With graduation fast approaching, Alice Obas, then a senior at Williams College, was considering an important question in addition to planning her next phase of life: who, among her former teachers at West Haven High School, had the most influence on her education?

Such contemplation is a rite of passage for seniors at Williams, who, each year, are invited to nominate their former teachers for the George Olmsted Jr. Class of 1924 Prize for Excellence in Secondary Education.

For Obas, the choice was obvious: Southern alumnus Liam Leapley, ’00, a special education teacher at West Haven High who also leads the Program for Accelerated Credit Recovery in Education (PACE) at the school. Leapley designed and implemented PACE and, years ago, worked closely with Obas when she was a talented high school student serving as a teaching assistant with the program.

“While the Olmsted Prize is for nominating former teachers, and I was not a part of the PACE program, I feel that I learned and was taught more from Mr. Leapley than my AP [advanced placement] and Honors classes taught me out of a book,” says Obas. The judging committee was inspired as well, selecting Leapley as one of only four recipients of the Olmsted Award. In recognition, he received $3,000, and an additional $5,000 was presented to West Haven High. The award is particularly prestigious in light of the college’s standing: it’s been cited repeatedly as the top liberal arts college in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes, including this year.

PACE — an intervention program for at-risk youth in grades 8 through 12 — incorporates outside the box approaches to education, including a community-based work experience component, to reignite students’ interest in learning, “Every child can move forward, but you must be willing to work with them no matter where they begin and at which pace they move,” says Leapley, who’s been a special education teacher since 2000 and led the PACE program since 2009.

His influence, notes Obas, has been profound and far-reaching. “Mr. Leapley has not only upheld the values of equity and inclusion during his teaching career but has also instilled those values in his hundreds of students, and in me,” she says.

Southern has historically been a leader in the field of education, with graduates of the School of Education earning many top awards at the state level and beyond. Among the honorees is Jahana Hayes,’05, who was named the National Teacher of the Year in 2016 and went on to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

The website LendEDU has released its annual Top 50 Financial Literacy Programs report, and Southern made the list for the third year in a row. After analyzing colleges and universities based on LendEDU’s unique scoring system, LendEDU placed Southern in the top 50, at #9, up from #29 in 2018.

LendEDU is a marketplace for private student loans, student loan refinancing, credit cards, and personal loans, among other financial products. LendEDU’s goal is to create transparency in these markets to help consumers make educated decisions and better manage their money. It annually compiles a ranking of the 50 best financial literacy programs offered at colleges throughout the United States, looking at hundreds of colleges and universities that are known to have a financial literacy program. The rankings were based on three specifications:

• The number of workshops and resources available
• Access to one-on-one financial consultation
• Incentivizing programs available (e.g., scholarships for attending workshops)

According to LendEDU, Southern “takes the ninth spot by offering over 100 annual workshops about financial literacy and education. Some workshops include Paying for College, Budget Talk$, and Life After College. The university also has an active and personalized financial advising program, with over 3,174 individual financial plans having been created over the years for students. Many resources have been gathered to a centralized webpage, including student discounts, recommended reading, and videos.”

LendEDU also includes Southern in the recent article, “Colleges That Are Making a Difference By Improving Financial Literacy.”

Lewis J. DeLuca, Jr., coordinator of Student Financial Literacy and Advising, advises students on financial literacy. Through advising, outreach and on-campus programming, he works closely with students and parents to raise awareness about financial literacy, student aid programs and scholarships, as well as the advantages of the timely completion of a degree.

“Financial aid departments in colleges and universities have people who talk with students, but generally not in the kind of depth that we are able to provide on a consistent basis,” DeLuca has said. “And we are available to talk with high school students and potential transfer students, as well.”

As a high schooler, Haroon Chaudhry saw college like this: You go to class, you graduate, and you are done.

“That’s all I expected,” he says, “to just do it.”

Four years ago, Chaudhry was accepted to the track team at Southern Connecticut State University and enrolled on a full athletic scholarship. Before starting his freshman year, he attended the Southern Educational Opportunity Program (SEOP) Summer Academy, which helps students ease their transition to Southern. The program helped — he got to know several people and the campus — but the first day of classes he didn’t see any of those people.

“I was nervous,” he says. “I was shy.”

Fate stepped in when Chaudhry bumped into Dian Brown-Albert, coordinator of Multicultural Affairs.

“She told me about the Muslim Students Association, and I thought that would be a great way for me to get to know other Muslims on campus,” he says. (The Muslim Students Association, or MSA, is an organization for Muslims and non-Muslim students at Southern and provides a welcoming atmosphere for students of different cultures and backgrounds.)

Chaudhry always had been passionate about his Muslim heritage. Born in Pakistan, he was 13 when he and his family moved to America in 2009. He steadily had been conducting research on what it means to be Muslim in America and had even won a scholarship in high school for his research.

“That’s [joining MSA] where the transition happened for me,” he says. “I went from shy to most extroverted.”

At first, Chaudhry was just a member, but then, in his sophomore year he became president.

“Jumping in was completely unfamiliar,” he says. “I had to learn how to run an organization that at the time was a group of 30 to 40 people. I was just a sophomore and some of the members were juniors and seniors. I was nervous. But I had to learn.”

This is the point when Chaudhry amended his original philosophy of college, of thinking that it meant just going to class, graduating, and being done. This is when he realized that what he put into the experience greatly mattered — and that the experience could alter his destiny.

“I started doing speeches on campus about who Muslims are, what we do,” Chaudhry said. “People started seeing me, recognizing me, and I started becoming more extroverted, and speaking more in public. I was educating people of other faiths about what it means to be Muslim, and I started inviting other groups to collaborate.”

The momentum Chaudhry gained further spurred him on.

“Southern provided me everything,” he says. “My passion increased for the college, and I wanted to give something back, so I started to attend everything. I utilized everything that was available, and slowly, slowly, I started to get more recognition. It felt like, ‘Muslim people are stepping up.’ I started getting invitations to go to various classes and teach about Islam and how we celebrate various events.”

Chaudhry indeed was getting recognition. He was invited to become an orientation ambassador, welcoming incoming students to campus just as he himself had been welcomed. He was awarded the Social Justice Top Owl Award, recognized at National Student Athlete Day for cross country and track, and for the first time in history, the SCSU Muslim Student Association took part in the 12th annual IRIS 5k run for refugees.

Even with all his on-campus success, Chaudhry knew he had to challenge himself academically as well. As a major in Business Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in International Business, Communication, and Leadership Development, Chaudhry decided to test his newfound determination and to study abroad, choosing the EDHEC Business School in France.

“I felt it would put me apart from other students,” he says. “Everything changed when I studied abroad. I met so many people, and I went there with an open mind. I wanted to represent Southern to the best of my ability.” He did: While in France, Chaudhry ran a half-marathon in Marseilles, proudly wearing his Southern jersey.

When he came back to campus, he decided to “really” put himself out there, in a business sense. He created a LinkedIn profile and started touting his accomplishments.

“People started noticing me,” he says. “Someone from Amazon contacted me through LinkedIn. They’d seen all the articles written about me at Southern. They asked if I wanted to be a Brand Ambassador. I had to interview for it, and it was intense.”

Again, Chaudhry would need his Southern gear.

“Amazon wanted me to go to Seattle for training, and they asked me to put a Southern t-shirt on. I said, ‘Yes, I’d love to.’”

Now an Amazon Brand Ambassador, Chaudhry’s popularity knows no limits. He receives free products from Amazon to give away throughout the campus, plus coupons for 20 percent off on books. He’s also a Student Ambassador for the School of Business, and a Brand Ambassador for GMR Marketing and Dyson companies.

This May, Chaudhry graduated with a 3.7 GPA — earned while working six jobs, simultaneously. He is the first in his family to receive dual degrees, both a bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts within four years. He is the 2018-19 recipient for the Student Affairs University Leadership Award. He was recognized by the University Access Program for his excellent GPA and was honored by Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, for excellence in leadership and academics. Under his presidency, the Muslim Students Association received the 2018-19 Impact Award.

When Chaudhry speaks about Southern, it’s easy to see how much his outlook has changed from his arrival four years ago, when college seemed like nothing more than a simple checklist.

“I fell in love with Southern, and my goal was to make connections. All over campus.”

And, it seems, the world.

Read about 2019 Commencement.

Student Photographer Jason Edwards, ’21, captured the camaraderie and fun spirit of New Student Orientation 2019 in a lively photo gallery: “Welcoming the Class of 2023 to Southern Connecticut State University.”

Jason captured moments from all five NSO sessions, as well as some shots of the Orientation Ambassadors. He sends a special shout-out to the Office of New Students and Sophomore Programs, headed by Sal Rizza, and the entire Orientation Ambassador team for leading and coordinating an interactive orientation season.

Enjoy the NSO gallery

Jacob Santos, ’19, graduated in May with dual degrees — business administration with a concentration in accounting and theatre. Today, his education continues in both subjects thanks a prestigious fellowship from the Newman’s Own Foundation, designed to provide young emerging leaders with experience in the nonprofit sector.

Santos, one of only 14 to receive the award for 2019-20, has been placed at Westport Country Playhouse, where he is a managing director fellow — a post he calls his “dream job.” “My career goal is to become a theater manager with a focus on diversity and inclusion,” says Santos. “I’m excited that my first steps into the industry are with the Playhouse, which shares my creative values and is growing from an already impressive 88-year legacy. I look forward to learning as much as I can from its excellent staff and creative team.”

The Newman’s Own Foundation Fellowship is designed to help future leaders gain a better understanding of the importance of philanthropy and giving back. About 150 apply for the fellowship each year, and the foundation annually selects a cohort of no more than 20. Each fellow receives a $38,000 stipend and health benefits from their host organization during the 12-month fellowship. The program also includes five, four-day in-person workshops focused on personal and professional development.

Santos, 24, graduated cum laude from Southern where he was very involved with the campus theater program. He is the founder of the Crescent Players of Color, a coalition of current students and alumni of color dedicated to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion. He also was a managing intern/casting associate with the Elm Shakespeare Company — Southern’s theater in residence. As a student, he won several awards, including the 2019 Arts Impact Award at the national Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Michael Barker, managing director at the Westport Country Playhouse, notes the fellowship is a win-win: “Jacob brings a new perspective to the Playhouse’s managerial work,” says Barker. “His judgement and knowledge are beyond his years, and as a recent college graduate his fresh perspective has already made us question assumptions and will lead to thoughtful analysis of our current practices.”

The Newman’s Own Foundation, an independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, has been offering the fellowship since 2015.

When Southern student Cameron Hotchkiss, a graduate student in social work, interned with Cheshire’s Human Services Department — whose targeted clients are elementary, middle school, and high school students — this past year, it was exactly what he was looking for: clinical experience in a school setting. As someone who likes helping people, Hotchkiss’ internship enabled him to work directly with children who were struggling with emotional issues, in particular those students who had missed enough school to be labeled truant. Now an MSW graduate, Hotchkiss’ unique perspective on those students may help shape school policy.

Until recently, truancy had been handled by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Due to an influx in cases, the cases were delegated to the Department of Human Services for each individual school district, therefore eliminating the need for a DCF referral. A high number of those cases ended up with Hotchkiss.

“DCF let cases filter through us before they had to get involved,” Hotchkiss says. “At my internship, it was the first year they were doing that.”

Since it was the first time the Department of Human Services was in charge of overseeing all of the school truancy cases, there wasn’t a protocol to follow. Hotchkiss’ professor, Lorrie Gardella, associate professor and MSW program coordinator, thought that if Hotchkiss focused his capstone project on the reasons behind the truancy and was able to recommend policy, it would be a win-win.

“The goal of MSW capstone special projects is to assess and respond to a community need,” Gardella says.

Hotchkiss agreed. After conducting months of research, his capstone project, “School Refusal Protocol,” identified the main contributing factors for school avoidance: bullying, separation anxiety, and social anxiety and recommended finding an assessment tool that would allow a professional to identify the contributing factor to their client’s school avoidance issues.

“Once that factor was established,” his capstone states, “the worker will then follow the created protocol on how to help the client, whether it be helping them use specific therapeutic interventions, or getting outside support from an intensive in-home care provider.”

As Hotchkiss moved along with the project, his internship supervisor Ann-Marie Bishop, youth and family counselor for Cheshire’s Department of Human Services, helped with need assessment: how to move forward with treatment and a time frame for treatments.

“As an agency, we typically work with issues like substance abuse, but more and more we see anxiety-related issues, and oftentimes with anxiety comes truancy,” Bishop says. “Cameron’s proposal was a nice marriage of Southern’s social work program and help to us as an agency. It really filled a gap on our end.”

According to Bishop, Hotchkiss’ proposal could be piloted as early as next year.

“We have a set protocol for how we handle school issues related to substance abuse, and we wanted to have one for chronic truancy, too, so we deliver consistent guidelines,” Bishop says. “They [Cheshire schools] want assistance, and we need assistance, so it meets many needs at once.”

Ultimately, the experience met Hotchkiss’ needs as well.

“I got to work with school avoidance kids,” Hotchkiss says. “The capstone actually focuses on the research, but the kids themselves helped point me in the direction to work for. I would love to try to implement [this protocol] in other school systems. My experience at Southern was great— I wanted a combination of clinical work and school work. Southern covered all aspects of social work and reaffirmed that it’s exactly what I want to do.”

Southern football alum and Super Bowl champion Joe Andruzzi arrived on campus on July 22 with a goal in mind. Twenty-three years after completing his playing career with the Owls, Andruzzi came back to Southern to receive his undergraduate degree, a milestone he had put off for years, after being recruited into the National Football League during his senior year.

The two-time All-American played for head coach Rich Cavanaugh from 1993 through the 1996 season before a 10-year career in the NFL that featured three Super Bowl championships with the New England Patriots. But it always bothered him that he hadn’t received his Southern degree, and on a warm July day, with his wife, children, and parents around him, Andruzzi wore a cap and gown and was presented with his bachelor’s degree by Southern President Joe Bertolino.

In introducing Andruzzi, Bertolino said, “This is an historic occasion for Southern Connecticut State University: to welcome a Super Bowl winner back to campus to receive his degree. How often can a university president claim that honor? But as with all of our students and alumni, Joe is more to us than ‘just’ a Super Bowl winner. He is an Owl, a member of the Southern family. And today, we celebrate his many accomplishments – in particular, his receipt of his Southern degree, a notable milestone in a remarkable life.”

The anchor of the Owls’ offensive line, Andruzzi was named an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association as a junior and senior. He was also twice selected to the All-ECAC squad and captured All-New England laurels as a sophomore, junior, and senior. He served as team captain as a senior.

Following his playing days at Southern, Andruzzi spent 10 years in the NFL, first signing as an undrafted free agent with the Green Bay Packers before joining the New England Patriots, with whom he won three Super Bowl titles before becoming a member of the Cleveland Browns.

Andruzzi was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Burkitt’s lymphoma in 2007 before founding the Joe Andruzzi Foundation in 2008. He currently serves as the CEO of the Joe Andruzzi Foundation, an organization that is leading the fight to tackle cancer by funding cancer research; assisting cancer institutes in achieving the highest level of patient care possible and by providing financial assistance to cancer patients and their caregivers to help ease the burden treatment places on their lives.

Before presenting Andruzzi with his diploma, Bertolino said, “We talk here at Southern about cultivating an ‘ethic of care’ — and Joe Andruzzi, you are the epitome of such an ethic. At Southern, we strive to treat others with dignity, respect, kindness, compassion, and civility — the five pillars of social justice — and Joe — you model these values every day. So today, we are proud to honor you as a member of the Southern family, and to recognize your academic work by presenting you with your degree — a recognition that is long overdue.”

Andruzzi’s degree ceremony drew considerable attention from local media:

New Haven Register (Jeff Jacobs): Andruzzi achieves a new degree of success as SCSU grad

Hartford Courant (Dom Amore): Joe Andruzzi, 3-time Super Bowl champ with Patriots, cancer survivor, returns to Southern Connecticut to receive his degree after 22 years

WTNH – News 8: Former Patriots and SCSU star Joe Andruzzi receives degree

WVIT: Former New England Patriot Joe Andruzzi Gets Degree

SCSU Athletics: Former SCSU Football All-American Joe Andruzzi Receives Degree

For the first time, Yale New Haven Health has hired eight SCSU School of Business students as summer interns: Charlotte McMillan, Justin Paolillo, Sarah Thompson, Michael Agyeman, Amber Schultz, Taylor Chisholm, Kevin Inahuazo, and Alan Duran.

At Yale New Haven Health, an internship on the business side of the healthcare industry presents opportunities to explore the multifaceted nature of business, finance and information technology in this dynamic field. Interns enjoy exposure to financial reporting, budgeting, systems analysis processes, and billing in one of the leading healthcare systems in the Northeast.

Patty Conte, internship coordinator for the School of Business, says, “We are thrilled that our students have had the opportunity this summer to partner with Yale New Haven Health, a rapidly expanding group of hospitals, specialty groups, and physician networks with a reputation for professionalism and excellence. During their time at YNHHS, our students will be gaining experience in HR, accounting, IT, finance, training and development, and patient experience.

“According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), employers reported converting an average of 51.7 percent of their eligible interns into full-time hires. Knowing that statistic, we are hopeful that not only will our students have the chance to learn a great deal about the business side of health care through their internships, but they also might be fortunate enough to someday become a full-time employee of YNHH, one of the most sought-out employers in Connecticut.”

 Deliver to:

Dr. Braxton Carrigan
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics

Dear Professor,

You have been my inexhaustibly patient informal advisor. You entertain my half-baked math questions. You offer direction on my independent research. With your recommendation, I was invited to visit a graduate school recruitment program in October. We recently published a result on a problem that I learned about from your math colloquium series last year. I learned LaTeX as a direct consequence of our co-authorship. With your help, I have learned math subtopics and been allowed opportunities that otherwise would have been inaccessible to me. If I am admitted to graduate school next year, it will be impossible to overstate your influence. On top of all that, you are fun and energetic about math. Southern is represented well by you, Dr. Carrigan, and I feel lucky to have worked with you.”

Thank you,
David Diaz, ’19 

About Braxton Carrigan

Favorite Teaching Moment:

My favorite “memory” is a bit more general. When a student comes into a course claiming to “hate math” and then at some point says, “you know, this is really fun” or “that’s cool,” it’s incredibly rewarding. One of the funnier instances of this happened during a summer course. The student was taking the only required math course for roughly the 4th time. About halfway through the course, she came up to me and said, “I think if I had you sooner, I may have wanted to learn all this crap! It really isn’t that bad and you do seem to enjoy it.”

Teaching Philosophy:

Students have to be active participants in the learning process. Mathematics is not a spectator sport! Getting students engaged helps them develop problem-solving skills, activates inquiry, and gives them ownership of their knowledge. Most importantly, it trains them to be life long learners, which I believe is the key for success as the world changes so much throughout our lifetime.

Favorite Course to Teach:

MAT 250 – Foundations of Mathematics: This course serves as the gateway to most upper-level mathematics courses. Majors encounter the foundations of mathematical abstraction and develop the inquiry needed for a career in mathematics. I love to be a part of students’ growth and development as abstract thinkers!

Recent Courses Taught:

• MAT 150: Calculus 1
• MAT 178: Elementary Discrete Mathematics
• MAT 260: Geometry in the Arts

Undergraduate students qualify for the Dean’s List by completing 12+ credits in the fall or spring and earning a semester GPA of 3.5 or better.

Congratulations to our 2019 Dean’s List recipients!

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Emily McElfresh, Oxford, CT
Emily Stross, Unionville, CT
Emily Velidow, Salem, CT
Emily Wolfe, Havertown, PA
Emma Clini, West Haven, CT
Emma Norden, Branford, CT
Emma Sweeney, Stratford, CT
Emma Justine Conley, Norwalk, CT
Eric Moran, Cheshire, CT
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Erik Grening, Torrington, CT
Erik Russo, Wallingford, CT
Erin Dillman, Milford, CT
Erin Fitzgerald, Shelton, CT
Ethan Mehlin, Oakville, CT
Ethan Rankowitz, Preston, CT
Ethan West, Deep River, CT
Evan Adamowicz, Meriden, CT
Evan Murray, Monroe, CT
Farid Abdul, Hamden, CT
Fawn Moro, Naugatuck, CT
Gabriel Misluk, Bristol, CT
Gabriela Rodriguez, Bridgeport, CT
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Galen Knox, Prospect, CT
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Gennaro Gagliardi, East Haven, CT
George Rusu, Milford, CT
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Geovanna Vera, East Patchogue, NY
Gerai Evans, Hamden, CT
Gianna Mendes, Middlefield, CT
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Gleeson Edwards, Guilford, CT
Hailey Gordon, Niantic, CT
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Halley King, Terryville, CT
Hanna Birenbaum, Milford, CT
Hannah Amabile, Wethersfield, CT
Hanxin Liu, Milford, CT
Hayley Bibbiani, Deep River, CT
Hayley D’amico, Bridgeport, CT
Hazel Rosario, Waterbury, CT
Heather Messore, Naugatuck, CT
Heidi Schulte, Bethany, CT
Henry Blackwell, Nantucket, MA
Henry Kryzanski, Trumbull, CT
Henryriana Maxelix, Bridgeport, CT
Holly Bousquet, groton, CT
Hugo Castaneda, Meriden, CT
Hydiea Johnson, New Haven, CT
Ian Bergemann, Branford, CT
Ian Heriot, Guilford, CT
Iesha Brown, Bridgeport, CT
Imani Fortt, Hartford, CT
Imani Manick-highsmith, New Haven, CT
Irene Machia, Brookfield, CT
Isabella Collier, Mystic, CT
Isabella Corradi, Cheshire, CT
Isabella Croteau, West Hartford, CT
Isaias Rodriguez, New Haven, CT
Ivelisse Hernandez, Hamden, CT
Jaak Rakfeldt, Bethany, CT
Jaclyn Pensiero, Shelton, CT
Jaclyn Pierce, Glastonbury, CT
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Jacob Miko, Stratford, CT
Jacob Santos, Oakdale, CT
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Jade Clary, Danbury, CT
Jade Tran, East Haven, CT
Jaden Ramadei, Shelton, CT
Jahi Locke, Southbury, CT
Jake Pluchino, Madison, CT
Jalitza Mathews, East Hartford, CT
James Bambrick, Madison, CT
James Reynolds, Milford, CT
Jamie Lewis, Shelton, CT
Jamie Marti, New Haven, CT
Jared Dennehy, Cheshire, CT
Jared Simpson, Milford, CT
Jared Smith, Orange, CT
Jarid Smith, West Haven, CT
Jarren Parchment, Ansonia, CT
Jasmine Brown, Hamden, CT
Jason Anrico, Shelton, CT
Jason Carubia, Branford, CT
Jason Edwards, Ansonia, CT
Jay Cohen, Branford, CT
Jazmin Albanese, Waterbury, CT
Jean Medina-salazar, Middletown, CT
Jenaisha Green, Stratford, CT
Jenna Palermo, Shelton, CT
Jenna Stepleman, Derby, CT
Jennifer Dawson, Clinton, CT
Jennifer Giddings, New Fairfield, CT
Jennifer Nguyen, Bridgeport, CT
Jeremy Collette, Watertown, CT
Jeremy Grant, Milford, CT
Jerica Olson, Woodbury, CT
Jessica Clark, West Hartford, CT
Jessica Cunningham, Suffield, CT
Jessica Guerrucci, Stratford, CT
Jessica Hendley, Middlefield, CT
Jessica Hunt, Seymour, CT
Jessica Riley, Meriden, CT
Jessica Robbin, Fairfield, CT
Jessica Shiels, Meriden, CT
Jessica Veliz, Stratford, CT
Jillian Doheny, East Haven, CT
Jillian Valeta, West Haven, CT
Joaquin Selmeski, East Lyme, CT
Joey Pascale, West Haven, CT
Johanna Wahlen, Karlsruhe,
John Coniglio, Shelton, CT
John Nitka, Milford, CT
John Oakes-Rogers, Winsted, CT
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John Saksa, Shelton, CT
John Wells, West Hartford, CT
Johnathan Moore, West Haven, CT
Johnesha Brown, New Haven, CT
Jonah Gosnay, Danbury, CT
Jonathan Godfrey, North Haven, CT
Jonathan Hiebert, Hamden, CT
Jonathan Meyers, Cheshire, CT
Jonathan Santiago, Norwalk, CT
Jonell Bailey, Waterbury, CT
Jordan Thompson, Wurtsboro, NY
Jorden Rivera, East Haven, CT
Joseph Federation, New Haven, CT
Joseph Schairer, Wallingford, CT
Joseph Skiffington, Wallingford, CT
Joseph Vigliotti, Milford, CT
Josh Cornell, Bridgeport, CT
Joshua Brown, Stratford, CT
Joshua Concepcion, Fairfield, CT
Joshua Fitzpatrick, Naugatuck, CT
Joshua Fraser, Woodbridge, CT
Joshua Rizek, East Haven, CT
Joshua Thiede, Trumbull, CT
Judaen Brown, Ansonia, CT
Julia Bowen, Branford, CT
Julia Delguidice, East Haven, CT
Julia Honan, Westbrook, CT
Julia Meyerovich, Trumbull, CT
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Julia Wargo, Milford, CT
Julian Saria, New Haven, CT
Juliana Thomasson, East Haven, CT
Julie Waxler, Unionville, CT
Julissa Melendez, Stratford, CT
Justin Ceneviva, Milford, CT
Justin Cragan, Oxford, CT
Justine Roy, Wallingford, CT
Kailey Romanos, Guilford, CT
Kaitlyn Johnson, Milford, CT
Kaleb Roman, Wolcott, CT
Kaleigh Albert, Killingworth, CT
Karl Grannan, Canaan, CT
Karli Palmer, Willington, CT
Karli Perkins, Bridgeport, CT
Karlyn Jackson, Hamden, CT
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Kayla Patrick, Milford, CT
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Kaylee Carasone, Terryville, CT
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Kayli Johnson, Bridgeport, CT
Keara Loughlin, Lowell, MA
Keegan Smith, Plantsville, CT
Kelly Post, Cromwell, CT
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Kennan Martin, South Glastonbury, CT
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Kyle Augustine, Groton, CT
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Leana Mauricette, East Hartford, CT
Lenymar Matos, Bridgeport, CT
Lesley Bourdier, Norwalk, CT
Leslie Garcia, Norwalk, CT
Levi Reynolds, Woodbury, CT
Lexi Komaromi, Seymour, CT
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Lily Barragan, East Haven, CT
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Lorette Feivelson, Bristol, CT
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Lourdes Perez, New Haven, CT
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Martin Lippai, Naugatuck, CT
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Mary Spodnick, Orange, CT
Marykate Fallon, Milford, CT
Matthew Dever, Ansonia, CT
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Maya Dunn, North Haven, CT
Mayle Perez-Crespo, Hamden, CT
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Micahlyn Vaichus, Waterbury, CT
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Michael Lauer, Naugatuck, CT
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Michael Miceli, North Haven, CT
Michael Pitt, Milford, CT
Michael Sanger, New Haven, CT
Michael Sendra, Trumbull, CT
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Michaela Tiani, North Branford, CT
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Michelle Dash, Wallingford, CT
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Mikayla Hickman, Shelton, CT
Millicent Gilhool, New York, NY
Miranda Holland, Hamden, CT
Miranda Kross, North Haven, CT
Mishele Rodriguez, New Haven, CT
Mitchell Graham, Cheshire, CT
Mitchell Wilgan, Monroe, CT
Moises Valencia, Bridgeport, CT
Molly Deegan, Trumbull, CT
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Molly Major, Madison, CT
Monica Collette, Waterbury, CT
Monica Montanez, Stratford, CT
Montana Honafius, Stratford, CT
Morgan Gatewood, Dry Ridge, KY
Morgan Jasmin, North Haven, CT
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Nancy Green, Waterbury, CT
Nancy Kelly, New Haven, CT
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Natalie Rogers, Wallingford, CT
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Nelly Quito, Hamden, CT
Nicholas Bradley, Clinton, CT
Nicholas Carbone, Southington, CT
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Nicholas Hassan, Wolcott, CT
Nicholas Isabella, Monroe, CT
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Nicole Gigas, Ansonia, CT
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Nicole Huntsman, Bridgeport, CT
Nicole Zielinski, East Haven, CT
Nina Bartlomiejczyk, Monroe, CT
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Noah Jackson, Groton, CT
Noel Lorde, Hamden, CT
Noel Womack, Hamden, CT
Noelle Stepensky, Southington, CT
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Norman Whitney, Bristol, CT
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Rhema Phillips, New London, CT
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Ricardo Vivar, Stamford, CT
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Jeffrey Winslow, Shelton, CT
Jenna Zakala, Rome, NY
Jesse Nelson, Rockfall, CT
Jessica Bortnick, Stratford, CT
Jeymi Aguero- Hernandez, Torrington, CT
John Fitzgerald, North Haven, CT
John Gaudio, Cheshire, CT
John Sullivan, Wethersfield, CT
John Turenne, Wallingford, CT
Joseph Nemchek, Trumbull, CT
Joseph Rocco, Wolcott, CT
Joshua Goldberg, Hamden, CT
Joshua Rivera, Waterbury, CT
Joshua Rosenthal, Norwich, CT
Josip Jukic, Milford, CT
Judaya Foster, Hartford, CT
Julia Andrelczyk, Naugatuck, CT
Julia Dichello, Meriden, CT
Jullie Dias, Westbrook, CT
Justin Paolillo, North Haven, CT
Justin Sprague, Seymour, CT
Kacie Velasquez, Stratford, CT
Kai Huang, Cheshire, CT
Kaitlyn Carlson, West Haven, CT
Kaitlyn Lucas, Clinton, CT
Kaitlyn Paradis, Orange, CT
Katelin Rowe, Branford, CT
Katherine Wojcik, Ansonia, CT
Kayla McKay, Higganum, CT
Kendra Savage, Hamden, CT
Kevin Garcia, Norwalk, CT
Kevin Ledezma, Stratford, CT
Khalil Murphy, Stamford, CT
Kiersten Snyder, Waterbury, CT
Kristina Pascarelli, Durham, CT
Kristopher Dicocco, Trumbull, CT
Kwadir Delgado-McIntyre, Hamden, CT
Kyle Tuttle, Brookfield, CT
Lauren Segal, Cheshire, CT
Leah Martino, Hamden, CT
Liza Frassinelli, Willington, CT
Lukas Garcia, Suffield, CT
Madeline Turiano, Milford, CT
Madison Nastri, Rocky Hill, CT
Madison St. John, Southington, CT
Madison Trask, Southington, CT
Maggie-Marie Meyers, Milford, CT
Malaina Foss, Danbury, CT
Marcelina Falowska, Bridgeport, CT
Marcello Migic, Madison, CT
Marckendy Jean-Baptiste, Waterbury, CT
Marcus Powell, New Rochelle, NY
Margaux Rigoland, Hamden, CT
Maryam Saeed, Hamden, CT
Massimo Tabacco, Stratford, CT
Matthew Giambazi, Shelton, CT
Meagan Bickelhaupt, Brookfield, CT
Megan Mahon, Southington, CT
Melany Henriquez-Schmutz, West Haven, CT
Meredith Murphy, Thomaston, CT
Merina Sabatucci, Meriden, CT
Michael Agyeman, Manchester, CT
Michael Burek, Southington, CT
Michael DeLorio, Milford, CT
Michael Krochko, Oxford, CT
Michael Mendonca, Madison, CT
Michelle Oravec, Bridgeport, CT
Mikayla Hartman-Brown, Stratford, CT
Modeste Koicou-Hangban, New Haven, CT
Morgan Messersmith, North Haven, CT
Muhaymina Plair, New Haven, CT
Natalia Wylezinski, North Branford, CT
Nathalie Samaniego, Stamford, CT
Nicholas Perrone, Berlin, CT
Nicole Kopek, Milford, CT
Nicole Veeley, Milford, CT
Nimra Chaudhry, Hamden, CT
Nina Filippone, Ansonia, CT
Noah Campbell, Uncasville, CT
Olivia Hayes, Stratford, CT
Olivia Martino, Woodbury, CT
Olivia Pocock, Guilford, CT
Olympia Thompson, Rocky Hill, CT
Oriana Antezana – Vasconzuelo, Bridgeport, CT
Patrick Fitzgerald, Hamden, CT
Paulina Lamot, North Branford, CT
Peter Kuroghlian, Stratford, CT
Phillip Miklovich, Stratford, CT
Randy Boyne, Bristol, CT
Raymond Cervone, Stratford, CT
Redona Karamanaj, Wethersfield, CT
Ricardo Escobar, West Haven, CT
Richard Simics, Shelton, CT
Rigoberto Escalera, NEW HAVEN, CT
Robert Mucka, East Haven, CT
Robert Sementilli, Monroe, CT
Ross Roberts, Cheshire, CT
Rudolfo Hernandez-Velasquez, New Haven, CT
Ryan Allen, Fairfield, CT
Ryan Baird, East Granby, CT
Ryan Miner, Oakdale, CT
Ryan Rees, Seymour, CT
Ryan Shalagan, Cheshire, CT
Ryan Wallert, Tolland, CT
Sage Albino, Naugatuck, CT
Samantha Dedios, Newtown, CT
Samantha Ferry, Guilford, CT
Sara Sebastjanska, Seymour, CT
Sarah Santini, Orange, CT
Scott Bohannon, New Haven, CT
Sean Wilder, Meriden, CT
Shanieka Miller, Stratford, CT
Sheleice Fair, Waterbury, CT
Shivam Patel, West Haven, CT
Shivani Patel, Norwalk, CT
Sofia Ribeiro, Shelton, CT
Stefanie Borea, Stamford, CT
Stephanie Blazzi, Monroe, CT
Sydona Tregoning, Durham, CT
Tannor Fontaine, Lisbon, CT
Taylor Chisholm, Bridgeport, CT
Tiffany Atkins, Windsor, CT
Tommaso Esposito, Seymour, CT
Tommy Yanbul, Guilford, CT
Trace Malone, Milford, CT
Tristan Garcia, Suffield, CT
Tyler Karr, Monroe, CT
Valerie Zheng, New Haven, CT
Victoria Neves, Shelton, CT
Walter King, Peekskill, NY
Weens Simon, Fort Myers, FL
William Fitzmaurice, Hamden, CT
Yuliana Rizzo, Naugatuck, CT
Zachary Burleigh, Southington, CT
Zachary Deneen, Uncasville, CT
Zachary Heche, Trumbull, CT
Zachary Kelley, Wallingford, CT
Zahid Bung, Bridgeport, CT
Zain Haseeb, Shelton, CT

EDUCATION

Abigail Hanlon, Brookfield, CT
Addison Ruppert, New Fairfield, CT
Alexa Malchiodi, Wallingford, CT
Alexis Peck, Wallingford, CT
Alexus Lee, Watertown, CT
Allison Vanderlyn, Watertown, CT
Allyson Petrella, Willington, CT
Alyssa Alt, Ridgefield, CT
Alyssa Bellizzi, Newington, CT
Alyssa Donovan, New London, CT
Alyssa Haigh, Oxford, CT
Alyssa Martorelli, Middlebury, CT
Amanda O’shea, Milford, CT
Amanda Pfohl, Trumbull, CT
Amber May, East Haven, CT
Angela Puccinelli, Meriden, CT
Anna Cullen, Fairfield, CT
Annamarie Slevinsky, Terryville, CT
April Simmons, Branford, CT
Ashley Ayers, Derby, CT
Ashley Connolly, Shelton, CT
Ashley Preusse, Danbury, CT
Ashlie Forsberg, Branford, CT
Bianca Zeko, Fairfield, CT
Brian Coughlin, Hamden, CT
Brittany Santos, Waterbury, CT
Brittney Dubret, New Milford, CT
Brooke Kuryan, Madison, CT
Cailyn Aichelman, Shelton, CT
Carissa O’meara, Trumbull, CT
Carla Piccolo, Prospect, CT
Carley Bergamini, Somers, CT
Carlie Buchino, Milford, CT
Carly Holding, Stamford, CT
Caroline Ecke, Prospect, CT
Cassidy Cappannelli, Chappaqua, NY
Chelsey Cerrato, Norwalk, CT
Christiano DeLucia, east haven, CT
Christina Gubetta, Winsted, CT
Christina Horne, Pawcatuck, CT
Christina Silva, East Lyme, CT
Christina Zaino, West Haven, CT
Christine Santamaria, Clinton, CT
Christopher Hughes, Orange, CT
Ciara Clyne, Fairfield, CT
Claudia Cross, Stamford, CT
Colleen Oesterle, Monroe, CT
Courtney Pecora, New Milford, CT
Crystal Wooster, Naugatuck, CT
Da’Nasiah Blackwell, Norwalk, CT
David Lee, North Haven, CT
Deidre Dimaggio, North Branford, CT
Derrick D’Amato, Cheshire, CT
Destiny Jennings, Milford, CT
Dominique Cermele, Scarsdale, NY
Elizabeth Gargano, Naugatuck, CT
Ellen Stansfield, Monroe, CT
Emilee Maloney, Preston, CT
Emily Sosik, Stratford, CT
Emily Tucker, Seymour, CT
Emily Vilhotti, Thomaston, CT
Emma Schober, Trumbull, CT
Emma Soltis, Trumbull, CT
Emma Stein, Weston, CT
Erin Norden, Branford, CT
Erin Reilly, Bellport, NY
Faith Tracey, Hamden, CT
Farrah Siciliano, Northford, CT
Fidana Ha, Houston, TX
Gabriella Belli, Wallingford, CT
Gabriella Critelli, White Plains, NY
Gabriella D’Elia, Prospect, CT
Gabriella Lavorgna, Northford, CT
Gabriella Piscitelli, Branford, CT
Gabrielle Camarero, Stratford, CT
Gianna Acabbo, East Haven, CT
Haley Smith, Clinton, CT
Halley Shambra, Trumbull, CT
Hannah Milles, Branford, CT
Heather Natter-Gauthier, Wallingford, CT
Heather Uphold, Old Saybrook, CT
Heidi Matias, Danbury, CT
Hunter Komm, Wallingford, CT
Indiana Whiteman, Fairfield, CT
Isabella Martinez, Orange, CT
Jacqueline Pyrek-Bennett, Monroe, CT
Jake Velleco, Seymour, CT
Jamie Karas, Ansonia, CT
Jamie Longobardi, Derby, CT
Janice Otero, Bridgeport, CT
Jannelse Gonzalez, Stratford, CT
Jaspreet Sandhu, Wallingford, CT
Jayden Delaporta, Mystic, CT
Jefferson Vasquez, Waterbury, CT
Jeffrey Garza, Danbury, CT
Jenna Quintiliano, Monroe, CT
Jenny Satagaj, Berlin, CT
Jessenia Searles, Wallingford, CT
Jessica Atkins, Groton, CT
Jessica Fressle, Levittown, NY
Jessica Koproski, Stamford, CT
Jessica LeClerc, Thomaston, CT
Jessica Maier, Enfield, CT
Jocelyn Gladwin, East Haven, CT
Jordan Brangi, North Haven, CT
Jordan Paine, West Haven, CT
Jordyn Franco, North Branford, CT
Julia Burns, Fairfield, CT
Julia Chambers, Norwalk, CT
Julia Raucci, West Haven, CT
Julianna Nunez, Stratford, CT
Kaitlyn Redente, Hamden, CT
Kalyrin Rivera, Waterbury, CT
Kamaya Bilheimer, Hamden, CT
Karlene Welles, Newington, CT
Katelyn Brodeur, Naugatuck, CT
Katelynn Brody, Prospect, CT
Kathryn Cullen, Stratford, CT
Kayla Metzger, North Branford, CT
Kelly Casale, Monroe, CT
Kelly Maduri, Oxford, CT
Kelsey Monaghan, Guilford, CT
Kelsey Murzak, Wallingford, CT
Kelsey Sabia, Wilton, CT
Kendra Kochol, Southington, CT
Kennedy Ballard, Brookfield, CT
Kennedy DelVecchio, North Haven, CT
Kiersten Ignatowski, Orange, CT
Kiley Burrows, Naugatuck, CT
Kimberly Stewart, Trumbull, CT
Kira Flynn, Sandy Hook, CT
Krishna Soni, Naugatuck, CT
Kristine Oulman, Easton, CT
Krysta Pindar, Chester, CT
Krystalys Aviles, Hamden, CT
Kylie Zack, Stratford, CT
Leah Pearson, Trumbull, CT
Lydia Cooper, Orange, CT
Madelyn Westcott, Wallingford, CT
Madison Correia, Orange, CT
Maia Strong, Hamden, CT
Makedonusa Konstandinidis, Bridgeport, CT
Maria Labati, Sandy Hook, CT
Marie Chutjian, Milford, CT
Marie Facin, wallingford, CT
Marissa Panzo, North Branford, CT
Mary Luz Heidtmann, Stratford, CT
Matthew Mainieri, Milford, CT
Maureen Hesney, Waterford, CT
Meagan Dooley, Hamden, CT
Megan Garner, Hamden, CT
Megan Nelson, Berlin, CT
Megan Ralston, Suffield, CT
Megan Robertson, Stratford, CT
Megan Sterpka, New Hartford, CT
Meghan Davis, Griswold, CT
Melanie Chevarella, Oxford, CT
Melanie Vieira, Beacon Falls, CT
Melissa Grenier, Durham, CT
Mia Ney, North Branford, CT
Michael Delgado, Fairfield, CT
Michael McClean, Stratford, CT
Mikayla Riccio, Shelton, CT
Monica Reardon, Trumbull, CT
Morgan Kane, Hamden, CT
Morgan Williams, Darien, CT
Naomi Salamea, Norwalk, CT
Natalie Delin, West Haven, CT
Natalie Ferris, Shelton, CT
Natalie Grib, Stratford, CT
Nicholas Lucatino, Southbury, CT
Nicole Petit, Wallingford, CT
Nicole Thomas, Seymour, CT
Nicole Waibel, Fairfield, CT
Nikayla Diamond, Bethel, CT
Nora Raccio, Milford, CT
Olivia Santoro, Hamden, CT
Olivia Whitehead, Higganum, CT
Olivia Zembruski, Naugatuck, CT
Orlian Senior, Trumbull, CT
Parisa Amiri, Waterbury, CT
Peyton Northrop, Southbury, CT
Peyton Tiriolo, Cheshire, CT
Rachael Garcia, Woodbridge, CT
Rachael Langley, North Haven, CT
Rachael Tyrrel, Cheshire, CT
Rebecca Paine, Milford, CT
Rebecca Roos, Fairfield, CT
Robert Romano, Norwalk, CT
Rosa Palmieri, Cheshire, CT
Rylee Bathrick, North Haven, CT
Samantha Chabot, Oakville, CT
Samantha Chagnon, Wallingford, CT
Samantha Crans, Madison, CT
Sandra Britton, Woodbridge, CT
Sandra Taylor, Meriden, CT
Sara Dibenedictis, Cheshire, CT
Sara O’shea, Milford, CT
Sarah Raucci, Milford, CT
Savannah Beecher, guilford, CT
Savannah Nido, Waterbury, CT
Savannah Wilkinson, Cromwell, CT
Sawyer Nicholas, Trumbull, CT
Shannon Dugan, Stratford, CT
Shannon Searles, Naugatuck, CT
Sherri Rabin, Clinton, CT
Sonia Teixeira, Shelton, CT
Sydney Wichmann, Granby, CT
Synthia Saulnier, Milford, CT
Tamesha Carr, New Haven, CT
Taylor Bova, Orange, CT
Taylor Kelly, Durham, CT
Tonianne Ferraro, Stamford, CT
Victor Orsini, Fairfield, CT
Victoria Davis, Stratford, CT
Victoria Louis, Windsor, CT
Viktoria Notholt, Milford, CT
Violetta Konopka, Derby, CT
William Steinbrick, Orange, CT
Xia’ian Carrasco, Bristol, CT
Zehra Guven, New Haven, CT

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Abby Rodrigue, Seymour, CT
Abigail Chamberlain, Orange, CT
Abigail Morrison Morrison, Clinton, CT
Adriana Glynn, Orange, CT
Adriana Pardo, Milford, CT
Adriana Wetmore, North Haven, CT
Adrianna Guerrera, Watertown, CT
Alex Rarey, Wallingford, CT
Alexa Catania, Durham, CT
Alexa Farkash, Northford, CT
Alexa Kellner, Stamford, CT
Alexander Wilbour, Glastonbury, CT
Alexia Ruesch Modesto Alves, New Milford, CT
Alexis Cran, Branford, CT
Alexis Negron, Milldale, CT
Alexis Simons, South Windsor, CT
Alexis Trovarelli, Stratford, CT
Alexis Zhitomi, Shelton, CT
Alicia Smith, Shelton, CT
Alisa Delaney, Stratford, CT
Alisha Botelho, Danbury, CT
Aliyah Moore, Shelton, CT
Allie Warinsky, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Allison Blume, Southbury, CT
Allison Edwards, New Fairfield, CT
Allison Noble, Newington, CT
Allison Perrault, New Milford, CT
Ally Morin-Viall, Windsor, CT
Allyson Starkey, Stratford, CT
Alycia Calabrese, Plymouth, CT
Alyssa Figueiredo, Danbury, CT
Alyssa Maddern, West Haven, CT
Alyssa Pannone, Wallingford, CT
Alyssa Smeraglino, Milford, CT
Amanda Cusumano, Trumbull, CT
Amanda Michaud, Seymour, CT
Amanda Murray, Bow, NH
Amanda Oberly, Stewartsville, NJ
Amanda Young, Wallingford, CT
Amanda-Lynn Bernardo, Prospect, CT
Amber Archambault, Windsor Locks, CT
Amber Belval, Wolcott, CT
Amber Drobnak, East Haven, CT
Amber Fournier, Southington, CT
Amber Marshall, Derby, CT
Amelia Trapp, Milford, CT
Amy Kelly, West Haven, CT
Andie Sansone, Cheshire, CT
Andrea Caceres-Autunno, New Haven, CT
Andrea Greenwald, Norwalk, CT
Andrea Santos, New Haven, CT
Angelica Colon, Hamden, CT
Angelica Herrera, Waterbury, CT
Angelo Turner, Meriden, CT
Angie Suquilanda, Trumbull, CT
Anna Folkers, New Haven, CT
Anna Sullivan, Colchester, CT
Anna Venard, Thornton, CO
Anne Prusak, Fairfield, CT
Annie Ricupero, Uncasville, CT
Anthony Nieves, Meriden, CT
Anthony Raccio, Milford, CT
Antoinette Higgins, Branford, CT
April Groulx, New Haven, CT
Ariel Audette, Jewett City, CT
Ariella Piekarz, Branford, CT
Arthur Ziegler, Trumbull, CT
Aschlyn Dawson, Terryville, CT
Ashlee Fuoco, Hamden, CT
Ashley Barry, Southington, CT
Ashley Catala, Waterford, CT
Ashley Cummings, Bristol, CT
Ashley D’Andrea, Litchfield, CT
Ashley Schaffer, Monroe, CT
Ashley Sloan, Maywood, NJ
Asya Hardy, South Windsor, CT
Atabong Aminawung, Wallingford, CT
Audra Etes, Guilford, CT
Audrey Pancak, Stratford, CT
Autumn Cipriano, Wolcott, CT
Autumn Holm, Branford, CT
Basima Karzoun, Milford, CT
Bayleigh Takacs, Sparta, NJ
Beckett McEwen, Cheshire, CT
Benjamin Yambao, Shelton, CT
Benjamin Augusto Paz, Stamford, CT
Bernard Brantley, Stratford, CT
Bernice Aldarondo, Waterbury, CT
Bernice Hernandez, Manchester, CT
Bert Schwarz, Middlebury, CT
Breanna Wilson, New Milford, CT
Brenda Soares, Danbury, CT
Brian Gayle, Norwalk, CT
Brian McNeill, Danbury, CT
Brian Rodriguez, Wethersfield, CT
Briana Cotton, South Windsor, CT
Briana Lucatino, Northford, CT
Brianna Grande, West Hartford, CT
Brianna Lenotti, Milford, CT
Brianna Loving, East Haven, CT
Brianna Trzcinski, Shelton, CT
Brianna Vallejo, Prospect, CT
Bridget Forte, Wolcott, CT
Brielle Benson, Waterford, CT
Britney Ruffin, West Haven, CT
Brittany Butler, New Haven, CT
Brittany McCormick, Cheshire, CT
Brittany VanSteenburgh, Wallingford, CT
Brooke Berlin, Gales Ferry, CT
Brooke Dauphinee, Bristol, CT
Brooke Lotto, Branford, CT
Brooke Pope, Beacon Falls, CT
Bryce Murad, STORRS MANSFIELD, CT
Busra Tuzcu, West Haven, CT
Cadi Borsellino, Channahon, IL
Cailey Botteon, Moodus, CT
Cailey Korwek, East Haven, CT
Caitlyn Parisi, Milford, CT
Caleigh Guerra, Bethany, CT
Carli Atwood, Woodbridge, CT
Carlina Spadaccini, Old Saybrook, CT
Casey Rozarie, Stratford, CT
Cassandra Orr, Seymour, CT
Cassidy Allen, West Haven, CT
Catherine Pietrafesa, Harwinton, CT
Celeste Stewart, Stratford, CT
Cephas Ayellakai, Hamden, CT
Chelsea Armstrong, Simsbury, CT
Chelsea Morin, Broad Brook, CT
Chelsea Perrotta, Middletown, CT
Cherise Trout, Windsor, CT
Chineka Haye, Naugatuck, CT
Christen Carnes, Darien, CT
Christian Curioso, Pawcatuck, CT
Christian Silvernale, New Haven, CT
Christina Prevot, Stamford, CT
Christine Meche, Ridgefield, CT
Christopher Bruno, New Haven, CT
Chynnia Piland, Waterbury, CT
Ciara Haensel, Cheshire, CT
Claire Hines, Wallingford, CT
Claire Taylor, Middletown, CT
Cody Gallagher, Milford, CT
Colby White, Stratford, CT
Cole Kabel, Monroe, CT
Colleen Sosnoski, Colchester, CT
Connor Shannahan, Enfield, CT
Cora Abbiati, Quaker Hill, CT
Courtney Harkins-Latimer, Wolcott, CT
Crystal Castonguay, Deltona, FL
Cynthia Montero, Stamford, CT
Daniel Baronski, East Haven, CT
Daniel Lemieux, Wethersfield, CT
Daniella Carr, West Haven, CT
Daniella Suazo, Norwalk, CT
Danielle Darley, Middletown, CT
Danielle Elliott, Wethersfield, CT
Danielle Jackson, New Britain, CT
Danielle Jusma, Stamford, CT
Danielle Mixon, Orange, CT
Danielle Ott, Guilford, CT
Dante D’ambrosio, Ansonia, CT
Darien Fuentes, Stamford, CT
David Hernandez, East Haven, CT
David Robledo, Norwalk, CT
Dayana Lituma, New Haven, CT
Deanna Scolsky, East Hartford, CT
Deidra James, Plainville, CT
Deidra O’Connor, East Haven, CT
Dihan Dia, Manchester, CT
Djenifer Almeida Da Graca, Bridgeport, CT
Donyae Broadnax, New Haven, CT
Drew McCarty, Mystic, CT
Elanna Sanon, Norwich, CT
Elena Cavallo, Watertown, CT
Elena Haury, Meriden, CT
Elisa Tolentino, Wallingford, CT
Elisabeth Steffen, Guilford, CT
Elissa Vinci, Cromwell, CT
Elizabeth Collins, Enfield, CT
Elizabeth Raber, Wallingford, CT
Emily Balasco, Seekonk, MA
Emily Borysewicz, Quaker Hill, CT
Emily Brennan, Milford, CT
Emily Chizmadia, Fairfield, CT
Emily Earnshaw, Naugatuck, CT
Emily Flores, East Hartford, CT
Emily Kowalski, Gales Ferry, CT
Emily Lisitano, Middletown, CT
Emily Montoya, Stratford, CT
Emily Morgillo, Hamden, CT
Emily Nadile, Southington, CT
Emily Sirois, New Britain, CT
Emily Skinner, Bristol, CT
Emily Wisniewski, Waterbury, CT
Emily Zurzola, New Fairfield, CT
Emma Crocamo, Seymour, CT
Emma Martone, Higganum, CT
Emory Farb, Cheshire, CT
Erin Hourihan, Rocky Hill, CT
Erin Leirey, Lake Katrine, NY
Erin McManus, Bristol, CT
Erin O’Neill, Thomaston, CT
Erin Ryan, Bridgeport, CT
Erna Clarke, West Haven, CT
Errah Rabano, Clinton, CT
Evan Rubin, Uncasville, CT
Evelin Gonzalez, Norwalk, CT
Faith Mancarella, Durham, CT
Fatma Abdelati, West Haven, CT
Franny Pena, West Haven, CT
Gabriela Rosario, Quaker Hill, CT
Gabrielle Tenta-Bergeron, New London, CT
George Anne Amar, New London, CT
Gianna Hutchins, West Hartford, CT
Gillian Manantan, Westport, CT
Gina Bialy, Shelton, CT
Gina Connolly, West Haven, CT
Gina Monelli, Stratford, CT
Giovanna Pascale, North Haven, CT
Greta Brunello, Carisolo,
Guerschom Jean-Louis, Medford, MA
Hailee Schmidt, Wallingford, CT
Hailey Gonsalves, East Haven, CT
Hakeem Moore, New Haven, CT
Haleigh Bettencourt, Willimantic, CT
Haley Flax, Mystic, CT
Haley Mocker, Trumbull, CT
Haley Townsend, Portland, CT
Hanna Natalino, Orange, CT
Hannah Aforismo, Newington, CT
Hannah Bassett, Windham, CT
Hannah Melendez, Hamden, CT
Hannah Morse, Loveland, CO
Hannah Policard, Meriden, CT
Hannah Roche, New Milford, CT
Hayley Colon, Willimantic, CT
Hayley Iannantuoni, Waterbury, CT
Hazhia Sorosindi, Hamden, CT
Heather Dressel, Oxford, CT
Heather Lavoie, New Haven, CT
Heather Torpey, Watertown, CT
Holly Montpelier, Putnam, CT
Holly Parker, Branford, CT
Holly Sheldon, Terryville, CT
Hunter Conklin, Killingworth, CT
Hunter Wnukowski, Trumbull, CT
Imani Allen, Waterbury, CT
Ioanna Lemonas, West Haven, CT
Isabella Antonangeli, West Bridgewater, MA
Isabella Corniello, North Haven, CT
Isenia Ramos-Carbajal, Groton, CT
Izabella Ruth Roque, Wallingford, CT
Jace Nhean, West Haven, CT
Jacob Piazza, SEYMOUR, CT
Jacqulynn Espinet, Barkhamsted, CT
Jada Johnson, Bloomfield, CT
Jahkeeva Morgan, Bridgeport, CT
Jahliah Green, Stratford, CT
Jaime Bochenek, Bristol, CT
Jaime Conklin, Falls Village, CT
Jake Lahiff, Fairfield, CT
Jake Reichelt, Wethersfield, CT
James Michaud, Wallingford, CT
James Prindle, Woodstock, CT
James Starr, Southington, CT
Jamie Malaterra, Trumbull, CT
Jamie Stevens, Niantic, CT
Jana Migliaro, Monroe, CT
Jane Lovejoy, Colebrook, CT
Jane Marlor, Bethany, CT
Jane Sherman, Mystic, CT
Janna Stratman, New Milford, CT
Jannelle Stephenson, New Haven, CT
Jaqueline Corvera, West Haven, CT
Jared Labades, Flushing, NY
Jason Crowell, Hamden, CT
Jayda Benjamin, Waterbury, CT
Jayla Manning, New Haven, CT
Jayson Karamanlic, West Haven, CT
Jeanie Dunleavy, Wallingford, CT
Jeffrey Schardt, Branford, CT
Jeffrey Stevenson, Shelton, CT
Jena Varley, new hartford, CT
Jenixza Febles, Meriden, CT
Jenna Dantas, Coventry, CT
Jenna Dearborne, North Haven, CT
Jenna Dorosh, Seymour, CT
Jenna Lang, Southington, CT
Jenna Soucy, Bristol, CT
Jennifer Adorno, Bridgeport, CT
Jennifer Rodriguez, Norwalk, CT
Jephrie Cabral, Wallingford, CT
Jeremy Miller, Windsor, CT
Jesmar Suarez, Stamford, CT
Jessah Doctor, Waterbury, CT
Jesseca Simpson, White Plains, NY
Jessica Armstrong, Uncasville, CT
Jessica Curello, Cheshire, CT
Jessica Komacki, Naugatuck, CT
Jessica Paradis, Orange, CT
Jessica Stein, New Haven, CT
Jewell Quashie, Stratford, CT
Jhada Eddy, Middletown, CT
Jillian Chambers, Shelby Township, MI
Jillian Chicano, Prospect, CT
Jillian Russo, Meriden, CT
JoAnna Darby, NEW HAVEN, CT
Jodi Steeves, North Branford, CT
John Gowargy, Groton, CT
John Guaraca Llivicura, West Haven, CT
John Kiechle, Patterson, NY
John Rivers, Southington, CT
Jordan Lacasse, Deep River, CT
Jordan McHale, Johnston, RI
Jordan Welch, East Hampton, CT
Jose Zapata, Bridgeport, CT
Josh Denzel Estores, East Haven, CT
Joshua Chandler, West Hartford, CT
Joshua Huebner, Milford, CT
Joshua Moro, Clinton, CT
Juan Zecena, Stamford, CT
Juan Zurita, Hamden, CT
Judeen Forth, Hartford, CT
Julia Annino, Meriden, CT
Julia Conti, Greenwich, CT
Julia Jenkins, Chester, CT
Julia Schaff, Acton, MA
Juliana Asasouk, Danbury, CT
Juliana Palmieri, New Haven, CT
Juliana Santos, Newington, CT
Julianne Hancock, South Windsor, CT
Julie Golebiewski, Old Lyme, CT
Julie Hogan, Watertown, CT
Justin Pandolfe, Waterford, CT
Justin Smith, Medford, MA
Kaitlyn Estrada, Woodbury, CT
Kaitlynn Cooke, West Haven, CT
Karina Vasquez, Stratford, CT
Karla Mayorga, Norwalk, CT
Kasey Newman, Southington, CT
Kassie Poruban, Stratford, CT
Katarina Viniczay, Wallingford, CT
Katharine Buckheit, Milford, CT
Katherine Adams, Stratford, CT
Katherine Rodriguez, Waterbury, CT
Kathleen Tackos, New Haven, CT
Katiana Dervil, Norwalk, CT
Katie Gaccione, North Stonington, CT
Katie Sobalsky, Clinton, CT
Kaylee Fuentes, Bridgeport, CT
Kayleigh Kowal, Granby, CT
Kayleigh Roy, Wallingford, CT
Kelli Mccombs, Bristow, VA
Kelly Bickell, Cheshire, CT
Kelly Fajardo, Wallingford, CT
Kelsey Duquette, Ansonia, CT
Kenisha Villanueva, New Britain, CT
Kenneth Corichi-Irizarry, East Haven, CT
Kenny Perez, Hamden, CT
Keri Gargiullo, Bridgeport, CT
Kevin Gaudio, Guilford, CT
Keyla Cardenas, East Haven, CT
Kiara Velez, Norwalk, CT
Kieana Stennett, New Haven, CT
Kiley Davies, Newington, CT
Kimberly Martell, Wallingford, CT
Kimberly Meerman, Danbury, CT
Kirsten Caffrey, Woodbridge, CT
Kourtney Costello, Dedham, MA
Krishna Patel, New Haven, CT
Kristen Clark, Goshen, CT
Kristen Galaviz, Fairfield, CT
Kyla Houston, Wallingford, CT
Kyle Fitzgerald, Hamden, CT
Kylie Carino, Milford, CT
Kylie Pappas, Milford, CT
Kylyn Dawkins, New Haven, CT
Larissa Avino, North Haven, CT
Latifat Alli-balogun, West Haven, CT
Lauren Driscoll, Branford, CT
Lauren Graef, Southington, CT
Lauren Mccall, Wallingford, CT
Lauren Pfannenbecker, East Haven, CT
Lauren Picarelli, Trumbull, CT
Lauren Yorski, Plainville, CT
Lea Clark, Monroe, CT
Ledia Fazo, Cheshire, CT
Lesley-Ann Briscoe, Windsor, CT
Letrell Floyd, Ansonia, CT
Lianne Iassogna, Trumbull, CT
Lina Klaus, North Haven, CT
Lindsey D’Andrea, Litchfield, CT
Lindsey Witte, Southington, CT
Lisa Cormier, New Haven, CT
Lisa Garcia, Norwich, CT
Lisa Mclaurin, Hamden, CT
Lishana Daniel, New Haven, CT
Lucas Beesley, Champaign, IL
Mackenzie Moschella, Falls Village, CT
Madeline Lynch, Seymour, CT
Madison Culpepper, Torrington, CT
Madison Gregory, Danbury, CT
Madison Lawley, Bristol, CT
Madison Miceli, Colchester, CT
Madison Sosa, Milford, CT
Maeve Kennelly, Prospect, CT
Maggie Shafman, Old Saybrook, CT
Maggie Yeh, West Haven, CT
Mahoghany Dolberry, New haven, CT
Makenna Calabrese, Plantsville, CT
Makenna Perry, Preston, CT
Mallory Leite, Bethany, CT
Maranda Burroughs, East Haven, CT
Marcella Hundt, Shelton, CT
Margaret Ahenkorah, West Haven, CT
Maria Garcia, West Haven, CT
Maria Zecena, Stamford, CT
Marianna Barbosa, New Haven, CT
Mario Edwards, New Haven, CT
Marisa Grisell, Brookfield, CT
Marissa Cassella, North Haven, CT
Marissa Mastroianni, Southington, CT
Marissa Mocarski, North Haven, CT
Marissa Ortiz, Oakville, CT
Marissa Qualich, Oakdale, CT
Martha Polanco, Stratford, CT
Marwa Sarwari, Ansonia, CT
Matheus Haddad De Lima, greenwich, CT
Mathew Kolashuk, Oakdale, CT
Matthew Coppola, Wallingford, CT
Matthew Laporta, Ansonia, CT
Mawuena Bruce, Bridgeport, CT
Max Naranjo, Bristol, CT
Max-Anthony Natale, Orange, CT
Meaghan Spagnolo, Oakville, CT
Megan Benlock, North Haven, CT
Megan Mancinelli, Hamden, CT
Megan Mercer, Danbury, CT
Megan Moquin, Marlborough, CT
Meghan Asplund, Meriden, CT
Meghan Brown, Naugatuck, CT
Melanie Coleman, Milford, CT
Melissa D’Agostino, Norwalk, CT
Melissa Tighe, West Haven, CT
Melquicedex Hernandez, Waterbury, CT
Merisa Kuljancic, Hartford, CT
Mestude Vertusma, New Haven, CT
Michaela Roman, Stratford, CT
Michelle Ciolino, Milford, CT
Michelle Defelice, Hamden, CT
Michelle Jobes, South Windsor, CT
Mikaela Bourgoin, Berlin, CT
Mikaela Rivera, Manchester, CT
Mikayla MacClain, Glastonbury, CT
Mikenzy Golebiewski, Cheshire, CT
Miranda Fabre, Norwich, CT
Miroslaw Gruszkos, Derby, CT
Molly Wright, Plantsville, CT
Monique Szabo, Southington, CT
Morgan Fernald, Guilford, CT
Myra Best, New Haven, CT
Nablebo Wureh, West Haven, CT
Nacham Miranda, Cromwell, CT
Nadia Wilson, Shelton, CT
Najwa Brown, Waterbury, CT
Natalie Pierce, Marion, CT
Natalie Sheehan, East Haven, CT
Natalie Van Komen, Oxford, CT
Nataly Magana, West Haven, CT
Natasha Whyte, Bloomfield, CT
Natonia Allen, Hamden, CT
Nava Cotton, Norwich, CT
Nicholas Eadevito, Branford, CT
Nicholas Lamberti, East Haven, CT
Nicolas Grosso, Monroe, CT
Nicole Benedetto, Monroe, CT
Nicole Cislo, Wallingford, CT
Nicole Dunn, Fairfield, CT
Nicole Fischer, Southington, CT
Nicole Hyman, Fairfield, CT
Nicole Kirby, North Franklin, CT
Nicole Lara, Bridgeport, CT
Nicole Paquette, Milford, CT
Nicole Rizzo, Derby, CT
Nicole Symonovich, Waterbury, CT
Nicole VanEtten, Stratford, CT
Nicole Zaborek, Shelton, CT
Nikita Reyes, New Haven, CT
Noel Diaz, Danbury, CT
Noely Macias, Fitchburg, MA
Olivia Castro, Bethany, CT
Olivia Kyasky, Woodbridge, CT
Olivia Rogers, Ansonia, CT
Olivia Satti, New London, CT
Olivia Thomas, Coventry, CT
Paulina Serafin, Bristol, CT
Peter Grant, Trumbull, CT
Peter Lainas, Fairfield, CT
Peter Lofaro, Stamford, CT
Phillip Bodurtha, Stratford, CT
Pilarose Bailon, Groton, CT
Preston Myatt, Norwich, CT
Rachael Edlund, West Hartford, CT
Rachael O’Sullivan, West Haven, CT
Rachael Quicquaro, Watertown, CT
Rachel Carmody, Southington, CT
Rachel Ellis, Norwich, CT
Rachel Fleischer, Derby, CT
Rachel Iassogna, Trumbull, CT
Rachel Korwek, East Haven, CT
Rasheeda Latch, Waterbury, CT
Reaghan Bathrick, North Haven, CT
Rebecca Barrett, Easton, CT
Rebecca Rossi, Plainville, CT
Rebecca Swindon, Sandy Hook, CT
Rebekah Heiland, Torrington, CT
Rebekah Lockery, Stamford, CT
Reitsuma Panta, Branford, CT
Rhoda Parfitt, Fairfield, CT
Richard Mills, Cheshire, CT
Riley Walker, Oxford, CT
Robert Notholt, Milford, CT
Roberto Balado, Milford, CT
Roberto Ramos, Monroe, CT
Rohit Thapa, Branford, CT
Ronak Mistry, East Lyme, CT
Ronique McDonald, Bridgeport, CT
Rory Dougall, Trumbull, CT
Rosa Conte, Norwich, CT
Rosa Genao, Hamden, CT
Rosemary Donnelly, Ansonia, CT
Rossella Graniero, Wappingers Falls, NY
Ryan Johnson, Guilford, CT
Sabrina Bahia, Danbury, CT
Sabrina Ruiz, Hamden, CT
Sadie Young, West Brookfield, MA
Samantha Cozzolino, Hamden, CT
Samantha Falango, Hamden, CT
Samantha Jones, Plantsville, CT
Samantha Soto, Matawan, NJ
Samantha Widomski, Shelton, CT
Santiago Perez-Gomez, West Haven, CT
Sara Massaro, Trumbull, CT
Sara Meza, Norwalk, CT
Sarah Donahue, Wallingford, CT
Sarah Granese, Seymour, CT
Sarah Gutman, Hamden, CT
Sarah Lyons, Naugatuck, CT
Sarah Odabashian, Madison, CT
Sarah Pellman, Middlebury, CT
Sarah Salvati, Cheshire, CT
Sarah Velez, branford, CT
Satchel Harrell, Stafford, VA
Scott Mocko, Marlborough, CT
Sean O’Connor, Northford, CT
Sedanur Kangal, North Haven, CT
Selena Gamero, East Hartford, CT
Serena Arduini, Woodbridge, CT
Serena Crowley, North Branford, CT
Shailyne Morales, Middletown, CT
Shakaya Walcott, Waterbury, CT
Shaliegne Kaufman, Chester, CT
Shamariah Grant, Bridgeport, CT
Shana Isidoro, Monroe, CT
Shane Gallagher, Orange, CT
Shanice Mckain, West Haven, CT
Shannon Ferris, Wethersfield, CT
Sherena Walker, Bridgeport, CT
Sheyenne Sinicrope, Meriden, CT
Sierra Penner, Cheshire, CT
Sierra Pettway, Meriden, CT
Simone Davenport, Bridgeport, CT
Simone Davis, new haven, CT
Sofia Brindisi, West Haven, CT
Sofia Malone, Hamden, CT
Sofia Petrafesa, Stamford, CT
Sophia Castellano, Lindenhurst, NY
Sophia Didiano, North Branford, CT
Stacy Foster, Milford, CT
Stephanie Crane, East Granby, CT
Stephanie Galindo, New Haven, CT
Stephanie Nesdale, North Haven, CT
Stephanie Seymour, North Branford, CT
Steven Eszenyi, Shelton, CT
Steven Samela, Stamford, CT
Stormy Coppola, East Haven, CT
Summer Gladney, Wallingford, CT
Sydney Larsen, Shelton, CT
Tahira Edwin, Hartford, CT
Talia Raucci, West Haven, CT
Talisa Clay, Shelton, CT
Talnaysia Martin, New Haven, CT
Talor Williamson, Hartford, CT
Tamara Miller, Waterbury, CT
Tara Dering, Branford, CT
Tate Veley, Hartford, CT
Tatiana Polanco, Meriden, CT
Taylor Fitzgerald, Waterford, CT
Taylor Frissora, West Haven, CT
Taylor Hughes, Mildale, CT
Taylor Maffeo, East Haven, CT
Taylor Oliver, Milford, CT
Tenea Kimble, Waterbury, CT
Thomas Hanlon, Norwalk, CT
Tiffany McCormick, Middletown, CT
Tiffany Mendez, Bridgeport, CT
Timothy Adams, Shelton, CT
Timothy Harmon, Guilford, CT
Timothy Weed, Cheshire, CT
Ton Nguyen, West Haven, CT
Tori Samatulski, Bridgeport, CT
Tracy Torres, Old Saybrook, CT
Tracy-Ann McLean, BLOOMFIELD, CT
Trevor Pretty, Hamden, CT
Trevor Whalen, Rocky Hill, CT
Tyler Monteiro, Trumbull, CT
Tyler Rogers, Guilford, CT
Tyrek Baker, Willimantic, CT
Valeria Rugerio, New Haven, CT
Vanesa Vumback, Windsor, CT
Victoria Keen, Newington, CT
Victoria Lyons, Shelton, CT
Victoria Marino, Hamden, CT
Victoria Santamauro, North Haven, CT
William Fisher, West Haven, CT
Ying Lin, Hamden, CT
Yuliya Lyalka, Hamden, CT
Yvette Speight-Smith, New Haven, CT
Zachary Anastasio, East Haven, CT
Zachary Penn, New Hartford, CT
Zahria Mcdaniel, Middletown, CT
Zubia Ahmad, North Haven, CT

UNDECLARED

Abigail Dew, Milford, CT
Abigail Fantin, Prescot,
Aisha Jawaid, North Haven, CT
Alexis Rodriguez, New Haven, CT
Alyssa Caldarella, North Haven, CT
Alyssa Martinez, Stratford, CT
Amelia Mierzwinski, Torrington, CT
Carly Champagne, Shelton, CT
Carly Conchado, Wallingford, CT
Charles Turlis, Branford, CT
Charlotte McCartney, Warrington, Cheshire,
Clare Oliver, Cheshire, CT
Courtney Ouellet, North Branford, CT
Denise Martins Aguiar, Sao Tome,
Derek Gong, North Haven, CT
Emily Intemann, Trumbull, CT
Emily Walsh, Liverpool,
Emily Ziemba, Wallingford, CT
Enrique Flores, Wethersfield, CT
Erik Rosso, Trumbull, CT
Eve Reynolds, Worcester,
Gavin Woodward, New Hartford, CT
Genevieve Jaser, Milford, CT
Gia Mentillo, Orange, CT
Gina Volturno, Monroe, CT
Hannah Magson, Hamden, CT
Hyebin Shim, Gyeonggi-do,
Ivan Kelly, Buxton, Derbyshire,
James Leigh, Ramsbottom,
Jenna Rubino, West Haven, CT
John Baldino, New Haven, CT
Joshua Prouty, Ellington, CT
Justin Lazarus, Guilford, CT
Justin Maggiore, West Haven, CT
Katherine Kiernan, Milford, CT
Keely Fitzgerald, Wigan,
Lauren Merly, Bethany, CT
Lauren Spino, Hamden, CT
Lingsong Kong, New Haven, CT
Marco Forgione, Easton, CT
Meghan Flynn, South Glastonbury, CT
Michael Short, New Haven, CT
Paige Cookson, Winsford,
Paul Relave, Saint Galmier,
Robert Tierstein, Milford, CT
Samantha Foggle, Madison, CT
Sophie Brown, Liverpool,
Taylor Lubin, Vernon, CT
Thomas Nelson, Wallingford, CT
Zachary Geer-Laureano, Manchester, CT

Alanna Wagher, ’16, M.S. ’18, is a gifted scholar. She graduated summa cum laude from Southern with a bachelor’s degree in communications disorders — then excelled in the university’s highly regarded graduate program in the same discipline. Still, she admits to being extremely nervous about applying to the U.S. Fulbright Student Program. “There were people who had tons of opinions about the feasibility of me getting this grant, especially considering the notorious cut-throat competition,” says Wagher.

To be sure, “Fulbrighters” are a uniquely accomplished group. Thirty-seven ultimately served as heads of state or government; 86 have been awarded Pulitzer Prizes. But despite Wagher’s initial trepidation about the application process, she was successful and is now a member of the prestigious Fulbright club, having spent the 2018-19 academic year in the Netherlands as a Fulbright scholar through the English Teaching Assistant Program.

In addition to teaching, she collaborated with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences on her research, which was inspired by her experience as a Southern student. Wagher minored in Spanish at Southern and had used techniques from the world of speech-language therapy (her major) to correct her pronunciation. She wondered: would others studying a foreign language benefit from similar techniques?

In the Netherlands, Wagher tested her theory, working with Dutch students who were studying English as a second language, and evaluating the effectives of speech-language therapy techniques at 1) reducing foreign-accented speech and 2) improving students’ comfort and confidence as English speakers. (The Dutch students perceived that speech-language techniques were beneficial in both areas.) “In like manner, the study aimed to establish evidence-based standards for the evaluation and treatment of bilingual children with speech sound disorders,” notes Wagher.

She presented her findings at a United Nations-sponsored educational conference in Amsterdam. “I feel really blessed to have been able to research a topic that I hope will benefit bilingual children and adults,” says Wagher, who notes personal benefits as well. “Overall, I think one of the biggest takeaways of this experience has been the importance of believing in yourself, especially as a young woman,” she says. Her advice to others: “I would definitely encourage more students to apply.”

August 1, 2019, marked the month of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in America 400 years ago. Journalism Professor Frank Harris III has created a website to commemorate the first Africans and their descendants in America. Harris writes on the site:

“When it occurred to me several years ago that 2019 would mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans brought to America, I began asking Americans how America should observe the 400th, if indeed it should be observed,

“Invariably, every person I spoke with was unaware of the 400th until I informed them, and when I did, they were awestruck.

“​My mission became to utilize my role as a journalism professor, news columnist, filmmaker and public speaker to get the word out about the 400th, to encourage activities to observe it. In the process of doing so, I learned much more about slavery that makes this site relevant beyond 2019.

“This site is designed to commemorate and inform about the first enslaved Africans in America and their descendants. It was important to me that 2019 not pass without some acknowledgment of their presence, some recognition of their existence.”

The site includes a list of events to observe the 400th, as well as multimedia presentations and interviews about slavery and the 400th.

Harris’ 400th project has received considerable media attention:

“Slavery’s legacy: SCSU prof studies tragedy, racism today” by Ed Stannard, New Haven Register

“Remembering Those We’ve ‘Overlooked'” by Carmen Baskauf & Lucy Nalpathanchil, WNPR

“400 years ago, first slaves arrived in American colonies” by Ed Stannard, Litchfield County Times

“What the 400th means” by Frank Harris III, Hartford Courant

New Haven’s Daily Nutmeg website has kicked off its Summer Reading Month series with a profile of English Professor Tim Parrish, a founder of the university’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program who teaches fiction and memoir. Parrish is the author of the short story collection Red Stick Men (2000), the memoir Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of a Christian Racist (2013), and the novel The Jumper (2013). In the Daily Nutmeg profile, Parrish — who grew up in Baton Rouge, La. — discusses the theme of racism in his works and how he deals with his “upbringing in a racist culture.”

The Daily Nutmeg will publish excerpts from Parrish’s work over the next few days, and this article will be updated with links to those excerpts.

Read the profile of Parrish — “Southern Exposure” by Kathy Leonard Czepiel — in the Daily Nutmeg (August 6, 2019).

Excerpt from Parrish’s short story “Roustabout,” part of his collection Red Stick Men.

Excerpt from Parrish’s novel The Jumper

Described by her mentors as exemplifying Florence Nightingale’s vision of nursing, Karen Reyes Benzi, RN, was named Yale New Haven Hospital’s 2019 Magnet Nurse of the Year on July 3 for her outstanding contributions to the field of nursing. Benzi is a Navy veteran, an infusion nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital’s Smilow Cancer Center, and a student in Southern’s RN to BSN online program. Benzi has helped many patients who are also veterans access services from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other organizations.

Benzi began the BSN program uncertain if she would have the self-discipline to complete a course load fully online, but she was quick to find her footing. She has gained a new level of courage, she says, as she has submitted a clinical nurse II package this past October. “It was tough writing it all up but I could see how school was helping me see things differently,” Benzi wrote in an email voicing her gratitude to her professors at Southern. She also expresses her desire to mentor others, and she has been succeeding at it. Benzi writes, “Two women I mentor via the Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven successfully finished their first semester at Gateway Community College.”

Benzi’s latest accolade is one of many, according to Dr. Kim Lacey, RN-BSN program director. “In May 2019, Karen received the Immaculata Alba Excellence in Nursing Award,” Lacey says, “which was recommended by SCSU nursing faculty for her demonstrated high degree of excellence in nursing, and she was also the recipient of the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing, a prestigious award that recognizes nurses who have demonstrated exceptional nursing practice and strive to advance the profession.”

Lacey recognizes Benzi’s unique, hardworking, and compassionate approach, explaining, “The effort that [Benzi] puts into her work is beyond expectations and not achievable by all students. Her level of commitment to nursing and her advocacy, especially for her patients, is exceptional.” Regarding Benzi’s status as a Navy veteran, Lacey comments, “She is able to bring a perspective to the classroom unlike others in her peer group. Be it her experience in the military, a woman in the VA system, or as a nurse, she offers insight into nursing and healthcare that is eye-opening at times, but at the very least, makes one pause to consider.”

SCSU Nursing Department Chair Cheryl Resha comments, “Karen is a shining example of the benefits of an RN to BSN program. She has not only applied her learning to advance high-quality patient care, but she has shown how furthering her education can advanced her career and leadership potential.”

The RN to BSN program at Southern is dedicated to offering individualized attention to students and considers the rich background of experience of the RN in terms of both clinical and classroom settings. The faculty and staff recognize the unique experiences that these nurses bring to the program and build on these experiences through leadership, informatics, evidence-based practices, and advanced clinical concepts.

 Deliver to:

Dr. Meredith Sinclair
Assistant Professor of English
Department of English

Dear Professor,

Thank you for devoting countless hours to advising your students, formally and informally, and guiding us to the best options, particularly in the teaching field. Your strongly held belief in the transformative effect of good teaching inspires me to seek what’s best for me, and for future generations. You extended your advising through the student group Urban Education Fellows. By helping us develop a mission in urban schools, you make education more than a matter or a career.

About Meredith Sinclair

Favorite Teaching Moment:

I most love when students ask questions I don’t have an immediate answer for. I try in my pedagogy to support students in being curious and being comfortable with discomfort. When they do spring the tough questions and then engage in the intellectual work of sorting through answers—that’s a really great feeling.

Teaching Philosophy:

It’s important for students to understand their purpose for being in an educational space and to be truly invested in the work (instead of being there because they have to be). I’m always looking for new ways to engage students in dialogue—with the work, with classmates, and with their own thinking—to help them find that purpose. I have to model this, too, of course. I’m always rethinking how a course looks, what assignments we do and so on, and try to be transparent with students about that process so that together we learn how to build challenging intellectual spaces. Above all, I think we have to have true care for and interest in our students as human beings.

Favorite Course to Teach:

ENG 492, which is a course focused on reading pedagogy, is my favorite course to teach because that’s my primary area of research and a particular passion. I also love EDU 413 because I get to introduce pre-service teachers from all disciplines to some of the fundamentals of the profession. My Young Adult Literature class (ENG 372) has taught me a lot and has been an exciting course to design. I always love the energy I get from working with our English pre-service teachers during student teaching (ENG 496).

Recent Courses Taught:

• ENG 372: Young Adult Literature
• ENG 496: Student Teaching Seminar (English)
• EDU 413: Secondary Teaching

Following a national search, Dr. Therese Bennett has been appointed as the associate dean for STEM in the School of Arts and Sciences.

Bennett joined Southern in 1996 as a full-time assistant professor in the Mathematics Department. In 2001, she was tenured and promoted to associate professor. Six years later, Bennett was promoted to professor of mathematics. Between 2010-2016, she served as department chairperson. Bennett has also served as co-director of the LEP with distinction and has worked tirelessly to ensure the seamless transfer of hundreds of students to Southern.

She earned a B.S. at Temple University and an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh.

Bennett brings a wealth of institutional knowledge to the associate deanship position and will work closely with the associate dean for the liberal arts and the dean of arts and sciences to advance the mission of the School and the University.

Bennett’s first day will be August 30.

Christine Stackhouse, ’19, didn’t know the career path she wanted for herself when she transferred to Southern in the middle of her freshman year. But less than four years later – and after two trips abroad – she discovered her passion for the business world, specifically in the field of marketing.

And today, Stackhouse is a marketing assistant for the New Haven-based law firm of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey, LLP.

The Terryville resident said she transferred to Southern in the spring of 2016 because Southern was closer to home, and because she was selected for the university’s Honors College. She initially did not declare a major.

“I was a motivated and determined student,” she said. “Neither of my parents went to college, but they were very supportive of me. Things were going okay here. I was doing well and made some friends. I wanted to pursue a people-oriented job and kind of leaned toward marketing.”

Stackhouse was eventually invited to join the School of Business’s Student Ambassador Program, in which she helped conduct workshops for other students on topics such as writing a resume, dressing for success and interviewing for jobs.

“Through that program, we were invited to apply for a business trip during spring break to Japan sponsored by Austin Auger, a Southern alumnus. I was one of three students selected for the trip. It was exciting, but I was also nervous because I had never been out of the country.

“Austin showed us around Tokyo, especially to various businesses. And suddenly, I realized I was on a business trip meeting high-level executives. Who gets to do that? I felt valued and realized I was accomplishing what I wanted to do.”

Stackhouse decided she wanted to try another trip outside the country, and opted to study abroad for a semester (fall 2018) in France at the prestigious EDHEC Business School, located in Nice.

“I didn’t know a word of French, but there were students and professors there from all over the world. The classes were very hard, but I learned a lot. Our education system is quite different, and so are our approaches to developing a marketing plan.

“I came back to the United States having learned so much about myself. But I also started freaking out because I only had one more semester before graduating, and had no idea what I was going to do.”

But she said that the School of Business was instrumental in landing her the job opportunity at Carmody. In particular, she pointed to Patty Conte, School of Business internship coordinator; Sue Rapini, the school’s director of external relations; and Tony Rescigno, former executive director of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce.

Stackhouse said she performs various duties as a marketing assistant with the firm, including social media, coordinating sponsorships and some budgeting. “I also want to be a resource for students and try to connect the company with Southern students,” she said.

“Before I went there, I underestimated Southern because it’s a state university,” Stackhouse said. “But my experience was different from what I originally expected. There are so many opportunities at Southern. You just have to take advantage of them. The school helped me develop both professionally and personally.”

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing. She compiled a 3.84 GPA and earned departmental honors in marketing, as well as award for performance and leadership in marketing.

Stackhouse said she plans to continue in the marketing field for the foreseeable future, and would eventually like to engage in data analysis and campaign planning. “I like turning numbers into results,” she said.

Although women comprise more than half of all bachelor’s degree recipients and represent a majority of those holding professional occupation positions, they continue to trail their male counterparts in computing jobs and degrees, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology.

But Southern is working hard to help spark a greater gender balance in computer science – both in the classroom and in the workplace.

The NCWIT is a non-profit community chartered by the National Science Foundation that seeks to help increase the participation of girls and women in computing. The organization reports that in 2016, women made up 57 percent of bachelor’s degree recipients, but only 19 percent of all recipients of computer and information sciences bachelor’s degrees. Similarly, women hold about 57 percent of professional occupation positions, but only 26 percent of professional computing posts, according to NCWIT.

During the last four years, SCSU has been one of NCWIT’s Pacesetters, organizations that are helping lead the way toward building greater opportunities for girls and women in computing. In fact, NCWIT recently awarded SCSU a $10,000 grant to assist with those efforts.

Efforts by SCSU to spark greater interest in computing by female students also include:

*Coordination of various events and programs for pre-college students, such as a two-week coding camp for girls aged 14 to 19.

*Sponsorship and preparation of a grade 6 team at Dunbar Hill School in Hamden that competed in the Technovation Challenge. The Hamden team made it to the semi-finals, one of 134 teams worldwide to do so among nearly 2,000 teams of girls that compete to solve real-world problems using technology. The team came to the SCSU campus once a week for three months to develop their idea, code their app and pitch it.

Lisa Lancor, chairwoman of the SCSU Computer Science Department who is coordinating the university’s efforts in these projects, said SCSU is making significant strides toward increasing the percentage of women enrolled in computing at Southern.

In the fall of 2013, only 10 percent of the university’s computer science majors were women. That has increased to 16 percent as of last fall with a goal of rising to 25 percent by 2022.

“The ratio would be even higher except for the fact that we are also seeing a major increase in the number of men majoring in computer science at Southern,” Lancor said. “But we have seen the actual number of female computer science majors increase by 91 percent since 2013, and 25 percent just in the last year alone.”

Lancor recalled that it was just two years ago when out of the 70 or so incoming freshmen who declared computer science as a major, zero were women.

“Women were only coming to the major as transfer students or students who were already here and decided to change their majors – not from incoming freshmen,” she said.  “As a result, we started reaching out to local high schools and middle schools, and their school counselors, and told them about all of the opportunities in technology. This is certainly beginning to help.  We were shocked to learn that many high school teachers and counselors were not aware of computer science as a career. Many thought it was just about gaming.”

Lancor said that by bringing more women to the table, the design and development of computer software will truly be inclusive. She said the first car airbag system is a good example of failure due to lack of inclusivity. “Airbag systems were designed to protect tall, heavy passengers — mirroring the majority of manufacturers and designers at the time, who were men. Apparently, it didn’t occur to them they should be designing for people unlike themselves,” she said.

“The more diversity there is in the process of developing technology, the better technology will serve its users – all users,” she said.

For more than a decade, Philosophy Professor David Pettigrew has been advocating for the victims of atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia on March 1, 1992, triggering a secessionist bid by the country’s Serbs backed by the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade, and a war that left about 100,000 dead, including the mass slaughter of many Bosnian Muslims by Serb forces. In addition, the crimes committed at the town of Srebrenica have been ruled to be genocide.

While all his efforts are part of a personal commitment to human rights and social justice, Pettigrew’s work on Bosnia also has an academic dimension, expressed through his lectures, publications, film screenings, and other work. He also teaches a holocaust and genocide studies course at Southern.

This summer, Pettigrew again visited the Balkans, and was interviewed Aug. 22 by the Radio Sarajevo’s Benjamin Redžić on topics including the issues of genocide denial; the prospects for reconciliation in the region, and the rise of the far right and neo-fascism in Europe and the potential for further genocidal actions. The English transcript appears below:

1. Last month, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that the state was partly responsible for the deaths of 350 residents in the town of Srebrenica. How do you comment on this judgment?

I find the Judgment of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in this case to be woefully inadequate. The judgment seems to rest on a very narrow conception of “liability”. The Judgment, in the end, concerned only those 350 men who were forcibly expelled–by Dutchbat (a Dutch battalion that was part of a United Nations peacekeeping force in the region) — from the refuge of the battery factory. After being expelled, the men were separated from the women and children, and were eventually executed. This liability for 350 men can be seen as inappropriately limited because the Dutchbat unit was, according to its assignment, responsible for the Srebrenica “safe area” that had been so designated by United Nations Resolution 819. If the Dutchbat unit was responsible for the safe area then the Dutch government should be responsible for all of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, and not only 350 victims as this Judgment concludes.

However, the Judgment would only find the State liable for those actions of Dutchbat for which the State had “effective control.” The Judgment determined that the Dutch government’s “effective control” was limited to the time following the fall of Srebrenica when civilians sought refuge on the Dutchbat base. For example, the Dutch State was not held liable for the failure to insure that convoys with humanitarian aid would reach the safe area, for the fall of Srebrenica, for the Dutchbat abandonment of their “blocking positions” or for surrendering their weapons.

The liability of the Dutch government is further limited by what I consider to be a perverse calculus. The judgments (of the District Court, the Appeals Court, and the Supreme Court) found that Dutchbat unit acted wrongfully in expelling the men from the base, negatively affecting the men’s chance of survival. The Courts found moreover that the Dutch government should be held responsible for this wrongful act. However, the final judgment of the degree of liability is based on an assumption that the men would have had only had a 10% chance of survival even if they had remained inside the battery factory. The Court of Appeal had judged the State’s liability to be 30%, but now it has been reduced to 10%, by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.

However my position is that the Dutchbat unit, and thus the Dutch government, should have been assessed to be fully liable for the 350 men as well as any women and children who were subsequently murdered following their expulsion from the base. Further, given the fact that they failed to protect the Srebrenica enclave, I believe the Dutchbat unit and the Dutch government should be liable, to some degree, for failing to protect the 8,372 victims who were murdered by the Bosnian Serb and Serbian forces. The Judgments in 2014, 2017, and 2019, have seemed to be primarily concerned with limiting and avoiding responsibility rather than holding Dutchbat and the Dutch government accountable. Frankly, I believe that approach is shameful. The only redeeming virtue of the judgment is that it found that Dutchbat acted wrongfully in expelling the men from the base, and that the government was financially liable for that wrongful act. This fact seemed to provide some consolation to the Mothers of Srebrenica whose loved ones were murdered.

But perhaps such a limited conception of liability is not entirely unexpected given the constraints on other legal processes related to the genocide and other war crimes. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for example, achieved a very small number of genocide convictions, and only a handful of life sentences. In general, the ICTY handed down relatively lenient sentences, and allowed early release for many of the convicted.

These limits introduced as part of the formal legal process, whether at the ICTY or the Dutch court system, show the need for alternative approaches to support the survivors through restorative or reparative justice. Serbia and Republika Srpska should be held responsible for the Srebrenica genocide. Their leaders should recognize the genocide and provide compensation for the survivors.

2. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are those who believe that denying genocide must be sanctioned by law. Recently, High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said that this may happen soon. Are you a proponent of this idea?

I have been recommending for years that genocide denial should be criminalized and prosecuted in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a concrete step toward state-building and toward regional stabilization. This would require the creation of a national law prohibiting genocide denial. So it was indeed encouraging to hear the High Representative state, on July 11, that he was working to implement a law on genocide denial and that he hoped it would be in place by July 11, 2020, coinciding with the 25th anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide. It is not clear how he would do so since he has avoided using his wide-ranging “BONN” powers until now, except in certain cases when he lifted bans on politicians. Further, as soon as news of the High Representative’s comment was publicized, Milorad Dodik suggested that a law against genocide denial would bring new efforts for the secession of Republika Srpska.

Nonetheless, this is a profoundly important goal and I am definitely a proponent of criminalizing Srebrenica genocide denial in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Such a law against genocide denial would recognize and respect the legal rulings of the international courts that have judged the crimes committed at Srebrenica to be genocide. In addition, as in the case of laws against Holocaust denial, such a law would respect the memory of the victims. One hopes that such a law would prevent the kind of casual and routine denial of the genocide that occurs in Republika Srpska and Serbia, denial that is intended to cause psychological harm to the victims, prevent refugee return, and destabilize Bosnia and the region. Such a law would also presumably delegitimize the Commission on the Srebrenica genocide that has been formed by Republika Srpska.

But what complicates this discussion is that Bosnian Serbs have been convicted of war crimes other than genocide. So I believe there should be a more comprehensive law against the denial of those other crimes, such crimes against humanity, or violations of the laws and customs of war. Republika Srpska also formed a commission last year to study “the truth” about the siege of Sarajevo, which is a form of revisionist history and denial. But with respect to the siege of Sarajevo, Radovan Karadžić, for example, was convicted of the crimes of murder, unlawful attacks on civilians, and terror, as violations of the laws or customs of war, and of murder as a crime against humanity.

In addition to the law against genocide denial I believe there should be a national law against the glorification of convicted war criminals.

3. The last few days have been the focus of regional publicity for the anniversary of Operation ‘Storm’. For Croatia, this was a key fight in defense against the aggressor. For Serbia, it was ethnic cleansing. What was Operation ‘Storm’?

“Operation Storm” seems to have a complicated place in the history of military offensives. I still remember reading the news reports of Operation Storm when I was in Italy at that time. Essentially it was a counter offensive launched in August 1995 with the aim of regaining territory lost in the Krajina and elsewhere. Further, there is a certain extent to which Operation Storm allowed Bosnian forces to regain momentum in a push to the east toward Banja Luka. I think the analysis is difficult today because there is an unfortunate extent to which the recent commemoration of Operation Storm comes during a time of the resurgence of ultra-nationalism within Croatia. One should also recall that prior to the joint efforts surrounding and following Operation Storm, the Croatian forces committed atrocities against Bosniaks and their culture in Western Bosnia as part of their goal to establish a kind of “greater Croatia” in Western Bosnia; a “Herzeg-Bosnia”. The accused in the Prlić case were convicted of war crimes as part of a joint criminal enterprise aimed at the creation and operation of Herzeg-Bosnia within Bosnia. Whatever its virtues might have been for reversing Serb aggression both in Croatia and Bosnia, the commemoration of Operation Storm in Croatia and the ensuing discussion obscures the fact that there were two main international aggressors against Bosnia from 1992-1995: Croatia and Serbia, a bilateral aggression whose legacy continues to destabilize the region and to delay Bosnia’s access to the EU and NATO.

4. Will true reconciliation between the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina or the Balkans occur when everyone acknowledges that someone has committed crimes on their behalf?

I still remember Munira Subašić stating at a conference in Sarajevo, in 2005, that there would be no reconciliation without justice. And part of achieving a sense of justice would be for the political leaders of Republika Srpska and Serbia to disassociate themselves from their ultranationalist predecessors who organized and committed war crimes. Further–as you suggest–the achievement of justice would require that they recognize the crimes that were committed in the most public way possible, and also empathize with the suffering of the victims and the survivors. Given the rising tensions in the region, this is a time when we need genuine leaders to emerge — statesmen and stateswomen — who would take responsibility for what occurred, express remorse, and work to foster the reconciliation that is so sorely needed. The destabilizing situation in Bosnia stems precisely from the outright denial, by political leaders in Republika Srpska and in Serbia, that genocide and other war crimes were committed. Milorad Dodik has said that the Srebrenica genocide and the siege of Sarajevo will not be taught in schools in Republika Srpska because they did not happen. The Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, refuses to acknowledge the Srebrenica genocide.

I believe that the High Representative should condemn the discriminatory prohibition against memorials for the victims in Republika Srpska. Memorials for the victims are prohibited but memorials for the perpetrators permeate the landscape in Republika Srpska. The High Representative has not seemed to be very effective but he nonetheless has the responsibility for overseeing the peace. He should take initiatives to encourage reconciliation by facilitating the installation of memorials for the victims in locations where they have been prohibited in Republika Srpska, such as in the Prijedor area. There is a memorial to the perpetrators, for example, at the site of Trnopolje concentration camp, and a Bosnian Serb Veterans Association has occupied one of the camp buildings and established a memorial room there. At the same time, survivors are not permitted to install a memorial at Omarska. This year, in an act of resistance, the organizers displayed a temporary plaque and set up a temporary memorial in the White House where prisoners were tortured and murdered. But they should be allowed to install a permanent plaque and a permanent museum in memory of the victims. This is a human rights violation and a violation of Annex 7 that needs to be addressed by the High Representative.

It was an honor for me to participate in the commemoration at Omarska this year on August 6. I gave a speech at the commemoration in which I pledged my continued efforts to insuring that a permanent plaque and a permanent memorial museum will be installed in memory of the victims and the survivors. This is a matter of basic human decency that must be resolved. Providing for memorials for the victims would be acts of justice that would provide the possibility of reconciliation. Giving up in this effort is not an option.

5. As we await reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the rest of the region, far-right or neo-fascist policies are strengthening in the Western world. What is the cause? Should we be afraid? How to combat this?

The continuing rise of far-right and neo-fascist political parties across Europe is a matter of great concern. From “Alternative for Deutschland” in Germany (AfD) and “Freedom Party of Austria,” to the “Movement for a Better Hungary,” to the “National Front” in France, to the “Golden Dawn” in Greece, these parties are white supremacist, anti- immigrant and anti-Muslim in their core beliefs. Similar parties and movements have emerged from the south in Italy to the Scandinavian countries in the north. We have learned that human beings are highly susceptible to political propaganda. From Hitler to Pol Pot, from Slobodan Milosevic to Hutu Power leaders in Rwanda, propaganda and hate speech have been effective tools to turn a population against a perceived threat. The consequences have been catastrophic. The perceived threat in Europe today–the one that is created and manipulated by the far-right–seems to be the arrival of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa. In the past decade there have been anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim terrorist attacks, for example, in Norway and in New Zealand, in which the terrorists were inspired, in part, by Serbian ultra-nationalism and specifically by Radovan Karadžić. It was disturbing and tragic when in the days following the Ravnogorski movement marching in Višegrad March 10, 2019, there was a terrorist attack on the Mosques in New Zealand. While the Ravnogorski movement may not have the influence of the other far right parties mentioned earlier, Serbian ultra-nationalism has had a clear influence on anti-immigrant movements and violence in Europe.

Yes we should be concerned. We need to respond to the “far right” and to the “neo Fascists” by clearly articulating and defending our own core values regarding the crucial importance of human rights, of religious and cultural diversity, of democracy, and of the rule of law, for a peaceful and humane future. In some cases, especially in Bosnia, extremist groups, such as Ravnogorski Pokret, should not be permitted to gather and march in places such as Višegrad where their uniforms, chants, and songs are psychologically harmful to survivors and threaten further violence.

6. After the Holocaust, it was said: it will never happen again. After the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the same was said. So it happened again. By when will it be repeated?

Genocide does not occur in a vacuum. The preparation for genocide takes time, and requires ultranationalist propaganda and dehumanizing hate speech that develop over time, provoking fear and hatred of a targeted group within a society. Propaganda and hate speech are usually wielded by opportunistic, ultranationalist politicians, who gain followers and influence through such tactics.

In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, such propaganda and hate speech has been referred to as the rhetoric, politics, or discourse “of the 90s.” However, it is a matter of grave concern that due to the inaction of the Office of the High Representative, ultranationalist rhetoric has emerged once again. Today we see genocide denial, and the glorification of war criminals in Republika Srpska, practices that condone and even celebrate the war crimes that were committed. Hariz Halilović has written that such a celebration of genocide is a new stage of genocide that he refers to as “triumphalism.”

This “triumphalism” in Republika Srpska that celebrates the genocide condones the violence and suggests that the crimes could be repeated. This is a threat to the peace to which the High Representative needs to respond decisively.

U.S. Soccer star and World Cup winner Alex Morgan will speak with noted soccer commentator JP Dellacamera at SCSU’s John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 7 p.m. Morgan will discuss her life and career, what it takes to become a champion, and the challenges facing women’s soccer, including the issue of gender equity and equal pay for female athletes. Reserved seats are $100 (VIP, with post-event photo opportunity), $45 and $35, available at lymancenter.org or 203-392-6154.

A forward with the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League, Morgan earned a gold medal with the 2012 U.S. Olympic team and played a key role on two FIFA Women’s World Cup-winning squads, in 2015 and 2019. She finished as joint top-scorer in France, with five goals against Thailand and another against England in the semi-final victory. Since 2018, she has been a co-captain of the U.S. team with Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd.

With 107 goals and 43 assists in 169 appearances for the national team, Morgan is one of the most prolific goal scorers in U.S. Soccer history. In college she played for the UC Berkeley California Golden Bears, leading Cal in scoring for four years in a row and graduating a semester early with a degree in political economy.

Winner of an ESPY award for Best Female Athlete in 2019 and a two-time U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, Morgan has one of the largest social media followings of any female athlete in the world, with millions of followers on Instagram and Twitter.

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One of the pioneering voices of American soccer, JP Dellacamera serves as a FOX Sports play-by-play announcer for its premier soccer portfolio, including FIFA World Cups, Major League Soccer and the U.S. Women’s National Team. This summer, the Colin Jose Media Award recipient was once again FOX Sports’ lead play-by-play announcer for its presentation of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, a role he held in 2015. The legendary broadcaster was also the lead announcer for the 2017 and 2019 SheBelieves Cups and 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship, and called matches for the 2016 Copa America Centenario and UEFA Europa League.

Dellacamera is also the lead television play-by-play voice for Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union on 6ABC and PHL17, a position he has held since 2010.

Dellacamera is regarded as the original voice of U.S. Soccer with a broadcasting career spanning 30 years. He brings decades of experience covering a total of 14 FIFA World Cups (nine men’s, five women’s) on television and radio beginning with ESPN in 1986 and, most recently, the 2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX. He was the lead ESPN radio voice for the FIFA World Cups in 2010 and 2014.