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WASHINGTON — Yvonne English, executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Grove City College, has been selected by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly's office to be an adviser for the 2014 Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic Competition, also known as “the House App Contest.”

“Her expertise in the fields of business and computer technology will be put to tremendous use as she mentors this year's participants and overseas the contest proceedings,” said Kelly, a Butler Republican who represents the 3rd District.

The Congressional STEM competition is designed to engage students' creativity and encourage their participation in STEM education fields.

The “House App Contest” is open to all high school students in the state's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Butler County. More information can be found at the House App Contest page at Kelly's website, kelly.house.gov.

GROVE CITY — The Grove City College team of Evan Schell, Kelley Neumann, J.T. Schwartz, Matt Mathias and Chloe Smiley have won the 2014 Armstrong College Challenge.This is the fourth year in a row that a team from college professor Scott Powell's retail management course has won the cable company's competition.This year's challenge tasked participating teams with developing a media plan aimed at existing cable television customers. Teams presented their plans to Armstrong's vice president and marketing team at the corporate headquarters in Butler. Teams presented for 20 minutes and fielded questions for 40 minutes.The team received a prize of $1,500 and the college also received $1,500 to go into a scholarship fund.

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