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First-year students investigate gender disparities in comedy

For Lycoming College’s 2022 fall semester, the first-year seminar, “Are Women Funny?,” was offered to incoming first-year students. Created and taught by Shanin Dougherty, associate director of career and professional development, the course provided students with an overview of comedy created and performed by women through text and visual media as well as why the idea of funny women continues to be a polarizing topic. With a background in women’s studies, Dougherty created the course to investigate how gender roles inform comedy and how humor has empowered women. “For a ...

Jersey Shore Area Middle School Quarter 1 Honor Rolls

Distinguished Honor Roll Eighth Grade — Brady Allison, Ava Berkheiser, Trinity Bilbay, Lillian Bowers, Sienna Bowlan, Kammarie Brooks, Benjamin Burkhart, Brooke Charney, Colton Cimini, Gabriella Cisneros, Greyson Confair, Chloe Corson, Azelyn Dincher, Allie Drajem, Joseph Eisley, Jordan Fox, Alexis Frey, Isabella Gottschall, Teagan Hall, Saul Hensler, Ryan Koch, Kevin Lepley, Timothy Lope, Jacob Lorson, Jacob Machmer, Dekin McDermott, Tobias Morgret, Josephine Renninger, Taylor Ross, Alaina Samar, Kylie Schall, Zeke Sechrist, Hunter Staron, Camdyn Stellfox, Mackendra Stoetzel, Kyla ...

Jersey Shore Area High School Quarter 1 Honor Roll

12th Grade — Ethan Aldridge, Gabriel Andrus, Tyler Bauder, Nicholas Bellomo, Peter Bellomo, Kayli Berry, Kira Bierly, Elijah Bower, Phaedra Bower, Gannon Bruno, Ariah Butler, Nicholas Canellos, Makenzi Connor, Breanna Corlew, Abigail Corson, Brock Dallen, Dietrich Dammer, Kadence Dauber, Cassadi Dodd, Gretta Engel, Rika English, Owen Farr, Cale Fazler, Ryan Feder, Isabelle Gleckner, Madison Green, Megan Green, Andrew Greenwood, Connor Griffin, Abigail Haight, Terry Harrow, Derrick High, Delana Hill, Nathan Horn, Ethan Johnson, Brady Jordan, Emma Kauffman, Karter Kemmerer, Erika ...

Walnut Street Christian School Quarter 1 Honor Rolls

Honor Roll 12th Grade — Sydney Kennedy, Clark Thomas 11th Grade — Nathanael Barrett, Oakton Rosypal 10th Grade — Micah Borowicz, Austin Duck Ninth Grade — Dominic Brooks Eighth Grade — Acer Rosypal Sixth Grade — Evelynne Krick Fourth Grade — Malory Klemick, Lincoln Krick, Christian Williams, Victoria Zollitsch Second Grade — Davis Mellott, Grayson Miller, Payton Nicholson, Dominick Rosh, Dawson Roupp, Rebekeh Schildroth, Alexis Shughart, Annalise Snyder First Grade — Gabriella Hunter, Charles Johnson, Henry Krick Merit Roll 11th Grade — Colleen ...

Nursing students humbled by volunteer work in Guatemala

Five Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing students and their instructor recently stepped away from the familiar environs of the college’s laboratories and clinical rotations in local health care facilities to help provide care to a medically underserved community in Central ...

Mansfield University Municipal Police Academy recruiting for 2023 class

MANSFIELD — The Mansfield University Municipal Police Academy is actively recruiting for its upcoming full-time Act 120 Academy class, which begins May 22, 2023. The Mansfield Act 120 Municipal Police Academy is a 26-week course required to become a municipal police officer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Established in 1977, Mansfield’s Academy is certified by the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission (MPOETC). Thanks to significant external grants and partnerships, all cadets who complete the academy will receive a minimum $2,500 scholarship. With ...