GRADUATES
Jennifer McFarland recently graduated with a master's degree in education in school counseling from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.She was named the VSCA 2009 School Counseling Graduate Student of the Year.She works as a school counselor for New Kent High School in New Kent, Va.McFarland is a 2003 graduate of Butler High School and a 2007 graduate of Grove City College. She is the daughter of Ken and Jackie McFarland of Butler.———
<B>Amanda Cicero</B> recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor's degree in business administration in finance.She was the president of the Pi Sigma Epsilon business honor society, the vice president of the Business Advisory Council, vice president of the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society. She belonged to the Phi Kappa Phi university honor society, the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society and the Mu Kappa Tau marketing honor society. She received the Whan Challenger Award, the Mu Kappa Tau scholarship, the American Family scholarship, the Matthew Forester Emerging Leaders scholarship, the Sally Wilkins Scholarship and the Cape Fear Sales and Marketing scholarship.Cicero is a 2003 graduate of Butler High School and a 2006 graduate of Cape Fear Community College. She is the daughter of Stephen and Cecelia Cicero of Butler.———<BR><BR><BR>
<B>Richelle Russell</B> recently graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in economics from Baldwin-Wallace College.She received the Presidential Scholarship, the Pavsek Literary Award in Economics and the Petty Scholarship. She was named to the dean's list all four years and belonged to the Economics honor society, the Social Sciences honor society and the Leadership honor society.While in college, she served as a senior resident assistant, an instructional technology student assistant, a course assistant and a research assistant. She also completed an internship with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.She was accepted into the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.Russell is a 2005 graduate of Knoch High School and the daughter of James Russell and Linda Russell, both of Butler.———<BR><BR><BR>
<B>Shawn Duster </B>recently graduated from West Virginia University's Lane Computer Science and Electrical Engineering College with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.While in college, he worked as a lab technician in the WVNano shared clean room facilities and was active in the Mountaineers Gamers Club.Duster is a 2004 graduate of Knoch High School and is the son of J. Mark and LuAnn Duster of Saxonburg.———<B>Jane Resnick</B> recently graduated with a bachelor's degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.She is the daughter of Mary Lee Resnick and James and April Resnick, all of Butler.———<BR><BR><BR>
<B>Lindsay McFarland</B> recently graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Liberty University in Virginia.She is a 2005 graduate of Butler High School and the daughter of Ken and Jackie McFarland of Butler.
The following students received degrees at the commencement exercises at Westminster College:Butler: <B>Megan Hoffman, Jenna Rosenbauer, Jessica Saeler</B>Cranberry Township: <B>Jamie Guffey, Ashley Stebor, Rachael Conn, Katherine Wellman</B>Emlenton: <B>Jessica Hickman</B>Grove City: <B>William Kochemba, Levi Sanchez</B>Mars: <B>Louis Simeone</B>Prospect: <B>Megan Alexander</B>Slippery Rock: <B>Nathan Capello</B>Valencia: <B>Regina Schaeffer</B>Zelienople: <B>Jennifer Byers, Sarah Sporrer
The following students received degrees at the commencement exercises at Thiel College:Butler: </B>Anika Backstrom, Katherine DeGeorge, April Lahey, Krysta McCormick, Kristen ShieldsCabot: <B>Jamie Kuhn, Amber Trimbur</B>Cranberry Township: <B>Joseph Glasser, Lee Haney Jr.</B>Fenelton: <B>Amanda Rodgers</B>Harrisville: <B>Alan Stevens</B>Karns City: <B>Nathan Knox</B>Petrolia:<B> Michael Ryan, Amber Young</B>Sarver: <B>Lauren Fleischman </B>Valencia: <B>Kaitlyn Scherer </B>West Sunbury: <B>Meagan Arndorfer
Bucknell UniversityThe following students received degrees at the commencement exercises at Bucknell University:Butler: </B>Clinton OrloskiCranberry Township: <B>Elizabeth Skubak</B>Gibsonia: <B>William Massaro</B>Sarver: <B>Brendan McGregor</B>Valencia: <B>Katherine Dederer</B>
