Wilkes University

Nicole Kutos, of Northampton, has been selected for the Kirby Scholarship by Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at Wilkes University. Currently a senior and a member of the Class of 2017, Kutos is pursuing a dual degree in integrative media and English. Kutos is also minoring in studio art, with printmaking being her favorite area of fine art.

Kirby Scholars are top performers in accounting, marketing, legal, product development and project management. Scholars provide services to the businesses at the center’s business incubator and receive valuable experience in their field of study and formal recognition of their work. As a Kirby Junior Scholar, Kutos works in the field of graphic design. She helps clients put ideas into a visual form as she creates logos, branding and other materials for their businesses.

The Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship was founded in 1993 and is dedicated to teaching the principles of free enterprise and entrepreneurship. It is an independent center affiliated with the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership at Wilkes University, which serves both the university and the entire northeast Pennsylvania region.

Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. In addition to 41 undergraduate majors, Wilkes offers the doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education and doctor of pharmacy degrees and more than a dozen master’s degree programs, including the master of business administration and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at wilkes.edu.

Lebanon Valley College

Tori Ward, of Whitehall, is one of more than 60 Lebanon Valley College (LVC) students who received a Multicultural Fellowship Award for the 2016-17 academic year. Ward, a graduate of Whitehall High School, is pursuing a bachelor of music in audio and music production at the college.

These Fellowship awards recognize and reward commitment to work, service and scholarly achievement for African-American, Latino, Asian, Native American and multiracial LVC students. The Fellowship awards are based upon a student’s academic and personal credentials, an interview and financial need. The Fellowship program emphasizes each student’s personal and professional development. Each student also must fulfill specific requirements each semester to remain participants in the program and retain the monetary award.

Lebanon Valley College is a private, coeducational college founded in 1866 and dedicated to the liberal arts. The college offers 40 undergraduate majors plus self-designed majors and a range of minors, concentrations and pre-professional options, as well as graduate degree programs in athletic training, business administration, music education, physical therapy, science in STEM education and speech-language pathology. The college has 1,608 full-time undergraduate students and 108 full-time faculty. Students can choose from more than 90 clubs and organizations and 12 study abroad programs. LVC awards generous academic scholarships to those whose high school records demonstrate a commitment to challenge and achievement. Learn more at lvc.edu. Annville is 15 minutes east of Hershey and 35 minutes east of Harrisburg; Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore are within two hours.

Boston University

Mary Nebbaki, of Whitehall, received her Master of Science in international marketing management from Boston University. The university awarded academic degrees to 1,645 students in September 2016.

Founded in 1839, Boston University (BU) is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. Consisting of 16 schools and colleges, BU offers students more than 250 programs of study in science and engineering, social science and humanities, health science, the arts and other professional disciplines, along with a number of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes integral to the university’s research and teaching mission. With more than 33,000 students, BU is the fourth largest private university in the country and a member of American Association of Universities, a nonprofit association of 62 of North America’s leading research-intensive institutions.

University of the Sciences

The following students have been named to the summer 2016 dean’s list at University of the Sciences. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a “C” and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the summer of 2016.

Coplay: Angela Krutsick, a doctor of pharmacy student

Whitehall: Kimmarie Huynh, a doctor of pharmacy student

University of the Sciences (USciences) has prepared students to be leaders and practitioners in the healthcare and science fields for nearly 200 years. Key to its distinctive education is a tradition of hands-on research and experiential learning that is evident in every graduate who has walked its campus. Since its founding in 1821 as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America, USciences has grown to more than 30 degree-granting programs from bachelor’s through doctoral degrees in the health sciences, bench sciences and healthcare business and policy fields.