STUDENT DIRECTORY
Georgetown University sophomore Jefferson Ford was recently inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society, which recognizes the top 10 students in the McDonough School of Business.
Admission to the society is presented to the top 3 percent of undergraduate and graduate students majoring in business-related fields.
Ford has also been awarded a Global Business Fellowship from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, an honor issued to only 30 students specializing in foreign affairs and global commerce.
He will travel to Kyrgyzstan in May to teach English and diplomatic strategies to high school students in Bishkek and surrounding towns. Later this summer, he will continue his studies in Hong Kong.
The Butler Senior High School alumnus is the son of Douglas and Mary Ford and the grandson of Margie Beneigh.
Derek Gieraltowski, of Prospect, was one of more than 100 Rochester Institute of Technology students who were honored March 28 as Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars.
Blake Beatrice of Ellwood City, was recognized with the The Richard L. and Connie VanderMeulen Doyle Prize at the University of Mount Union’s Senior Recognition and Honors Convocation on April 30.
This prize is awarded to a student who shows great promise in the field of history.
Matthew Owrey of Grove City, was recognized with the Dr. Donald J. and G.E. Brugger Pre-Med Award.
This prize is awarded to an outstanding pre-med student in recognition of academic achievement and contribution to the overall university community.
Grove City College student Rob Kunst, of Butler, took first place in the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Pittsburgh’s 2019 Financial Planning Competition out of the 237 entries.
Grove City College student Anna Sweger,of Carlisle, came in third.
Brooke Schaefers of Butler, received the AVI Leadership Scholarship from Youngstown State University. The award is presented to outstanding undergraduate campus leaders.
University of Findlay students recently participated in the annual Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity. Many students received honors during the symposium’s awards ceremony. Local students include:
Farrah Connolly of Ellwood City was named as a 2019 Pi Theta Epsilon Inductee and received the DeBow and Catherine Freed Academic Scholars Award.
Alexis Foran of Freeport was named the Outstanding Senior in Animal Science.
Ashlee Shields of Butler was named to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 310 and was named as an Outstanding Freshman Majoring in Mathematics.
Nicholas Grenci was the student marshal for the nuclear engineering baccalaureate degree program at the Penn State College of Engineering spring commencement ceremony May 3. Grenci will graduate with two bachelor of science degrees, in nuclear engineering and in mechanical engineering. He will also receive a minor in engineering mechanics.
Grenci is the son of Brenda and Anthony Grenci of Butler and is a 2015 graduate of Butler High School.
College of Engineering student marshals are selected for their academic achievement and contributions to engineering student life.
He was the recipient of the John J. Brennan Excellence in Nuclear Engineering Award and the Edward H. and Deborah R. Klevans Scholarship in Nuclear Engineering.
Following graduation, Grenci will pursue a graduate degree in nuclear engineering at Penn State.
