•Steven Kaiser, of West Babylon, was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to attend Alfred State College, Alfred, New York. Kaiser is slated to graduate in 2009 from West Babylon High School and intends to enroll in the mechanical engineering technology science program.

•Named to the dean's list at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for the spring 2008 semester are the following local residents: Brian Shaw, the son of Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Shaw of Babylon, is a first year student majoring in robotics engineering and Trevor Olsen, the son of Mr. And Mrs. Matthew Olsen of West Islip, is a first year student majoring in biomedical engineering.

•Holy Trinity Diocesan High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter. Named to the "A" honor roll, from West Babylon are Breanna Amorde, Jade Greco, Samantha Novak and Brianne Weiss; from Babylon are Teresa Austin, Marisa Caruso, Jeannine Florio and Julia-anne Florio and from Lindenhurst are Lauren Giunta, Alison LaManna, Meaghan Lynch and Cristian Mendoza. Named to the "B" honor roll, from Babylon is Terence Barclay; from North Babylon are Kevin Brosnan and Erin Hayes and from Lindenhurst is Giancarlo Casella.

•During the December commencement at the State University of New York at New Paltz, the following local residents received bachelor's degrees: from North Babylon are Tracy Burstein, Robert Foley and Matthew Vitale; from West Islip is Kristen Baum and from West Babylon is Rebecca Wuss.

•The following local residents were named to the dean's list at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut for the fall 2008 semester: From Babylon are Gina Fasano, James Mahr, Kathryn Renganeschi and Melissa Wood; from West Babylon is Mary Cannizzaro; from North Babylon are Susan Day, Richard Delle Bovi and Anna Raso; from Deer Park are Kristen Calder and Jessica Szewczuk; from Lindenhgurst is Lauren Gustavson and from West Islip are Bradley Bory, Kimberly Brohan, Jillian Laufer, Jaclyn Machowicz and Katherine Schneller.

•Matthew Cummings, of Babylon Village, has been named to the President's List at Farmingdale State College for the spring of 2008 with a 4.0 GPA and the fall of 2008 with a 3.75 GPA.

•Kevin Tracey, of West Islip, has been named to the dean's list for the 2008 autumn quarter at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.

•Melissa Kranis of West Islip, a business administration major at York College of Pennsylvania, has been named to the Senior Honor Society.

•Michael Muesch of Babylon and Cory Zinkiewicz of West Babylon were named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts.

•Hannah Gail Stern, of Babylon, was named to the dean's list at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, for the fall 2008 semester.

•Megan Quarant, of North Babylon, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

•Named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Sacred Heart University are the following residents: From Babylon are Jennifer Locantro, Katie Reilly, Marcella Repetto and Amy Berkowitz; from Brightwaters is Tara Ilamathi and from West Islip are Jenna Castellano, Cheryl Huber, Sarah Rogan, Jacqueline Sharp and Alyssa Capizzi.

•The following local residents were named to the dean's list at Bryant Univrsity, Smithfield, Rhode Island for the fall 2008 semester: Catherine Heaphy and Eric Slater of Lindenhurst and Jessica Komoroski and Stephanie Pavone of West Islip.

•Alexis Courtney Lee, of North Babylon, received a bachelor of science in criminal justice at the December 2008 commencement of the State University of New York College at Oneonta.

•The following local residents were named to the dean's list at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut for the fall semester: From Babylon are Jennifer Locantro, Katie Reilly, Marcella Repetto and Amy Berkowitz; from Deer Park is Noreen Campanella; from Lindenhurst are Josephine Ferrantelli and Jessica Zambito; from North Babylon are Edward Fifield, Sarah Grimmer, Erika Sciacovelli and Blayne Manning ; from West Babylon are Erin Crane and Gina Figalore and from West Islip are Jenna Castellano, Cheryl Huber, Sarah Rogan, Jacqueline Sharp and Alyssa Capizzi.

•Named to the dean's lsit at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania for the fall 2008 semester are the following local residents: From Lindenhurst are Richard M. Auletta, Michele T. Giunta, Joseph A. Gruner and Jessica A. Wagner; from West Islip is Kristina M. Sauerland; from West Babylon is Megan E. Callahan, from North Babylon is Charles T. Sciangula, and from Dix Hills is Danielle A. Bruzzese.

•Mathew Kiley, a psychology major from North Babylon, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

•Lori-Ann Cavallo, of Deer Park, has been named to the president's list at the State University of New York at Geneseo for the fall 2008 semester. To be on the list, a student must have an A in all coursework.

•The following local residents were named to the dean's list at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh for the fall 2008 semester: From West Babylon are Clare Dinan and Christopher Hanley; from Lindenhurst is Brian Kelly and from West Islip are Ashley Detoll, Rose Eiklor and Daniel McKenna.

•Named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy New York are Matthew Zimmerman of Babylon; Arsenio Minondo and Daniel Hashim of Deer Park; Matthew Perry, Christopher Blum and Travis Lydon of Lindenhurst and William Marchese, James Wisniewski, Katherine DeBlasio, Shaun Peterson and Michelle Santospirito of West Islip.

•North Babylon resident Melanie Primm was named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts.

•Paige Rittenhouse, of Lindenhurst, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.

•Kaitlyn Anderson, a business major from Babylon, was named to the dean's list at Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey for the fall 2008 semester.