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Caroline Bell, a 2008 graduate of Canterbury School in New Milford, was recently recognized for academic excellence and graduated magna cum laude from Norwich University. The daughter of Randy and Maureen Bell, she was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army the day before graduation.

Jessie Dorne of Quinnipiac University has been named a state Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health scholar. Miss Dorne is a physician assistant student in Quinnipiac's school of health sciences.

SEARCH is designed to encourage students studying to become dentists, doctors, nurses and physician assistants to accept jobs in primary-care and community health-care settings where they will care for underserved patients.

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Trevor Senguin has been named to the fall semester dean's list at Central Connecticut State University.

Zachary Gillespie and Miranda Sarjeant were named to the fall semester dean's list at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I.

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Paige Parker, Class of 2014, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Zachary Gross was named to the fall semester dean's list at Fairfield University.

George P. Venturella III, a member of the Class of 2012, son of William and Julie Steers of Roxbury, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Colby College. The Shepaug Valley High School graduate is majoring in religious studies.

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Sean Voelpel, Emily Zibell and Rebecca Zibell were named to the fall semester dean's list at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

Adam Bessel, son of Margaret and Henry Bessel, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Bentley University, where he was a senior.

He was head resident assistant at the university and a member of the judicial board. He was also an intern for St. Croix Systems.

Robin Carey, the daughter of Pamela and Kevin Carey, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., where she is majoring in accounting.

The 2008 graduate of New Milford High School was also one of more than 60 Susquehanna students named to the 2011 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges."

Megan Silk, Class of 2013, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Eastern Connecticut State University, where she is majoring in sociology.

Cheylsea Federle was named to the fall semester dean's list at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I.

Gabriel Carino was named to the fall semester dean's list at Fairfield University in Fairfield.

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Matthew J. Manley was named to fall semester first honors at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. To be eligible for first honors, a student must have a grade point average of 3.8 or higher of a maximum of 4.3.

Hannah Cohen-Lawlor, an 11th-grade student at Cheshire Academy, earned first honors for the first semester of the 2011-12 school year. First honors students must have a grade point average of 2.67 or higher.