Honors & Achievements

Awards

Alumni Association Award Optometry Accelerated Scholars Program

• Natalee Camille Rackus

Alumni Association Award Optometry Traditional Program

• Andrew J. Muckin

Dr. John E. and Ethel M. Crozier Memorial Award

• TBD

Good-Lite Award

• Beth Katz

Clinical Excellence Citation

• Suite 1: Lorenzo Dominic LoGrasso​
• Suite 2: Andrew J. Muckin
• Suite 3: Colin P. Kane
• Vision Rebahilitation: Tasnim Zakaria
• Neuro-Oph: Colin P. Kane 
• Pediatrics: Leah Michelle Tatsak
• Scholars: Mara R. Tresansky

College of Optometrists in Vision Development Award for Excellence in Vision Therapy

• Meron Almaz Fitta

Dr. Arthur Shlaifer Memorial Award

• Andrew J. Muckin

Eshenbach Award for Excellence in Low Vision

• Yubisela Toledo

Noir Low Vision Award

• Natalee Camille Rackus
• Kara Rhine

Alcon Student Scholarship Award

• Andrew P. Halton

Beta Sigma Kappa Award

• Andrew J. Muckin

Cooper Vision Excellence in Contact Lens Award

• Selena Huang

Blanchard Contact Lens Excellence Award

• Madison Ivey Dunning
• Tylor Tongsavan Pravongviengkham 

Conforma Laboratories Award

• Rebecca L. Lepovsky Braunsdorf
• Michael Anthony Casey
• Austin Carl Loshinskie
• Brittany Luksich
• Zachary Reynard
• Yu-Jen Su

• Andrew J. Muckin

• Maya Panchal

Graduation with Honors

• Ashley Marie Amico
• Geerdhana Sinthu Arun
• Ilan Moshe Dock
• Mélanie Laferrière
• Andrew J. Muckin
• Natalee Camille Rackus
• Mara R. Tresansky
• Allison Marie Young
• Zachary Van Yuhas

• Amalia Catherine Burrell
• Madison Ivey Dunning
• Kevin J. Feng
• Meron Almaz Fitta
• Andrew P. Halton
• Kelsey A. Harnish
• Selena Huang
• Tessa Lane Ives
• Kiera Brinn Jeschke
• Tanya Malhotra
• Mark A. Nagy
• Puja H. Patel
• Nancy Phung
• Karamvir Singh Sidhu
• Yu-Jen Su
• Wayne H. Tan
• Leah Michelle Tatsak
• Heidi Kristine Tedrick
• Tanya Marie Vigdal

• Marissa Elaine Albert
• Zarsh G. Bhatti
• Rebecca L. Lepovsky Braunsdorf
• Michael Anthony Casey
• Hannah Elizabeth Covey
• Patricia Siter Dickey
• Anastasia Rose Goerl
• Veronica Janette Gonzalez
• Pooja Kadakia
• A. Kaddour
• Krista Nikole Kaspar
• Maura Theresa Josephine Nolan
• Jenna Quasmieh
• Zachary Reynard
• Lara Marie Schad
• Victoria Alexis Shust
• Alexander M. Trezza
• Ashley Sharrel Wright

Adornments

• Ashley Marie Amico
• Geerdhana Sinthu Arun
• Amalia Catherine Burrell
• Ilan Moshe Dock
• Madison Ivey Dunning
• Kevin J. Feng
• Meron Almaz Fitta
• Kelsey A. Harnish
• Selena Huang
• Elizabeth Rachael Ide
• Tessa Lane Ives
• Kiera Brinn Jeschke
• Andrea Labunski
• Mélanie Laferrière
• Tanya Malhotra
• Andrew J. Muckin
• Mark A. Nagy
• Puja H. Patel
• Natalee Camille Rackus
• Kara Rhine
• Yu-Jen Su
• Wayne H. Tan
• Leah Michelle Tatsak
• Heidi Kristine Tedrick
• Mara R. Tresansky
• Tanya Marie Vigdal
• Allison Marie Young

• Amalia Catherine Burrell
• Marissa Joan Ferris
• Lauren Elizabeth Furicchia
• Veronica Janette Gonzalez 
• Kiera Ann Hagan
• Andrew P. Halton
• Tessa Lane Ives
• Colin P. Kane
• Mélanie Laferrière
• Alethia I. Love Harris
• Andrew J. Muckin
• Puja H. Patel
• Sofia M. Schedler
• Victoria Alexis Shust
• Samantha R. Spinnato
• Tanya Marie Vigdal
• Ashley Sharrel Wright

Optometry Advanced Studies

• Sigalit Y. Davidov
• Dhirin Aashishkumar Debie
• Kevin J. Feng
• Jordan Elizabeth Rogaliner

• Afsana Amir
• Lauren Elizabeth Furicchia
• Traci-Lin Goddin
• Elizabeth Rachael Ide
• Mélanie Laferrière
• Ashley Sharrel Wright

• David Lennox Bacho
• Rebecca L. Lepovsky Braunsdorf
• Michael Anthony Casey
• Stephanie Marie Castellanos
• Tiffany T. Chen
• Hannah Elizabeth Covey
• Patricia Siter Dickey
• Madison Ivey Dunning
• Marissa Joan Ferris
• Kiera Ann Hagan
• Andrew P. Halton
• Kelsey A. Harnish
• Selena Huang
• Kiera Brinn Jeschke
• Natalee Camille Rackus
• Zachary Reynard
• Sabrina Kayla Steed
• Yu-Jen Su
• Leah Michelle Tatsak

Awards

Alumni Association Award Blindness and Low Vision Studies Program

• Emily Rose Brown
• Megan L. Deely
• Briana Harriston
• Rochelle Miller

Blindness and Low Vision Studies AmbuTech O&M Award

• Emily Rose Brown
• Megan L. Deely
• Briana Harriston

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Excellence in Direct Service Award

• Nicole Simone Jay

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Dr. Audrey J. Smith/Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness Award

• Rochelle Miller

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Association of Vision Rehabilitation Therapists Academic Excellence Award in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy

• TBD

Alumni Association Award Speech-Language Pathology Program

• Julia Marie Sanelli
• Haley Christine Wikoff

Speech-Language Pathology Leadership Award

• Deanna Maree Della Pia

Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Excellence Award

• Dariann Carolina Pastelok

Occupational Therapy Outstanding Leadership Award

• Olivia Judith Gorski
• Camille Marcina Menns
• Olivia Pereira

Occupational Therapy Excellence in Scholarship Award

• Elizabeth Ann Aroune
• Kristen Elizabeth Hasse

Occupational Therapy Superior Professionalism Award

• Monica Rose Huber
• Nina Marie Majewicz
• Natalie Marie Schaffer

Occupational Therapy Clinical Excellence Award

• Kelly Erin Quigley
• Rachel Nicole Weaver

Occupational Therapy Service to the Community Award

• Tavii Aleasha Denise El
• Johana L. Fortune

Alumni Association Award Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program

• Carol A. LaTeer

• Kathleen Demery Valverde

Graduation with Honors

Summa Cum Laude

• Meghan Bretz
• Emily Rose Brown
• Lauren E. Coggshall
• Megan L. Deely
• Deanna Maree Della Pia
• Briana Harriston
• Nora Grace Hopkins
• Nicole Simone Jay
• Rachael M. Lang
• Olivia Lewandowski
• Kayla Rose Mercado
• Michelle J. Mikviman
• Rochelle Miller
• Kara M. Ozimkiewicz
• Dariann Carolina Pastelok
• Shannon Elizabeth Reilly
• Rebecca Ritsick
• Julia Marie Sanelli
• Jaclyn Victoria Tasker
• Emily E. Taylor
• Gabrielle Bailey Verrillo
• Kelsey Lynn Walsh
• Haley Christine Wikoff
• Julia Michelle Zoll
• Maria Theresa Zonies

• Courtney N. Bentzel
• Bridget Brazil
• Monica Frances Hopkins
• Hannah E. Jaskuta
• Cameron Rose Keller
• Carol A. LaTeer
• James Lu Jr.
• Meaghan Marie Manfre
• Nina M. Metz
• Amanda Emma Moxham
• Andrea Ortega
• Melanie Taylor Polo
• Samara Claire Santry
• Shannon C. Spicer
• Allison Stern
• Andrew John Tarafas
• Kathleen Demery Valverde

• Alyssa Rose Balarinni
• Sydnee M. Curran
• Barbara Ho
• Haley Elyse Snyder
• Jenna Emmalynn Utz

Awards

• Katrina Valencia-Intervencion

• Gina Roslynn Lerner

• Amy F. Wilson

• Marisa Lyn Fassnacht

Graduation with Honors

• Gina Roslynn Lerner
• Angela Renae Lowe

• Megan Elise Boehler
• Payton Evan Burke
• Anna Teresa Demko
• Marisa Lyn Fassnacht
• Alexandra Ariel Homsany
• Samuel Timothy Johnson
• Troy W. Scanlon
• Katelyn Helen Wolfe

• Glenn Allen Elms
• Madelynn Jane Petrancuri
• Amanda B. Shapiro

Adornments

• Gina Roslynn Lerner
• Angela Renae Lowe

• Action: Promotion from Second Lieutenant 
• Branch: Army
• Rank: Captain
• Date: May 27, 2021

• Mirjeta Abazaga, OD '15 - Sister

• Alan Bacho, OD '86 - Father

• John Burrell, OD '92 - Father
• Kerry Burrell, OD '03 - Uncle

• Louis Ives, OD '43 - Grandfather
• Paul Ives, OD '83 - Father
• Alexa Ives, OD '19 - Sister

• Kylie McCullough, MSOT '14 - Sister
• Kara McCullough, SLP '20 - Sister

• Archibald Morris, OD '84 - Father

• Nathan Bond, OD '92 - Father

• Thomas Piorkowski, OD '97

• Sanna Quasmieh, MSOT '16 - Sister

• Teresa Chen, OD '09

• Helene Kaiser, OD '89 - Mother
• Mark Shust, OD '89 - Father

• Brendan Tedrick, MS '06 - Brother

• Annette Zamboni-Werner, OD '89 - Mother
• F. Joseph Werner, OD '88 - Father
• Alexander Werner, OD '19 - Brother

• Michael Yuhas, OD '06 - Cousin