Liberty HS’s Memorial Gym was the scene Sept. 17 for Liberty seniors to consider furthering their educations and life experience as over 50 college and military recruiters provided information and assistance on the application processes for each.

“Most kids don’t have the wherewithal to navigate the system,” says Liberty school counselor Andrew Uhler, “so we bring it to them.” It was the first such event says Uhler who said he hopes to have another next spring with morning and afternoon sessions at both Liberty and Freedom.

Liberty senior Robert Coddington says he wants to pursue an environmental engineering degree and is considering Penn State, Bucknell and Lehigh universities. “They are all very popular and prestigious,” he noted.

Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Trovitch staffed a table and was drawing interest from students, as were the U.S. Army and Army Reserve stations nearby. Trovitch explained how “direction, discipline, belonging and developing leadership skills” had motivated him to enlist. He also recommended that students explore options within each branch of the armed services.

“I’m very passionate with providing our youth more information,” said Trovitch.

The most popular institution was the Warren Community College one, at which Amanda Moberg, coordinator of flight, promoted their robotics program by operating ‘Spot,’ a robotic dog. Spot was a hit with many students, and Moberg let them operate the robot.

Overall, the students’ interest and reception by the various schools and armed services branches seemed positive with a great deal of interaction between the two sides.