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Bulk trash pickup in SR borough May 15SLIPPERY ROCK — Bulk trash pickup in Slippery Rock borough will take place May 15.Beswick, Wolfe net SRU service awardsSLIPPERY ROCK — The 2015 President’s Award for Outstanding Service at Slippery Rock University will go to Patrick Beswick, director of residential education, and Lori Wolfe, a storekeeper in facilities and planning.The pair will collect their awards at the Academic Honors and Student Leadership Convocation on Saturday. The event, designed to salute academic efforts and student leadership, will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Morrow Field House.“Sometimes it gets too hard to select an individual award recipient, especially when their nominations are so emphatic and robust,” said SRU President Cheryl Norton. “So this year, we elected to present the President’s Outstanding Service Award to both of these fine employees.”Beswick has served in a variety of student-centric roles at SRU, and Wolfe has 34 years of service at SRU.

GCMC accepting teen volunteer appsGROVE CITY — Grove City Medical Center is now accepting applications for its summer Teenage Volunteer program.Last year, teens volunteered in both clinical and nonclinical areas of service. Any teen, age 15 or older, who wants to explore a future career in health care or who simply wants to provide community service is welcome to apply.The program runs from June 15 through Aug. 14. Attendance at one of two mandatory training sessions is required, and registration is necessary.To request an application packet which contains training dates, contact Mona Philson at the center at 724-450-7191.Program size is limited and applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The application packet must be returned by May 8.

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