WCSU January and May 2012 graduate degrees
DANBURY, CONN. —Western Connecticut State University will confer graduate degrees upon the following students at its graduate commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 11, in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury.
Students eligible to receive graduate degrees in January and May 2012
| Name | City & State | Program |
| Steven M Lomuscio | Astoria, NY | MS Education |
| Marjorie Laydon | Aurora , CO | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Carolyn A. Baccaro | Berlin, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Ashley Elizabeth Snyder | Bethany, CT | MS Music Education |
| Christopher Michael Longo | Bethel , CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Stephanie Paige Gazetos | Bethel , CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Amy Gardner | Bethel, CT | MS Education / Special Education |
| James M. Forman | Bethel, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Jamie Morgan | Bethel, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Justin Travis Ungar | Bethel, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Michelle T. Tran | Bethel, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Sarra K. Yandow | Bethel, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Stacy Lynn Ewings | Bethel, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Sue Ellen Sprock Landwehr | Bethel, CT | MS Justice Administration |
| Brian C. Anderson | Brewster, NY | MA Biol & Environmental Sciences |
| James Drew Cristantiello | Brewster, NY | Master of Business Administration |
| Alyssa Brooke Baxley | Bridgeport, CT | MS Education / Special Education |
| Melissa Muller Jenkins | Bridgeport, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Alfred L. Haase | Bristol, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Cynthia E. Berry | Bristol, CT | MHA Health Care Administration |
| Amy Elizabeth Reynolds | Bronx, NY | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Blake G. Reuter | Brookfield, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Carmela A. Mangini | Brookfield, CT | Master of Health Administration |
| Donna Geidel Baratta | Brookfield, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Gilda Meier | Brookfield, CT | MS Education / Reading |
| Jennifer A. Zdziarski | Brookfield, CT | MS Counselor Education |
| Kristina Zupnyk | Brookfield, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Leanne P. Fuccillo | Brookfield, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Ryan J. Murphy | Brookfield, CT | MS Justice Administration |
| Rick M Montes | Carmel, NY | MA History |
| Amina M. Rushkoski | Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY | MS Music Education |
| Alex Larsson | Danbury, CT | MA History |
| Amanda Isabelle Halliday | Danbury, CT | MS Education / Special Education |
| Amy Gustafson | Danbury, CT | MS Education / Special Education |
| Caitlin Houlihan | Danbury, CT | MA History |
| Christopher Joseph Murphy | Danbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Evelyn Bachar | Danbury, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Frederick Stephen Salcido | Danbury, CT | MA History |
| Hanna L. Smigala | Danbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Harnish Mahendra Shah | Danbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Heather B. Fitzpatrick | Danbury, CT | MS Justice Administration |
| Justin David Faucher | Danbury, CT | MS Education / Special Education |
| Kathryn Festa | Danbury, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Kelly Jean Ascone | Danbury, CT | MS Education / Curriculum |
| Lindsay Elyse Launer | Danbury, CT | MA Mathematics |
| Margaret E. Galtieri | Danbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Megan Marden | Danbury, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Michelle Marie Sands | Danbury, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Nadine P. Landau | Danbury, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Sarah A Scozzafava | Danbury, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Susan M. Eway | Danbury, CT | MA English, Literature Option |
| Vincent P. Kmetz | Danbury, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| William B. McGovern | Danbury, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Rachel C. Ward | Dayville, CT | MHA Health Care Administration |
| Michael A. Perrota | Fairlawn , NJ | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Mark Bianco | Fishkill, NY | MS Education |
| Michael D. Yagid | Gaylordsville, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Michele Maynard-Ek | Gaylordsville, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Ian L. Newell | Goshen, CT | MHA Health Care Administration |
| Karly T. Almond | Goshen, NY | Master of Business Administration |
| Caitlin M. Baird | Grantsboro, NC | MS Education |
| Christopher T. Donnelly | Guilford, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Jennifer Wyzykowski | Harwinton, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Robert Peter Prianti | Hopewell Junction, NY | Master of Health Administration |
| Scott McNeight | Hopewell Junction, NY | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Kelly C. McGinn | Katonah, NY | MS Education |
| Elise M. D'Ammora | Mahopac, NY | MS Education |
| Nils G. Demme | Mahopac, NY | MBA Business Admin - General |
| Laura J. Murphy | Manalapan, NJ | MFA Creative and Professional Writ |
| Linda Ann Rynkowski | Marblehead , MA | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Karin M. Kay | Middleburg, CT | Master of Arts in Teaching / Spanish |
| Christina Ciacci | Milford, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Ortal Gefen | Milford, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Amy Rose Riber | Monroe, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Emily Ramos | Monroe, NY | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Christina M. McGinn | Mt. Kisco, NY | MS Education / Instructional Technology |
| Marianna Vagnini Dadamo | Naugatuck , CT | MS Music Education |
| Amy Loreen Almeida | New Fairfield, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Anne E. Meisl | New Fairfield, CT | MA English, Literature Option |
| Anthony M. Nunes | New Fairfield, CT | MS Music Education |
| Carla M. Howard | New Fairfield, CT | MS Education |
| Kathryn Hannan | New Fairfield, CT | MS Education / Reading |
| Kelly Michelle Early | New Fairfield, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Lisa A. Wells | New Fairfield, CT | Master of Health Administration |
| Rebecca Ann Czudak | New Fairfield, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Robin E. DeMerell | New Fairfield, CT | MA English, Literature Option |
| Todd S. Harris | New Fairfield, CT | Master of Arts in Teaching / Mathematics |
| Jennifer Knickerbocker Smith | New London, CT | MS Music Education |
| Christopher William Bolster | New Milford, CT | MA English |
| Jennifer Tsz-Shan Shum | New Milford, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Joshua M. Larwin | New Milford, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Justin Morgan | New Milford, CT | MS Education |
| Michele Christine Geier | New Milford, CT | MS Education / Instructional Technology |
| Richard L. Baumer | New Milford, CT | MS Music Education |
| Sarah Dorothy Osborne | New Milford, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Scott Zucca | New Milford, CT | Master of Arts in Teaching / Mathematics |
| Susan H. Guertin | New Milford, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Brian M. Freitag | Newtown, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Jennifer Marie Lefevre | Newtown, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Kimberley Wallace McDonnold | Newtown, CT | Master of Health Administration |
| Deborah Ann Mumford | North Salem, NY | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Mitchel J. Hoffman | Norwalk , CT | MS Justice Administration |
| Denise Callahan | Norwalk, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Elizabeth A. Olson | Norwalk, CT | MS Education |
| Virginia A. Marr | Norwalk, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writ |
| Michael K. Murphy | Oakville, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Romina Bourdoulous | Oxford, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Stephen Wolyniec | Oxford, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Roger Alcides Mendez | Patterson, NY | Master of Arts in Teaching / Spanish |
| Teresa Sutton | Poughkeepsie, NY | MA English |
| Christopher M. Quaranto | Poughquag, NY | MS Education / Insttuctional Technology |
| Sandra Stephanie Silva | Quaker Hill, CT | MA English |
| Molly D. Kenner | Rahway , NJ | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Deborah M. Ventricelli | Redding, CT | Master of Health Administration |
| Jessica M. Connell | Richmond, NH | MA English, Literature Option |
| Andrew L. Clavi | Ridgefield, CT | MS Music Education |
| Andrew Tyler White | Ridgefield, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| JoAnne Donnelly Galdo | Ridgefield, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Robert T. Himmelright | Ridgefield, CT | Master of Arts in Teaching / Biology |
| Stephanie Lyn Bell | Ridgefield, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Toni E. Veteri | Ridgefield, CT | MS Education |
| Brian J. Lewis | Roxbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Gregory Neil Perone | Sandy Hook, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| Lisa A. Sheridan | Sandy Hook, CT | MS Education / Instructional Technology |
| Michael Robert Tibbetts | Sandy Hook, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Steven Raymond Schmidt | Sandy Hook, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Susan Angelina Borelli | Seymour, CT | MS Education / Curriculum |
| Hermelinda Walking Woman | Shelton, CT | MA Biol & Environmental Sciences |
| Jason McKinnon | Sherman, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Stephanie D. Wozniak | Sherman, CT | MS Counselor Education |
| Christina Natalia Ward-de Leon | Southbury, CT | MS Education / Special Education |
| Christine Fenn | Southbury, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Gail M. DeBlasio | Southbury, CT | Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership |
| Janice M. Bickerstaff | Southbury, CT | MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
| John V. Kulka | Southbury, CT | MHA Health Care Administration |
| Michael J. Gilday | Southbury, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writ |
| Brian A. Coutu | Sterling, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Julia McNamara | Stormville , NY | Master of Health Administration |
| Olga M. Kemencei | Stormville , NY | MS Education / Instructional Technology |
| Lisa Lowy | Thomaston, CT | Master of Health Administration |
| Michelle A. Fabiano | Thomaston, CT | MS Education |
| Gary R. Robinson | Torrington, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| EunSoo Park | Trumbull, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Brian Keith Kirby | Walden, NY | Master of Arts in Teaching / Mathematics |
| Andrew J. Dease | Wappingers Falls , NY | MS Education / Special Education |
| Joseph F. Bergamini | Wappingers Falls, NY | MS Music Education |
| Bryan Mitchell | Waterbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Erin Scirica | Waterbury, CT | MS Music Education |
| Julianne M. Artman | Waterbury, CT | MHA Health Care Administration |
| Kanishka Noori | Waterbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Kanishka Noori | Waterbury, CT | Master of Business Administration |
| Kristin Santa Maria | Waterbury, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Oluwole Olugbile | Waterbury, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Renee Bascetta | Waterbury, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Wes DeSantis | Waterbury, CT | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Anthony F. Deziel, Jr. | Watertown, CT | MA English |
| Beth E. Kulmann | Watertown, CT | MS Education |
| Jenna Marie Pelosi | Watertown, CT | MS School Counseling |
| Tiffany Rasha Johnson | West Haven, CT | Master of Fine Arts Visual Arts |
| Laura Catherine Messina | Westport, CT | MS Music Education |
| Josh P. Lavorgna | Westtown, NY | MA Mathematics |
| Christopher James Tait | Wingdale, NY | MA Earth & Planetary Science |
| Kelly Jean Monroe | Wingdale, NY | Master of Arts in Teaching / Mathematics |
| Sara Lewis | Wolcott, CT | MFA Creative and Professional Writing |
| Anca Marina Manea | Woodbury, CT | MA English |
| Kirsten Hayward Stone | Woodbury, CT | MS Education / Instructional Technology |
| John G. Roche | Yorktown Heights, NY | MFA Creative and Professional Writ |
For more information, call the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.
