GRADUATES
The following students received degrees from their respective colleges and universities:
Tanya Gordon of Butler from the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio;
Brendan Keep of Butler from Bowling Green State University.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT BRADFORDThe following students received degrees at the commencement exercises at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford:
Brittany Barnes of Butler,
Angela Garris of Karns City,
Ryan Tuck of Butler.———
Sarah Kosar of Butler graduated with a double major in theater (playwriting) and film and video from Penn State University.She wrote a play titled "Phyllis" and was featured in Penn State's Cultural Conversations Festival. "Tallulah and Baboon," a stop-motion film she wrote, directed and produced, was juried into the Penn State SFO Film Festival.While in school, she was on the dean's list. She studied abroad in spring 2009 in London, and while there, worked as a junior casting agent at I.N.C. in London.She is employed by the Talent Group talent agency in Pittsburgh. She will pursue a master's degree in playwriting at the Central School of Speech and Drama this fall in London.A 2006 graduate of Butler High School, she is the daughter of John and Phyllis Kosar of Butler.———
<B>Steven Winslow</B> of Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Butler, graduated with a master's degree in higher education from Florida State University.He received his bachelor's degree in 2008 from Slippery Rock University.He was accepted to the Florida State University Ph.D. in higher education program and will attend this fall.A 2004 graduate of Slippery Rock High School, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winslow of Butler.———<B>Joyce Gardner</B> of Butler graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a master's degree in nursing, nurse anesthesia.She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society.She is employed as a graduate nurse anesthetist with the University of Pittsburgh Physicians at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital.She is a graduate of Butler High School. She received an associate degree in nursing from Butler County Community College. She received her bachelor's degree in 1997 in nursing and master's degree in nursing in 2003, family nurse practitioner, both from the University of Pittsburgh.She is the daughter of Evelyn Gardner of Butler and the late Earl Gardner.———
<B>Aaron Macoskey</B> of Renfrew graduated with a Master of Physician Science degree from Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pa.Macoskey was accepted into the Norwalk Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine PA Surgical Residency Program in Norwalk, Conn.He is the son of Eric and Mary Jane Macoskey of Renfrew.
