Sara Stitt, daughter of Orrin and Eileen Stitt of Petrolia, has been inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society at Clarion University.———

Kenneth "Paul" Fry, son of Ken and Jan Fry of Butler, has been named a United States National Collegiate Award Winner in marketing management.He is a student at Butler County Community College.———

Amanda Jaskowak of Grove City was recently selected to present a project at the annual Bucknell University Intercollegiate Art History Symposium.An art and history major at Franklin and Marshall College, she presented the project "The Protestant Altarpiece: An Exemplar of Lutheran Institutionalization in the Visual Form."———Several students from

Union High School recently participated in the All-State Band event held at Cumberland Valley High School.Participants include contra clarinet player

Carly Shook, alto clarinet player

Tyler Traister and oboe performer

Maria Smith.———

The National Honor Society of

Union High School recently held a coin drive to benefit the Clarion County division of the American Cancer Society.Participating students raised $75 during the two-week collection, in which students donated coins under the name of a teacher. The teachers receiving the most coins received a pie in the face during a recent assembly.———

Anthony Bury of Cowansville, a history/political science major at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, recently received the Student Life Award for outstanding leadership, scholarship, character and service to the university.———

Christopher Passione, son of Jim and Laurie Passione of Valencia, has been inducted to the Sigma Pi Sigma National Honor Society at Westminster College.Aphysics major at the college, he is a 2004 graduate of Mars High School.———Two Butler County residents were among students inducted into the Lambda Sigma leadership honor society for sophomores at Westminster College recently.Inductees included

Alison Gerginski, daughter of Mark and Barbara Gerginski of Harmony, and

Susan Davidson, daughter of Christopher and Lori Davidson of Renfrew.———Bucknell University sophomore

Elizabeth Skubak has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the 2007-08 academic year.Amathematics major at Bucknell, she is the daughter of James and Michele Skubak of Cranberry Township.Skubak is a 2005 graduate of Seneca Valley High School.