HOPEWELL VALLEY: Residents are graduates of colleges, universities

DATE POSTED: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:05 AM EDT

Brendan A. Maurice, of Hopewell Borough, received a bachelors degree in psychology from Centenary College in Hackettstown on May 12. The son of Kathleen Bird, of Hopewell Borough, and Arthur J. Maurice, of Glassboro, he will begin his masters degree work in elementary school counseling at Centenary in the fall. He is a 2008 graduate of The Pennington School.

Matthew Schwab, of Titusville, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelors degree in creative writing from Southern Vermont College, Bennington, in May. During the commencement ceremony, he received the William A. Glasser Award. In the spring, he received an academic excellence award in creative writing at the Honors Convocation, and was inducted into the Alpha Chi Honor Society. He is a graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School and the son of Laura and Bill Martin, of Titusville, and Roger Schwab, of Lambertiville.

Cynthia Chadwell, daughter of Karen and Steele Chadwell of Pennington, received a bachelors degree in philosophy from the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, on May 13. She served as panhellenic representative of the Gamma Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Fraternity. A member of The Lawrenceville Schools Class of 2009, she will pursue her studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in the fall.

Also graduating with a bachelors degree from the College of William and Mary was Kyle Babinowich, of Pennington .

Rachel Jordan, daughter of Marilyn and Jim Jordan of Pennington, is a member of the 2012 graduating class of Boston University School of Medicine. She recently began her residency in pediatrics at University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She graduated from Central High School in 2003 and Williams College in 2007.

Hope H. Connolly (valedictorian, HoVal Class of 2005) graduated from Columbia University in May with a maters degree in environmental engineering. She studied water pollution, air pollution, and sustainable energy, while completing research and a thesis in catalytic chemistry. Upon graduation, she began work at a consulting firm in Hartford, Connecticut. A 2009 graduate of Princeton University with a bachelors degree in chemical engineering, she did her senior thesis on the use of depleted oil wells for CO2 sequestration. Before graduate school, she worked at ZS Associates in Philadelphia, conducting data analytics for pharmaceutical clients.

Brian M. White, son of Lee and George White, of Pennington, graduated from Cornell University with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. He is staying at Cornell for another year to study for a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Also graduating from Cornell was Jennifer Jin, of Pennington, who earned a bachelors degree in hotel and restaurant administration.

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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Residents are graduates of colleges, universities