STUDENT DIRECTORY
MONACA — Jody Eldridge of Zelienople and Victoria Palinski of Ellwood City are recipients of the 2017 Shell Two-Year Associate in Technology Scholarship. They are students in the Community College of Beaver County's process technology program.
The scholarship recognizes academic excellence and career potential in the petrochemicals industry. They were selected after mock interviews and mentoring by a team of managers from Shell.
The scholarship is for full- and part-time process technology students and has second-year renewal opportunity based on student performance.
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CLARION — Students participating in sports teams at Clarion University of Pennsylvania were honored for their academic achievements at the 24th annual Bob Carlson Scholar-Athlete Luncheon. Six local students were recognized:
Butler: Taylor Starr, soccer
Cabot: Ian Lindsey, men's swimming and diving
Karns City: Austin Blauser, baseball
Renfrew: Carri Pakozdi, women's cross country/track and field
Sarver: Rebecca Dudek, women's cross country/track and field
Seven Fields: Matt Koerper, football
To be named a scholar-athlete, the athletes must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher, have two consecutive semesters of a 3.2 GPA or higher in the previous two semesters, or be a freshman or new transfer who achieved a 3.2 GPA or higher in the fall 2016 term.
———JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley High School juniors Arushi Subba and Maxwell Moore earned first place as the outstanding delegation to the Economic and Social Council at the Duquesne Model United Nations competition held at Duquesne University.Representing the Philippines, the two addressed the issues and impact of drug trafficking on the global economy and the protection of indigenous cultures.Subba also took home third place as excellent overall delegate for the conference. The award includes a scholarship to Duquesne University.Nearly 400 students from 20 regional high schools competed in the conference. During the competition, students debated and developed resolutions on international issues. Duquesne students served as judges.
