Fairfax College Students Earn Accolades From Their Schools

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — To shine a light on the academic achievements of college students from the Fairfax City area, Patch shares information provided by the students' families and Merit News.

Maya Pearson of Fairfax was among the 5,100 students conferred their degrees this spring from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Pearson was a student in the graduate college whose program of study was English. The degree awarded was a master of fine arts.

Benen Witkop of Fairfax was among the more than 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the dean's list for the 2022 spring semester.

Lucy McCarthy, a communication major from Fairfax, made the president's list for the spring 2022 semester at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. To earn a spot on the president's list, a student must have achieved a 4.0 grade point average during the semester.

Liam Weis of Fairfax, a 2024 fine art major at York College of Pennsylvania, was named to the spring 2022 dean's list.

The following James Madison University students made the president's list for the spring 2022 semester:

• Beatriz Ravel of Fairfax, whose major is biology.
• Alexa Paredes Idiaquez of Fairfax, whose major is biology.
• Julia Lazareva of Fairfax, whose major is biotechnology.
• Lindsey Filbey of Fairfax, whose major is communication sciences and disorders.
• Samuel Snyder of Fairfax, whose major is computer science.
• Payton Minnick of Fairfax, whose major is elementary education.
• Brigid Piwowar of Fairfax, whose major is elementary education.
• Mohamed Ghawider of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Claire Peterson of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Dafni-Maria Pfoser of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Deirdre Salinsky of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Miryeng Song of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Rachel Zindler of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Jason Darling of Fairfax, whose major is geography.
• Dustin Rodriguez of Fairfax, whose major is geography.
• Katherine Reeves of Fairfax, whose major is health sciences.
• Kyndall Villareal of Fairfax, whose major is health sciences.
• Sarah Bird of Fairfax, whose major is history.
• Chloe Tarbell of Fairfax, whose major is intelligence analysis.
• Ethan Rothstein of Fairfax, whose major is international affairs.
• Madisen Cloutier of Fairfax, whose major is middle grades education.
• Gabriel Ravel of Fairfax, whose major is music.
• Meghan Willey of Fairfax, whose major is music.
• Ashley Gonzalez-Vasquez of Fairfax, whose major is nursing.
• Katharine Little of Fairfax, whose major is nursing.
• Maggie Soderborg of Fairfax, whose major is nursing.
• Elizabeth Moore of Fairfax, whose major is physics.
• Andrew Seidel of Fairfax, whose major is political science.
• Madison Miller of Fairfax, whose major is theatre.
• Victoria Preast of Fairfax, whose major is writing, rhetoric and technical communication.

The following James Madison University students made the dean's list for the spring 2022 semester:

• Chloe Kaltner of Fairfax, whose major is biology.
• Anthony Gelona of Fairfax, whose major is biology.
• Richard Myers of Fairfax, whose major is biology.
• Bao Tran of Fairfax, whose major is biology.
• Owen Hardiman of Fairfax, whose major is business management.
• David Pizzano of Fairfax, whose major is business management.
• Trieu Truong of Fairfax, whose major is business management.
• Patrick Lee of Fairfax, whose major is business management.
• Graham Vegso of Fairfax, whose major is business management.
• Elana Warshavsky of Fairfax, whose major is communication studies.
• Samantha Buttecali of Fairfax, whose major is communication studies.
• Lauren Kammerman of Fairfax, whose major is communication studies.
• John Philbin of Fairfax, whose major is communication studies.
• Samantha Chau of Fairfax, whose major is computer information systems.
• Nicholas Kirbabas of Fairfax, whose major is computer information systems.
• David Clark of Fairfax, whose major is computer science.
• Dawson Dolansky of Fairfax, whose major is computer science.
• Shayna Retting of Fairfax, whose major is elementary education.
• Riley Allison of Fairfax, whose major is engineering.
• Michael Duncan of Fairfax, whose major is finance.
• Jacob Wells of Fairfax, whose major is finance.
• Peyton Wasem of Fairfax, whose major is finance.
• Courtney Farzan of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Eli Harris of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Nicole Baradi of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Christopher Knowlton of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Jasper Smalfelt of Fairfax, whose major is general psychology.
• Hannah Couch of Fairfax, whose major is geography.
• Namchi Dao of Fairfax, whose major is graphic design.
• Britney Ngongbo of Fairfax, whose major is health sciences.
• Jessica Reid of Fairfax, whose major is health sciences.
• Caitlyn Dewey of Fairfax, whose major is hospitality management.
• Lila Retting of Fairax, whose major is inclusive early childhood education.
• Deanna Sterling of Fairfax, whose major is inclusive early childhood education.
• Caroline Whitacre of Fairfax, whose major is industrial design.
• Kayleigh Baxter Gagen of Fairfax, whose major is integrated science and technology.
• Grace Lane of Fairfax, whose major is intelligence analysis.
• Kristen Lipold of Fairfax, whose major is intelligence analysis.
• Elizabeth Picha of Fairfax, whose major is intelligence analysis.
• Makenna Robinson of Fairfax, whose major is intelligence analysis.
• Katelyn Der of Fairfax, whose major is international affairs.
• Alexander Weisman of Fairfax, whose major is international affairs.
• Emma Mendoza of Fairfax, whose major is international affairs.
• Geoffrey Buechter of Fairfax, whose major is international business.
• Rafael Febres of Fairfax, whose major is international business.
• Andrea Giron of Fairfax, whose major is justice studies.
• Thomas Aguila of Fairfax, whose major is kinesiology.
• Elizabeth Nguyen of Fairfax, whose major is kinesiology.
• Madeline Hurwitz of Fairfax, whose major is marketing.
• Rachel Miragliuolo of Fairfax, whose major is marketing.
• Kathryn Dillon of Fairfax, whose major is marketing.
• Anna McGrath of Fairfax, whose major is marketing.
• Brian Mollenkopf of Fairfax, whose major is marketing.
• Tess Green of Fairfax, whose major is middle grades education.
• Shiv Love of Fairfax, whose major is music.
• Elizabeth Bird of Fairfax, whose major is music.
• Josh Martin Mapoy of Fairfax, whose major is nursing.
• Lily Howell of Fairfax, whose major is physics.
• Eda Tercan of Fairfax, whose major is political science.
• Thien-Hue Nguyen of Fairfax, whose major is political science.
• Lucas Tiffany of Fairfax, whose major is political science.
• Yameen Ibrahim of Fairfax, whose major is public administration.
• Anna Whetzel of Fairfax City, whose major is public administration.
• Kesem Solell-Knepler of Fairfax, whose major is social work.
• Marcy Jumper of Fairfax, whose major is theatre.

Allanah Wood, of Fairfax received a bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College on Sunday, May 22, in a Commencement ceremony concluding the college's 210th year. A chemistry major, Wood graduated with departmental honors in chemistry and completed a thesis titled "A Novel Photoredox-Catalyzed Radical Allylation Reaction Using 4CzIPN."

The following students were among those who graduated from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia during the 2021-22 academic year:

• Kylie Flood of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in nursing.
• Kenna Malone of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in nursing.
• Tyler McCarthy of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in exercise science.
• Kelly Mickelson of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in nursing.
• Heekyung Yoon of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in nursing.
• Nicole Olsen of Fairfax, with a doctorate in physical therapy.
• Farishta Abbasi of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in nursing.
• Jesse Marie Acierto of Fairfax, with a master of science in occupational therapy.
• Mohammed Alrasheed of Fairfax, with a master's degree in business administration.
• Laxminarayana Srivatsava Chirravuri of Fairfax, with a master of business administration and a graduate certificate in cybersecurity.
• Maria Gibney of Fairfax, with a master of science in nursing.
• Sujin Jeong, of Fairfax, with a doctorate in pharmacy.
• Amanda Kim of Fairfax, with a graduate certificate in administration and supervision.
• Andria Lee of Fairfax, VA, with a graduate certificate in family nurse practitioner.
• Angelique Olson of Fairfax, with a master of science in performing arts leadership and management.
• Melon Semma of Fairfax, with a bachelor of science in nursing.
• Allison Trieu of Fairfax, with a doctorate in pharmacy.

Don't see your award-winning scholar among those appearing in this academic honors list? Send the details to Patch editor Michael O'Connell at michael.occonnell@patch.com and Patch will include them in a future post.