Lebanon Valley College

Elliot Miller, of Whitehall, was elected by the Lebanon Valley College student body to serve on Student Government during the 2018-19 academic year as representative for the class of 2020. Miller, a graduate of Whitehall High School, is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in business administration.

Student Government is comprised of 36 full-time students. Twenty-seven upper-class students are elected from the student body each spring for a one-year term beginning in September. This includes four class officers, three class representatives, an equity representative and a commuter representative from each class. Student Government officers are elected each spring from among the 27 upper-class students and in September for first-year students.

One of Student Government’s major responsibilities is to foster understanding, communication and cooperation among students, faculty and administrators. It serves as the channel for all student recommendations for establishing or changing policy and communicates these recommendations to the appropriate administrative offices or faculty committees.

Student Government also approves the constitutions of all campus organizations, regulates the elections of Student Government members and class officers and appoints Student Government members and other students to campus committees. They also plan activities and major campuswide events including Homecoming and winter formal.

Lebanon Valley College is a private, coeducational college in Annville. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors, self-designed majors, a range of minors, concentrations and pre-professional options, graduate degree programs in athletic training, business administration, music education, physical therapy, science in STEM education, speech-language pathology and fully online MBA.

The college has 1,624 full-time undergraduate students and 118 full-time faculty. Students can choose from more than 95 clubs and organizations and 19 study abroad programs. LVC awards generous academic scholarships to those whose high school records demonstrate a commitment to challenge and achievement.

Lebanon Valley College

Adam Schisler, of Northampton, was one of 32 Lebanon Valley College science and business students who collaborated in the production and marketing of the 2018 Flying Dutchmen ale. The science students worked with Snitz Creek Brewery to create a recipe and brew the traditional ale that was revealed and served at Homecoming 2018. Business students then sold the ale to area businesses as a seasonal offering.

Schisler, a graduate of Northampton Area High School, is working toward a Bachelor of Science in business administration.

The task of bringing the Flying Dutchman to life as an ale started in 2014. Due to time constraints, that team of LVC students brewed an ale based on an existing recipe then applied the Flying Dutchmen Ale label.

In 2015, the team made a more concerted effort, with Snitz Creek recruiting chemistry, biology, biochemistry and molecular biology majors to not only assist with the brewing process but also devise a new recipe. Students were responsible for choosing, among other things, the malt and the hops for the beer.

Wilkes University

Corey Cowitch, of Northampton, along with 17 other Wilkes University students, was appointed to the President’s Student Advisory Council for the current academic year. Cowitch is a member of the men’s golf team and part of the Professional Pharmacy Alliance. Cowitch is a pharmacy major.

President Patrick F. Leahy established the President’s Student Advisory Council in spring 2018 as a way to deepen his connection with Wilkes University students. The group includes sophomores, juniors and seniors who represent a wide variety of academic majors and co-curricular interests.

The council meets periodically during the semester to discuss happenings on campus, provide feedback on new ideas and learn about universitywide initiatives. Members are also invited to represent the student body at events hosted by the president’s office. Some of the events and initiatives, in which PSAC members have participated, include the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania’s Student Aid Advocacy Day, the president’s end-of-the-year ice cream stand and Homecoming weekend.

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 47 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.

SUNY Oswego

Katherine C. Hartzell, of Danielsville, who is majoring in theater, was awarded a presidential scholarship and a Destination Oswego Scholarship from SUNY Oswego. The award recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success.

SUNY Oswego honored more than 850 incoming students with merit scholarships. Outstanding first-year students are offered presidential scholarships, deans awards, merit awards and, for outstanding students from outside New York state, Destination Oswego scholarships.

The awards are part of about $7 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego. These funds are in addition to approximately $80 million in need-based grants, loans, work-study and scholarship awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the north for 2019, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2019 college guidebook “The Best Northeastern Colleges” and in its national list of “Green Colleges.”

A 157-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its college of liberal arts and sciences, school of business, school of communication, media and the arts and school of education.

King’s College

Kieran Frankenfield, of Whitehall, a junior accounting major with minors in forensic accounting and criminal justice at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, was recently selected to attend the college’s 14th annual McGowan Business Forum. Held in Philadelphia, the forum allowed students to network with King’s alumni and other professionals. It was followed by a dinner and the presentation of the fifth annual Father James Lackenmier, C.S.C., Award for Achievement and Leadership.

Frankenfield is a dean’s list student and was the recipient of the Fr. Basil Moreau Scholarship. She is the executive board treasurer of the Student Government Association, an FYE co-leader, an orientation assistant and a member of the Accounting Association. She also participates in the Intercollegiate Leadership program.