cloutier, Chloe Cooke, Emmalee Deojay, Autumn Fortin, Nathan Graveline, Austin Grimshaw, Elizabeth Lemoine, Cassandra Miller, Marc Perreault

Pomfret:
Hannah-Rose Andrews, Alyssa Becker, Olivia Chambrello, Gabrielle Cimino, Tanya Durand, Sydney Feragne, Brandy Hebert, Thomas Kacerik, Stephanie Keith, Gabrielle Larrow, Robert Tripp, Lacey Wood, Eric Yost

Putnam:
Rebecca Adams, Ethan Berriault, Matthew Brisco, Ethan Bruso, Avery Choti, Angelica Desrosiers, Kristina Dyba, Christopher Heaney, Mason Lafleur, Zachary Lavoie, Joshua McFadden, Saige Morin, Linda Paradis, Jacob Phaneuf, John Smith, Jamie Soroka, Courtney Scott, Garrett Sward, William Walsh, Evan Zach

Sterling:
Tyler Adams, Anna Carpentier, Jarod Denomme, Lauryn Hart, Jacob Menten, Thomas Menten

Taftville:
Cheryl Chabot

Thompson:
Anna Carr, Kirsten Creighton, Cameron Huizenga, Elizabeth Jourdan, Lindsey Julian

Wauregan:
Gina Maddox

Willimantic:
Kate Crescenzo, Victoria DeJesus, Silverio Diaz-Montejo, Scott Doubleday, Christina Haynes, Kyle Motivans, Luis Rivera, Omaira Sanchez, Alicia Springer, Milagro Velasquez-Argueta

Windham:
Lauren Cote, Joshua Cruz, Axel Oschmann

Woodstock:
Robert Baldino, Kaylea Bessios, Willard Brin, Jacqueline Dufour, Korrin Durning, Ana Ficher, Julia Fox, Jacqueline Kidd, Rachel Labak, Jared MacDonald, Jacob Parent, Morgan Reynolds, Emily Rosaci, Josheph Thompson

Woodstock Valley: Patricia Decin, Harrison Frost, Jocelyn Matulis

Bolingbrook, IL: Neel Patel
Braintree, MA: Cynthia Champion
Southbridge, MA: Arielle Wasiak
Foster, RI: Julia Boyce

Quinebaug Valley Community College welcomed 28 ninth and tenth grade girls from Killingly, Plainfield, Putnam, and Tourtellotte Memorial High Schools to the College’s first annual Women in Manufacturing Day.

During a panel discussion, guests had the opportunity to speak with four QVCC alumni who work in the manufacturing industry. Catarina Lima from Electric Boat, Hazel Glaude from Putnam Plastics, Victoria Rooke from Westminster Tool, and Kristina Davenport from SPIROL Corporation offered useful advice, shared personal stories, and answered questions about navigating the manufacturing industry as a woman. Participants also watched video testimonials showcasing two women with manufacturing positions at Whelen Engineering in Chester and UTC Aerospace Systems in Windsor Locks. The students then toured QVCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Center and had the opportunity to fabricate two products: a metal whistle and a plastic storage box using computer numeric control machining and 3D printing respectively.

QVCC President Dr. Carlee Drummer noted the importance of exposing young women to the field of manufacturing. She commented, “Although 47 percent of women comprise the workforce in the United States, only 29 percent hold jobs in manufacturing. QVCC is the ideal place to begin that career.”

I chose QVCC because I wanted a college where the professors knew me by name and cared about my success.

Graduated this spring with an A.S., in General Studies. Will be attending Nichols College this fall.

Received an A.S., degree in Engineering Science last spring. Attending Wentworth Institute of Technology this fall.

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