Colleges across the country are recognizing students from Shikellamy High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from Shikellamy High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
(see more)Colleges across the country are recognizing students from Shikellamy High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from Shikellamy High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
Fall 2013 Enrollment
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.
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2013 Sep 3
Spring Dean's List named at Mansfield University
A total of 514 Mansfield University students have been named to to spring 2013 Dean's List.
To be named to the Dean's List, a student must attend the university full-time and attain at least a 3.5 GPA for the semester.
The following area students earned the honor:
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2013 Jun 25
Local Students Named to Spring 2013 Dean's List at Lebanon Valley College
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.
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2013 May 29
Elizabethtown College Announces Spring 2013 Dean's List
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:
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2013 May 24
Lebanon Valley College Graduates 370 Students
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:
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2013 May 14
Lebanon Valley College Phi Alpha Epsilon Inducts 41 New Members
Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., has inducted 41 students to its chapter of Phi Alpha Epsilon, an academic and service honor society. Local inductees include:
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2013 May 1
Local Students Selected to Present as part of Lebanon Valley College's Inquiry 2013
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.
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2013 Apr 26
Students Initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
The following local students recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
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2013 Apr 17
Local Students Recognized for Campus Impact at Lebanon Valley College
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:
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2013 Apr 17
Elizabethtown College announces fall 2012 Dean's List
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the names of students whose outstanding academic performances have earned them the recognition of being included on the fall 2012 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:
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2013 Feb 1
Local Students Part of Lebanon Valley College's Production of "Into the Woods"
Local students are a part of an upcoming production of "Into the Woods" at Lebanon Valley College, sponsored by the Wig & Buckle Theater Company. Featuring familiar storybook characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk, "Into the Woods" follows the story of a baker and his wife as they set out on an adventure to break a witch's curse and have a child of their own. Along the way, they learn what happens when people get their wishes and discover that happily ever after isn't always what it seems. The Tony award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
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2012 Oct 12
Lebanon Valley College Welcomes Sesquicentennial Class
Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., has enrolled more than 1,640 undergraduate students for the 2012-2013 academic year, including the historic incoming freshmen class of 409 students, who will graduate during the College's sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary in 2016.
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2012 Aug 22
Lebanon Valley College Students Spend Semester Abroad
Twenty-three Lebanon Valley College students are spending the fall 2012 semester abroad as part of the College's study abroad program, which includes 12 foreign countries and two stateside internship opportunities.
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2012 Sep 14
Elizabethtown College announces spring 2012 dean's list
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the list of students whose outstanding academic performance has earned them the recognition of being included on the spring 2012 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:
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2012 Jul 10
Local Students Named to Spring 2012 Dean's List at Lebanon Valley College
The following students were named to the spring 2012 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.
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2012 May 30
Psi Chi Names Lebanon Valley College Inductees
Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Psi Chi, the Psychology Department honor society. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications.
Students must have a College and departmental GPA of 3.20 or higher. Throughout the year, this group takes part in many fundraisers and community events. Further, they put on a speaker series related to psychology and a conference where both students and researchers present their original data. The LVC organization takes pride in sending students to the Eastern Psychological Conference held each spring, and encourages its members to become more involved in the greater society of psychology.
Local inductees include:
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2012 Apr 25
Elizabethtown College announces fall 2011 dean's list
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the list of students whose outstanding academic performance has earned them the recognition of being included on the fall 2011 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:
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2012 Feb 27
More than 1,600 Undergraduates Enrolled at Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College has enrolled 1,631 undergraduates for the 2011-2012 academic year, including the largest new student cohort in the College's 146-year history.
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2011 Oct 14
New Students at Lebanon Valley College Honored as 'Emerging Leaders'
Students at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., were honored at a ceremony in February to celebrate their success as emerging leaders. They with presented with the gift of a zippered pad folio that read on the cover, "LVC, Making a Difference," along with a formal "certificate of recognition." The honored students mingled with faculty and staff at a reception with food and flowers in the atrium of LVC's Neidig-Garber Science Center. The local students are:
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2010 Feb 19
Local Students Named to Fall 2011 Dean's List at Lebanon Valley College
The following students were named to the fall 2011 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.
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2012 Jan 6