Westfield Residents Named to Dean's Lists

The following residents earned dean's list honors for the Fall 2012 semester at Saint Joseph's University.

Bryan W Reilly is majoring in Accounting.

Sadie J Burgdorf is majoring in Elementary Educ: 4th - 8th Gr.

Daniella N. Ciampa is majoring in Food Marketing.

Michael Gerard Abbattista is majoring in Sociology.

Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or above, a B or greater in all their classes, and complete at least 15 credits to earn Dean's List status for a semester.

Background: Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851, Saint Joseph's University advances the professional and personal ambitions of men and women by providing a demanding, yet supportive, educational experience. One of only 152 schools with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and AACSB business school accreditation, Saint Joseph's is home to 4,650 traditional undergraduate day students, 700 College of Professional and Liberal Studies adult undergraduates, and 3,600 graduate and doctoral students. Steeped in the 450-year Jesuit tradition of scholarship and service, Saint Joseph's was named to the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for General Community Service. The University strives to be recognized as the preeminent Catholic comprehensive university in the Northeast..

Michael Biggs, a student on Fairleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham Campus, located in Madison, N.J. has been inducted to FDU's Phi Omega Epsilon senior honor society for the Fall 2012 semester. To qualify for Phi Omega Epsilon, a student must have completed 90 credits toward an undergraduate degree, and of these credits, 58 must have been earned at FDU and a cumulative grade point ratio of 3.20 must have been maintained for all of them.

FDU's College at Florham is located on the former Vanderbilt-Twombly estate in suburban Morris County. Its focus is on providing outstanding on-campus and residential living opportunities, hands-on-learning experiences, strong graduate and professional school preparation, and customized educational options, all framed by a global perspective.

Rider University's colleges of Business Administration; Continuing Studies; Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; and Westminster College of the Arts have announced the names of undergraduate students who have been placed on the Dean's List for the fall 2012 semester.

Area Dean's List students are:

Rebecca Kape a junior Elementary Education major

Travis Przybylski a freshman Music Theater major

Nicholas Villane a freshman Accounting major

Rider University is a vibrant, student-centered community of learners regionally recognized as a top-tier institution. With campuses in Lawrenceville and Princeton, New Jersey, Rider is an independent, residential university with nearly 6,000 students -- undergraduate, graduate and non-traditional adult learners. Rider offers more than 60 undergraduate programs in fine and performing arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, education and business, as well as 21 graduate programs principally in business, education and music.