Governor Mifflin Senior High School

The following local residents served as volunteers for Alvernia University's South Reading Youth Initiative (SRYI) program last semester. The program aims to promote continued education, mentoring and support for healthy choices in children who live or go to school in the South Reading area.

Bucknell University has released the dean's list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2013-14 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean's list recognition.

A total of 847 students have been named to the Carthage College Dean's List for the Fall 2013 semester.

The following local residents served as volunteers for Alvernia University's "Alvernia READS" program last semester. The program is dedicated to promoting childhood literacy and improving academic achievement for underprivileged children. Volunteers included:

The following local students are among only 250 chosen as National Youth Correspondents for the 2014 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University.

The following local students have been named to Alvernia University's Dean's List for the fall 2013 semester:

More than 1,600 students have been named to the Fall 2013 Dean's List at Kutztown University. To be eligible for Dean's List, an undergraduate student must be registered for at least 12 credits and have a minimum grade point average of 3.60.

Students who earn president's list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of 3.900 or above.

Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the names of students whose outstanding academic performances have earned them the recognition of being included on the fall 2013 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:

Wilkes University Interim Provost Terese Wignot announced the Dean's List for the Fall 2013 Semester. To be named to the Dean's List, students must obtain a minimum 3.4 grade point average and carry at least 12 credits.

Lebanon Valley College named 658 undergraduates to its Dean's List. The students maintained a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.

The following local students have enrolled at Alvernia University, beginning this fall semester:

The following local students are serving as members of Alvernia University's Alvernian student newspaper staff for the 201-2014 academic year:

Lebanon Valley College welcomed 482 new freshmen and transfer students to its beautiful Annville campus in August 2013, bringing total undergraduate enrollment to an all-time high of 1,648 students.

Wilkes University would like to welcome the 617 incoming freshmen students that comprise its Class of 2017. It is the 80th freshmen class in University history and the third time that the University has a first-year class of more than 600 students.

James Madison University is excited to welcome the class of 2017 to campus this month. The incoming freshman class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from 29 states, the District of Columbia and 30 countries around the world.

The following local residents were named Resident Assistants at Alvernia University for the 2013-14 academic year.

The following local residents served as volunteers for Alvernia University's "Alvernia READS" program last semester. The program is dedicated to promoting childhood literacy and improving academic achievement for underprivileged children. Volunteers included:

The following local students have been named to Alvernia University's Dean's List for the spring 2013 semester:

The following local residents completed more than 300 service hours through the Holleran Center Community Fellowship program at Alvernia:

The following students were named to the spring 2013 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.

Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the names of students whose outstanding academic performances have earned them the recognition of being included on the spring 2013 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:

The following local residents were named Student Ambassadors at Alvernia University for the 2013-14 academic year.

The following local students are active club members at Alvernia University.

The following local students were inducted into academic honor societies at Alvernia University this year.

Nearly 370 students graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., Saturday, May 11. Commencement ceremonies, held in the LVC Gymnasium, included an address by Dr. Philip Benesch, associate professor of political science and winner of the 2012 Thomas Rhys Vickroy Award for teaching. Benesch encouraged graduates to take hold of the courage that is instilled by a liberal arts educationaEUR"courage in inquiry, courage in self-transformation, and political courage. "We should embolden [students] to question their teachers and to endeavor to contribute to a discipline that remains open to growth and open to innovation. This requires an intellectually courageous approach by the student for which a liberal-arts education...provides an ideal preparation... A liberal arts education must enhance the independent capacity of each student to situate him or herself in the world, transforming it while performing within it... Democracy necessitates the education of each citizen, so that he or she may play a part in checking the power of leaders and evaluating the multiple viewpoints available. It is here that a liberal art education is so useful." Local students include:

Lebanon Valley College's Inquiry 2013 coincided with the Council for Undergraduate Research's week-long celebration of student research and achievement. LVC celebrates the academic, dramatic, athletic, musical, and experiential achievements of the student body. Events began on Sunday, April 14, and concluded Saturday, April 20. Inquiry 2013 included poster presentations, art displays, poetry readings, oral research presentations, and musical recitals. Every academic department on campus nominated students to share their accomplishments during that week.

The following local students recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Lebanon Valley College has recognized 185 of its first-semester freshmen and transfer students for making an impact on the campus as a new student. The Celebration of Student Success reception, held Feb. 21 in the Lehr Dining Room of the Mund College Center, honored the students' achievement. The honorees were nominated by faculty and administrators for standing out in the classroom, in their work with classmates, as student leaders, in on-campus employment, or in extracurricular activities such as athletics, performance, or volunteerism. The following students were recognized:

The following local residents were named Resident Assistants at Alvernia University for the 2012-13 academic year.