Tori Palmer of Butler, a senior at MidAmerica Nazarene University, has been selected to be part of one of the university's travel PR groups, Masterpeace.Avocalist in the group, she is a music education major.———

Chiara Laconi of Butler was awarded the Presidential Scholar Award recently at Slippery Rock University.Laconi is currently studying in Madrid, Spain, for the semester. She is a 2003 graduate of Butler High School.———

Mandy Young, daughter of Jim and Linda Young of Butler, has been inducted into the Rho Chi honor society at the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy.She is a 2002 graduate of Butler High School.