Fairfield U. and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Recognize Local Students for STEM Excellence | Press Releases

Media Contact: Susan Cipollaro, scipollaro@fairfield.edu , 203-254-4000 ext. 2726

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 10, 2016) —Staying competitive and innovative in a global society means developing the engineering talent of the future. On Tuesday, June 6, 2016, Fairfield University held its 20 ^th annual Excellence in Mathematics and Science Awards . Co-sponsored by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, the event recognized 38 juniors for exceptional aptitude in science and mathematics from public, private and parochial high schools in Fairfield and New Haven Counties.

Dean of the School of Engineering, Bruce Berdanier, PhD, and Susan Hitchcock, director of Community Relations at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., presented the students with medals and certificates at a lunchtime ceremony held in the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, where the young scholars mingled with faculty from the School of Engineering, the admissions staff and guests from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.

Lynn Babington, PhD, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, said in her remarks: “The fastest growing job opportunities, particularly in this region and around the country are in engineering and the basic sciences as well as mathematics. You’ll have so many opportunities available to you and that is wonderful.”

Dr. Babington also invited students to connect with faculty sitting alongside them.

“Fairfield’s faculty is what the University prides itself on and is how the school differentiates itself among peer institutions. Not only are they excellent teachers in the classroom and researchers in their various scholarships, but they are strongly committed to mentoring, advising and helping students.”

Participating High Schools and award recipients are as follows:

Jonathan Alter Staples HS

Dominic Calkosz Greenwich HS

Danielle Canfield Bethel HS

Jillian Cass Lauralton Hall

Christopher Cavanaugh Masuk HS

Sohan Choudhury Fairfield Warde HS

Jade Cohen Convent of the Sacred Heart

Parker Connelly Easton Country Day School

Monique Dubois Newtown HS

John Feher Stamford HS

Brandon Figueroa Ansonia HS

Jacob Fried Trumbull HS

Theodore Hague Amity Regional Sr. HS

Megan Jankovsky Notre Dame HS

Ethan Jorgensen Joseph A. Foran HS

Gohar Khan Seymour HS

Roula Kouvatas Stratford HS

David Kristof Darien HS

Peter Lebedev Westhill HS

Ngoc “Kate” Luu Bridgeport International Academy

Robert Marcus Greens Farms Academy

Janaea McLean The Bridge Academy

Mariam Mohsin Academy of Information Technology & Engr

Jonathan Moura Kolbe Cathedral HS

William Nash King Low Heywood

Gabrielle Olshan-Cantin Hopkins School

Joshua William Paight Platt Tech HS

Valerie Plantaud Bassick HS

Renee Pontbriant Shelton HS

Julia Reynolds Fairfield Ludlowe HS

Jillian Saunders Joel Barlow HS

Rachel Scott Bunnell HS

Grace Scully St. Joseph HS

Ryan Sweeney Trinity Catholic HS

Ryan Toner Wooster HS

Ziwen (Harry) Wang Immaculate HS

Kevin Zentner Fairfield College Preparatory School

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Fairfield University is a Jesuit University, rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual traditions. More than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 36 states, 47 foreign countries, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled in the University’s five schools. In the spirit of rigorous and sympathetic inquiry into all dimensions of human experience, Fairfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and engage in open conversations. The University is located in the heart of a region where the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.