Seton Hall University

Garrett Pruzinsky and Morgan Tirpak, both of Whitehall, were named to the fall 2018 dean’s list at Seton Hall University.

As one of the nation’s leading Catholic universities, Seton Hall has been showing the world what great minds can do since 1856. Home to nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and offering more than 80 rigorous majors, Seton Hall’s academic excellence has been singled out for distinction by The Princeton Review, US News & World Report and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Seton Hall, which embraces students of all religions, prepares its graduates to be exemplary servant leaders and caring global citizens. Its attractive main campus is located in suburban South Orange, N.J., offering a wealth of employment, internship, cultural and entertainment opportunities. The university’s nationally recognized School of Law is prominently located in downtown Newark.

Elizabethtown College

Giovanna Martinez, of Bath, and Dana Morykan, of Northampton, were named to the fall 2018 dean’s list at Elizabethtown College. Students on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who earn a semester grade-point average of 3.6 or higher in 14 or more credit hours, of which at least 12 credits are letter-graded course work. Martinez is a health and occupation major in the Class of 2019, and Morykan is a health and occupation major in the Class of 2021.

Elizabethtown College, located in historic Lancaster County, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees.

California University of Pennsylvania

Isaiah Graves, a 2018 graduate of Catasauqua High School, was named to the academic honors list for the fall 2018 semester at California University of Pennsylvania. The honors list is restricted to students who earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher.

Graves is a business marketing major.

Gettysburg College

Izabella Busher, of Bath, has been placed on the deans’ commendation list for outstanding academic achievement in the fall 2018 semester at Gettysburg College. Students with a quality-point average in the range of 3.3 to 3.599 for a semester’s work are placed on this list.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. Alumni include Rhodes scholars, a Nobel laureate and other distinguished scholars. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

LCCC

The following Lehigh Carbon Community College students were inducted into Alpha Omicron Alpha, the college’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the national honor society for two-year colleges, during a March 10 ceremony in the college’s Lisa Scheller-Wayne Woodman Community Services Center on the college’s main campus.

Membership into Phi Theta Kappa is by invitation only. To be considered, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree program, have completed at least 12 credit hours of coursework, have established a minimum GPA of 3.5, have established a record of academic excellence as judged by the faculty, be of good moral character and possess recognized qualities of citizenship.

Catasauqua: Bekkah Harakal

Coplay: Susan Horwith, Ashley Lefurge

Whitehall: Clayvi Brown, Danielle Devine, Melanie Guilleard, Talitha Harry, Halima Mbarack, Rebecca Moody, Mostafa Rmouz

LCCC’s Alpha Omicron Alpha Chapter was recently named a 2019 REACH Chapter and recognized with Phi Theta Kappa’s REACH Rewards program for increased membership. Phi Theta Kappa is the only nationally-acclaimed honor society serving two-year colleges, which offers associate degree programs.

LCCC

Yadira Rosada, of Whitehall, along with two other Lehigh Carbon Community College students in health care, has received a $1,500 scholarship from Dr. James and Penny Pantano for the spring semester. Pantano scholarships are awarded to students from Lehigh, Carbon and Schuylkill counties who show academic promise and demonstrate community involvement. The three students attended a private luncheon recently with the Pantanos, as well as LCCC President Dr. Ann D. Bieber.

Rosada is a nursing student at LCCC. She works as a certified nursing assistant at Lehigh Health Network Hospice, where she cares for people during the last stages of illness and during the dying process. She has worked with hospice patients for the past 13 years, and when Rosada completes the nursing program, she plans to return to work as a hospice RN.

For more information on the college’s programs of study, visit LCCC.edu.

Cedar Crest College

Whitehall resident Eden Yandrisovitz has her artwork displayed at the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley for Cedar Crest College’s presentation of “The Art of Art Therapists” at Capital Blue Cross’ gallery. This exhibit presents imagery from students in the undergraduate and graduate art therapy program as well as faculty. Faculty exhibiting are Michelle Dean, program director, and Meredith Fleshman, adjunct faculty.

The opening reception was held April 11. The exhibit is on display through May 6.

Located in Allentown, Cedar Crest College was selected as a “Top Regional College” and a “Best Value” in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings from 2012-19 and a “Best College for Veterans” in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. In addition, the college was recognized as a 2018-19 College of Distinction, and the School of Adult and Graduate Education was ranked a Top 25 school for nontraditional students by Best College Reviews in 2017. Cedar Crest was ranked by College Choice as the No. 12 best women’s college in 2016. Founded in 1867, Cedar Crest currently enrolls approximately 1,700 students - full time, part time and graduate - in more than 50 fields of study.