Kyle Taylor Altieri graduated on Sept. 14 from the State Police Municipal Academy in New Braintree.

Edgartown resident Michael Ditchfield won the Faulkner-Wisdom award for his essay Zen and the Art of Dementia.

Many Island students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Mateus Ribeiro and David Seidman, both of Vineyard Haven, graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Mr. Ribeiro with a bachelor of arts in economics and Mr. Seidman with a bachelor of science in criminal justice.

Zoe Listro and Ashlyn Tattersall, both of Vineyard Haven, graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.

Joseph Rossi of Chilmark graduated from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I.