NEIGHBORS
Seneca teacher Adviser of Year
JACKSON TWP — Katie Halliday was honored as the Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils District 2 Adviser of the Year for 2014-2015.
Halliday is a math teacher and student council adviser at Seneca Valley High School.
PASC District 2 includes Lawrence, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Armstrong, Jefferson, Indiana and Mercer counties.
S. Butler Library names new director
SAXONBURG — Mandee Williams is the new director of the South Butler Community Library, 240 W. Main St., Saxonburg.
Most recently, Williams was a reference librarian at Robert Morris University and a librarian at Point Park University. Previously she was a librarian for Semester at Sea and at Jacobs University in Germany.
She is a graduate of Mars High School. Williams received a bachelor’s degree in German and political science and a master’s degree in library and information science, both from the University of Pittsburgh.
Williams said the South Butler Community Library is very receptive and responsive to the needs and interests of the community.
“I’ve never worked in a library that is so patron centered,” she said.
