The following Waterbury Observer area students were awarded their degrees during Quinnipiac University’s 83rd undergraduate commencement exercises on May 18:

Middlebury:          Kimberly Ferrara, Bachelor of Science in  Diagnostic Imaging

Naugatuck:                 Debora Rodrigues, Bachelor of Science in Health/Science Studies   

Oakville:                        Matthew Libid, Bachelor of Science in Nursing 
                                       Filomena Silva, Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Prospect:                      Michael Guastaferri, Bachelor of Science in Management      
                                       Tyler Murphy, Bachelor of Science in Health/Science Studies

Southbury:                  Tara Caparulo, Bachelor of Science in Health/Science Studies
                                       Kaitlyn Ice, Bachelor of Science in Management
                                       Emily Misiewicz, Bachelor of Science in Marketing     

Thomaston:                Ashley Anderson, Bachelor of Arts in English   

Waterbury:                 Nida Anwar, Bachelor of Science in Health/Science Studies  
                                       Kyle Boucher, Bachelor of Arts in  Legal Studies
                                       Raymond Dion, Bachelor of Science in Health/Science Studies       
Nancy Dodd, Bachelor of Science in Accounting
                                       Patrick Donnelly, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
                                       Brittany Ferri, Bachelor of Science in Health and Science Studies    
                                       Henry Sahn,  Bachelor of Science in Biology    
                                       Harshkumar Savaliya, Bachelor of Science in Accounting      

Watertown:                Krista  Mancini, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences   
                                       Riann  Siciak, Bachelor of Science in Nursing-Accelerated     
                                       Mitchell Valente, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences  

Wolcott:               Jacob  Botte, Bachelor of Science in Accounting
                                       Rebecca Cordani, Bachelor of Science in Nursing      
                                       Chelsey Rodriguez, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology    
                                       Matthew Rossi, Bachelor of Science in Accounting     
                                       Bianca Vitale, Bachelor of Science in Accounting
                                       Micah Vitale, Bachelor of Arts in English

Woodbury:            Eric Arndt, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
                                       Griffin Davis, Bachelor of Science in Health/Science Studies 
                                       Sarah  Euston, Bachelor of Science in Nursing-Accelerated   
                                       Gretchen Wortman, Bachelor of Science in Nursing   

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,500 full-time undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges issue. The 2014 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master’s programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 377 Colleges.” The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Quinnipiac among the “Great Colleges to Work For.” For more information, please visit www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.