Residents earn their degrees
Steven Karl Yarmoska (Hillsborough High, Class of 2009) graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science in engineering from Duke University in Durham, N.C., on May 12. He completed a major in biomedical engineering and minors in chemistry and biology.
Steven was also a member of the Tau Beta Pi honor society and his efforts in independent research allowed him to graduate with departmental distinction.
He was a Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Biomedical Interferometry and Optical Spectroscopy (BIOS) laboratory. As a Pratt Fellow, Steven assisted on an ex vivo clinical trial with clinical collaborators at Duke Medical Center to non-invasively use near-infrared light to diagnose pre-cancerous conditions in cervical tissue. The results of this study are currently being prepared for publication.
Steven has accepted a position in the M.D.-Ph.D. combined degree program at the University of Texas Medical Branch and the University of Texas at Austin. He plans to pursue his doctoral studies in the ultrasound imaging and therapeutics laboratory.
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Alexa Jarvis of Hillsborough graduated cum laude from East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University on May 18 with a bachelor of science degree in special education and early childhood education. She is a member of the Delta Alpha Pi honor society.
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On a morning marked by wispy clouds in a blue sky, more than 21,000 people — graduates and their families and friends — braved gale force winds to celebrate the University of Delaware’s 164th commencement Saturday, May 25, at Delaware Stadium, in Newark.
Graduating students from Hillsborough were Meghan Doyle, Melanie Gingras, Olga Svetlitskaya and Jonathan Valenzano.
Citing the talent, ambition, passion and commitment that made the day possible, University President Patrick Harker congratulated the class on what he described as “a great day to graduate.”
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Boston University awarded academic degrees to 6,073 students in May. Among the graduates was Hillsborough’s Aneil K. Sahota, who received a juris doctor in law degree.
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Jonathan Pavlik of Hillsborough graduated cum laude from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, on May 17. He earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting and information systems from the Pamplin College of Business.
Jonathan was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester. In the fall, he will return to Virginia Tech to attend graduate school to pursue a master’s degree in accounting and information systems and to achieve the educational requirements for becoming licensed as a certified public accountant.
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