People items should be sent to the Gloucester Daily Times, 36 Whittemore St., Gloucester, MA 01930, via email to aholbrook@gloucestertimes.com or faxed to 978-282-4397. College graduation and dean’s list items should come directly from the school.
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Gloucester resident Celina Hanna, who recently graduated Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody, has received The National Society of the Daughters of The American Revolution’s Good Citizen Award and The O’Rourke Service Award for her contributions to her local and school community. Hanna was also a class officer and a member of the National Honor Society. She will attend Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, this fall.
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Gloucester resident Michael Moffett was named to the Champlain College Online dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester. Students on the dean’s list have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester. Moffett is majoring in business management.
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Gabriella Bottari and Zoe Hedges, both of Gloucester, and Henry Otterbein of Manchester-by-the-Sea have been named to the dean’s list for spring 2025 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Bottari is majoring in business administration, Hedges is majoring in early education, and Otterbein is majoring in finance.
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Trinity Elder, a member of the Class of 2028 from Rockport, has been named to the spring 2025 dean’s list at Stonehill College in Easton. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher and must have successfully completed all courses for which they were registered.
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Charlotte Ward, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, majoring in communication, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the College of Charleston where she was named to the president’s list for spring 2025.
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Manchester-by-the-Sea residents Emma Fitzgerald and Grace Swanciger have been named to the president’s list for spring 2025 at the College of Charleston, in Charleston, South Carolina. To qualify for the president’s list (highly distinguished), students must earn a grade-point average of 3.8 or higher and complete a minimum of 12 credits.
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Eleanor Hammer of Essex was named to the dean’s list during the spring 2025 semester at Hofstra University in New York City. Students achieving a grade-point average of at least 3.5 are named to the dean’s list. Hammer is majoring in dance.
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The following Gloucester residents were named to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s spring 2025 dean’s list: Baret Buckley ‘27, majoring in computer science, and electrical and computer engineering; Deston Cauthers, ‘27, majoring in electrical and computer engineering, and robotics engineering; Neville Clancy, ‘26, majoring in mechanical engineering; Jacob DeCarlen-Bumiller, ‘27, majoring in cvil engineering and mechanical engineering; Lily Dukette, majoring in electrical and computer engineering; and Jack Patten, ‘26, majoring in mechanical engineering.
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Finnian Carlson of Manchester-by-the-Sea received a Master of Business Administration from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, during a commencement ceremony held in May.
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Gianna Huet of Manchester-by-the-Sea graduated from York College of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
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Anna Yankee, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, received a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College on May 25 in a commencement ceremony concluding the college’s 2024-25 academic year. Yankee, an environmental studies major, graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in environmental studies and was recently elected to the Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Gloucester resident Caroline Blatchford recently graduated from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, with a Bachelor of Arts in Education.
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Jennifer Baker, a forensic science major from Essex, was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. To be eligible for this honor, a student must have achieved a grade point average of 3.4 or better in the semester with at least 12 credits of study which award a letter grade.
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Charlie Coyne of Rockport was among the more than 900 members of the Class of 2025 who graduated Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, on May 18. Coyne earned a Bachelor of Arts.