By Jru Drummond Third Grade, Jackson Primary School I’m most thankful for love during the holiday season, because if there was no love, I wouldn’t have anyone to support me. I’m thankful for my mommy also, because if I didn’t have her no one would tell me to brush my teeth ...
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University will honor the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) during the University’s MLK Week, Jan. 16 through Jan. 27. Through learning, discussion, community engagement and art, the celebration will commemorate King under this year’s theme of “Legacies: Leaving a Path to Follow.” “We gather to honor Dr. King — not simply as a dreamer — but as an organizer, a prophet and a leader within a vast movement that stood against racism, militarism and poverty and built toward justice, freedom and the beloved community,” says Rev. Kurt ...
A Pennsylvania College of Technology police officer, whose vigilant pursuit — even after being repeatedly fired upon — resulted in the quick apprehension of an armed suspect earlier this fall, was presented with a nationally sanctioned award during a surprise campus ceremony on Dec. ...
Distinguished Honor Roll 12th Grade — Trent Balzer, Macayla Beyer, Brendan Bickhart, Kiley Bohart, Sidney Bowers, Kylie Buck, Ryan Carl, Frances Daniels, Braeleigh Dunkle, Rachel Fillman, Olivia Frey, Ruby Frey, Teagan Hagenbuch, Noah Harmon, Holly Hollenbach, Gavin Hormell, Abram Masser, Peyton Meehan, Alyssa Perez, Emma Pick, Emma Podobinski, Maggie Sheets, Audrey Shipman, Brandi Staub, Emily Trautman, Morgan Way, Elizabeth Welliver, Allison Zaktansky 11th Grade — Sean Brown, Aurora Cieslukowski, Baylee Daniels, Mckenna Dauberman, Sienna Dunkleberger, Hunter Hauck, Kelsey ...
LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven University recently held its Lavender Graduation event honoring two fall graduates, Hunter Swartz, of Jersey Shore and Alexis Gallagher, of Scranton. Lavender Graduation is a nationwide event that celebrates the academic achievements of LGBTQA students and allies. LHU's ceremony was organized by the President's Commission on LGBTQ Affairs. “Congratulations to our Lavender graduates, and thank you to the President's Commission on LGBTQ Affairs for organizing the event in support of our LGBTQA students,” said Dr. Bashar W. Hanna, university ...
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University biology postdoctoral fellow Tanisha Williams and Professor Chris Martine led a collaborative team of botany scientists from the U.S. and Australia who have found and named a undocumented Australian bush tomato species from the remote Outback. The botanists were able to collect numerous new specimens of the plant, which was hiding in plain sight along a steep trail, from the Garrarnawun Lookout in Judbarra National Park. The task was made easier by the fact that the lookout is accessible by a set of dozens of human-made stone steps running directly from ...
