Student Directory
SLIPPERY ROCK — Eighteen cadets from Slippery Rock University’s Army ROTC program were selected for the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency program.
Program participants will travel overseas next summer with other cadets from across the United States to countries including Peru, Lithuania and Argentina.
Cadets chosen included:
Travis Braund, a sophomore petroleum and natural gas engineering major from Butler, who is going to Lithuania;
Austin Reep, a sophomore philosophy major from Butler, who is going to Morocco; and
Gavin Terwilliger, a sophomore safety management major from Butler, who is going to Congo.
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JACKSON TWP — Two Seneca Valley students won awards and 14 others were featured at Slippery Rock University’s 2018 Regional High School Art Exhibition.
Seniors Sonia Fernandes and Jessie Glatz earned two of the five awards presented during the exhibit reception Nov. 19. Sonia won the Potter’s Guild Award for her ceramic mug, and Jessie won a jury award for her mixed media painting.
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GROVE CITY — Grove City College student Boyce Cubarney of Zelienople with a partner launched Chute, a Pittsburgh-based startup that transforms military parachutes into drawstring backpacks, key chains, bandannas, grocery bags and lanyards. A portion of sale proceeds goes to veterans’ organizations.
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INDIANA, Pa. — Casey Borland of Emlenton, a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is the 2018 recipient of the Quota International of Indiana, Pa., Inc. Speech and Hearing Scholarship for study at IUP.
A nursing major, Borland is the daughter of Kenneth and Donna Borland and is a 2015 Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School graduate.
She is a member of the National Honor Society of Leadership and Success.
JACKSON TWP — Four Seneca Valley seniors have been selected as 2019 semifinalists in a scholarship program.
Victoria Beck, Jacob Geil, Ben Hess and Rishin Sharma were chosen as semifinalists — among 1,894 others nationwide — in the Coca-Cola Scholars Program.
They were selected based on their leadership, academic achievements and dedication to community service that was illustrated in their initial applications.
They will continue through the selection process with an opportunity to receive a $20,000 scholarship.
The class of 2019 scholars marks the 31st consecutive year that the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has awarded scholarships.
The foundation is one of the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship programs of its kind in the United States. The foundation was created in 1986 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the brand. To learn more about the scholarship program, visit www.coca-colascholars.org.
