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Education

St. John Neumann Regional Academy Quarter Three Honor Rolls

High Honor Roll: Sixth Grade — Samantha Almond, Kennadee Ballard, Brooklyn Clabaugh, Elliott Drajem, Kaydance Meixel Seventh Grade — Owen Fagnano, Kane Meixel, William Reed Eighth Grade — Justin Crosby Ninth Grade — Samantha Logue, Breanna Nixon 10th Grade — Ella Ballard, ...

Northern Ireland visit sets stage for enhanced partnership

A cultural interchange between Pennsylvania College of Technology and visitors from North West Regional College in Northern Ireland – a two-week whirlwind that was five years in the making – came to a close with memories indelibly shared and lives irrevocably altered. Ten students and two ...

Anna L. Gawel named Pa.’s 2023 Outstanding Assistant Principal

ENOLA, Pa. — Anna L. Gawel, Assistant Principal of Hershey Elementary School, 4th and 5th grades, in the Derry Township School District, has been named Pennsylvania’s 2023 Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. As a state winner in the ...

As debut book garners accolades, ‘Waffles’ to return in print

“A Week With Waffles,” an interactive chronicle of a guinea pig’s delightful day-to-day adventures, received two honors in the Reader Views 2022-23 Literary Awards competition. The book, authored by Pennsylvania College of Technology writer/video producer Tom Speicher and illustrated by ...

Memoirist and jazz producer interviewed in next issue of Brilliant Corners

In her memoir “Art: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman,” Laurie Pepper describes a particularly challenging recording session for her late husband, alto-sax legend Art Pepper: “He dragged himself out of the quicksand of that chart, ignoring it, at last, relying just on what he heard ...

Horticulture students compete in national arena

Eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students were among 529 entrants from across the country who took part in the National Collegiate Landscape Competition, held recently at Mississippi State University. Sophia G. Wiest, a landscape/plant production technology student from Butler, placed ...