Gonzalez, Patriarca named to New Bethany Board

New Bethany, a local nonprofit providing street-level human services, housing, and support that lifts individuals out of poverty, recently appointed Hector Gonzalez and Jane Patriarca to its Board of Directors.

A production associate at Just Born Quality Confections, Hector is responsible for ensuring products meet quality standards in a manufacturing setting. As a previous client of New Bethany, Hector aims to offer an important perspective as both a person of color and as someone once on the receiving end of New Bethany’s services to remove barriers for others in need. His personal experiences and passion for giving back will drive New Bethany’s outreach efforts to reach a larger, more diverse demographic.

As vice president of product integrity and process development at Crayola, Patriarca works in partnership with United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley to assist in community benefits campaigns.

Inspired by New Bethany’s dedication to providing basic needs and services to the community, Jane hopes to support their mission through her board participation. Her professional expertise will support New Bethany’s growth goals throughout her time on the board.

“New Bethany is thrilled to welcome Hector and Jane to our Board of Directors,” said J. Marc Rittle, executive director of New Bethany. “Their dedication, expertise, and diverse perspectives are a great asset to furthering our mission of supporting those in need throughout the Lehigh Valley community.”

Area resident presents paper

Reem Shadid of Bethlehem, a Northampton HS graduate, presented a paper titled, “Middle Eastern and Muslim Defendants: The Crossroad between Ethnicity and Religion” at the 24th annual Berks County Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference April 22.

Shadid is a public policy and administration and criminology major at Albright College. The annual HECBC conference is sponsored by the Higher Education Council of Berks County: Albright College, Alvernia University, Kutztown University, Penn State Berks and Reading Area Community College.

Resident inducted at Cedar Crest

April Woolever, of Bethlehem, was inducted into the Delta Pi chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda at Cedar Crest College. Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society for adult students.

LVC’s Graybeal to study in New Zealand

Sam Graybeal, of Bethlehem, a Lebanon Valley College student, will study in New Zealand this spring. The study abroad program is part of the LVC student experience opportunities. The Liberty H.S. graduate is pursuing a bachelor of science in exercise science.

Cedar Crest College’s Delphi inducts residents

Delphi is the college’s honor society for undergraduate students. Ali Fahad A Balubaid and Carter Reichard of Bethlehem the college’s honor society for undergraduate students. Students who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 at the end of their junior or senior year are recognized as members.

NCC’s Phi Theta Kappa adds locals

The Tau Gamma chapter inducted several new members into the Northampton Community College Bethlehem campus group Nov. 28, 2022. A live, on-ground formal induction to honor fall and spring inductees is planned for March 2023.

To be invited to join the chapter, local residents met GPA and college credit qualifications.

The new members are Jarel Acosta Gonzalez, Essane Axelle Marie-Aurelia Agnimel, Rachael Allard, Ariana Allen, Crystal Arnold, Alba Arreaga, Mery Azar, Kayla Bobowski, Joel Borges-Lebron, Victoria Bradfield, Emilee Brewer, Isabelle Burnett, Elizabeth Causton, Tracy Christ-man, Allison Crilly, Kayla Deleo, Ivannia Diaz, Anthony Flores, Zoe Fortkamp, Ella Foulk, Sierra Green, Vincent Grossman, James Hartnett, Emma Held, Latoya Jenkins, Kyungeun Jo, Mya Kelly, Kaitlyn Kistler, Ryan Kulp, Truong Le, Marykate Lesnett, Zi Hao Li, Hannah Matthews, Margaret Mbugua, Nicole Mele, Daniel Miller, Ryan Mottley, Ngoc Nguyen, Emily Okeefe, Nathaniel Olson, Madelyn Ott, Amanda Paff, Emily Pham, Crismayli Polanco Disla, Jennifer Rhoades, Jacob Rittenhouse, Shanti Sajnani, Elio Sarkis, Kristofer Sellers, Janelle Siekonic, Brooke Sliker, Cristal Smith, Samantha Talero, Shatoh Todd, Eleana Turcios, Christina Varrone, Kyleigh Vicoso, Krystal Vrobel, Abigail Wallbillich, Phillip Williams, Vinayak Yadav and Molly Zweifel.

Ricies inducted into honor society

Hannah Ricles, of Bethlehem, was initiated recently into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Kutztown University.