Christie Martyniuk, daughter of Carol and Peter Martyniuk of Vernon, recently graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers College at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. A 2003 graduate of Vernon Township High School, she received her Bachelor of Arts in English and was honored as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A Spanish minor, Martyniuk studied at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain during the summer of 2005. She was inducted into the National Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi, in her senior year. She also completed an internship at WPIX-TV/CW11 in New York City last summer. Martyniuk plans to pursue further education in the health care field.