•Named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland are the following local residents Emily Anderson and Chelsea Ryder of Babylon and Caitlin Lafferty of North Babylon.

•Ashley Biddy of Deer Park and Jonathon Nauert of Lindenhurst were named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at The College of Saint Rose, Albany.

•Ryan W. Casey of Babylon received a master of science in aerospace engineering at the January commencement of Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

•Named to the dean's list at Boston University for the fall 2008 semester are West Babylon resident Natalia Bezpalko and West Islip residents Alexandra Desgaines, Nicole M. Laduca and Timothy D. Probert.

•Paul Juergensen, of North Babylon, was named to the dean's list at Hofstra University, Hempstead for the fall 2008 semester. He is currently studying management.

•Burin Poomchonghko, of West Islip, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. He is majoring in finance and insurance.

•Tom Colligan, of Babylon, was named to the Dean's list for the first quarter at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York where he is studying video game design. He is the son of Robert and Cathy Colligan and a 2008 graduate of West Babylon High School.

•Jesse L. Bricchi, of West Babylon, received a bachelor of arts degree in biological science from Binghamton University of the State University of New York.

•Named to the dean's list at Binghamton University for the fall 2008 semester in the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering are Peter L. Menchini of Babylon and Frank J. Acierno and John P. Donovan, both of Deer Park. Named to Binghamton's dean's list in the School of Management are Eric T. Malhado, Sara Julie Parrish and Andrea Pop, all of Deer Park and Rod L. Alzmann of West Islip.

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