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above, of Dallas,
Nine Back Mt. students
received diplomas on
Saturday in graduation
exercises at Penn State-
Wilkes-Barre.
The ceremonies marked
the 25th anniversary of the
year in which associate
degree programs were first
offered at The Wilkes-
Barre Campus of The
Pennsylvania State
University.
In addition to 73 students
who were awarded
associate degrees diplomas
on Saturday, another 120
the first two years of their
studies at Penn State-
Wilkes-Barre and will
continue on for four-year
bachelor degrees. Most of
those students will now
transfer to Penn State-
University Park.
Academic awards
recognizing the student
with the highest
cumulative average in
each associate degree
Saturday’s ceremonies. An
academic award was
presented to Michael J.
Sudimak in Mechanical
Engineering Technology.
Five students received
recognition for their in-
duction into Tau Alpha Pi,
the National Honor Society
of Engineering
Technologies. They were
Carl J. Meurell, Michael J.
Sudimak, Guy J. Shovlin,
Lon G. Singer, and Daniel
DeCecco.
The principal address
was delivered by Frederick
J. Hartwigsen, manager of
consumer relations for the
UGI Corporation, the
Luzerne Electric Division.
The Student Government
Association specifically
requested that the main
an outstanding alumni of
the campus; Hartwigsen
graduated from Penn
State-Wilkes-Barre in 1958.
Degrees were conferred
by. George W. Bierly,
campus director, to:
Barbara - M.. Eaton,
Letters, Arts, and Scien-
ces, RD 2, Dallas.
Earl J. Lozier, Surveying
Technology, RD 5, Dallas.
Sam L. Perry, Electrical
Engineering Technology,
RD 3, Dallas.
John W. Ryan,
Mechanical Engineering
Technology, RD 2, Dallas.
Guy J. Shovlin,
Biomedical Engineering
Technology, RD 7, Shaver-
town.
Robert N. Shuster, Mass
Communications-Broa-
dcasting, Grandview Ave.,
Dallas.
Michael J. Sudimak,
Mechanical Engineering
Technology, RD 3,
Shavertown.
Palmer D. Updyke,
Biomedical Engineering
Technology, 105 Davis St.,
Trucksville.
"Kenneth W. Weaver,
Electrical Engineering
Technology, Hillside Ave.,
Harveys Lake.
Penn State-Wilkes-Barre
has received a special
award from the Wyoming
Valley Chapter of the
American Red Cross for
allowing campus facilities
to be used for Red Cross
traning programs.
The award was accepted
by Mrs. Patricia Kelly,
R.N., campus nurse.
The citiation on the
award. said, ‘To Penn
STate, Wilkes-Barre
Campus, in grateful ap-
preciation for generous
contribution of teaching
facilities for Red Cross
Safety Classes resulting in
the training of area
residents in life saving
techniques.”
Twenty-two Back
Mountain residents were
among the 186 students
receiving degrees from
College Misericordia on
May 26 during the college’s
52nd annual Commence-
ment Convocation.
Held in the Dallas Jr.
High School auditorium
because of rain, the
graduation ceremonies
concluded a week of ac-
tivities for the Class of 1979.
Degrees were presented by
the Rev. William B. Hill,
Acting President of College
Misericordia, with an
assist from Sister Carolyn
burgholzer, RSM,
Academic Dean.
Receiving degrees and
special honors were:
Walter Babetski, Business
Administration, 120 Pine
Street, Dallas; Robert
Brody, Business
Administration, Demunds
Road, Dallas; Beth
Delaney, Social Work, 401
Country Club Apartments,
Dallas; Michael Dietrick,
Business Administration,
cum laude, Box 183,
Harveys Lake; Diane
Fiske, Home Economics,
176 Davenport = Street,
Dallas; Mrs. Tobi Balin
Grossman, Art, magna
cum laude, 16 Skyview
Drive, Dallas;
Mrs. Margaret K.
Janosik, Nursing, 19
Windsor Drive, Dallas;
Colleen Judge, Biology, RD
5, Shavertown; Patricia
Lehet, Business
Administration, cum
laude, 143 Shadetree Road,
Shavertown; David Loh-
mann, Elementary
Education, 47 North
Pioneer Avenue,
Shavertown; Tina Marie
Mark, Art Education, RD
2, Hunlock Creek; Jamie
Neiss, History, Box 19,
Harveys Lake;
Christopher Nulton,
Business Adminstration, 74
Hilldonia Avenue, Dallas;
Brenda Palmer, Music
Therapy, 122 Main Street,
Dallas; Michelle Ann
Shurites, Elementary
Education, RD 6, Dallas.
Debra Ann Smith,
Elementary Education, 155
Lohmann Street,
Trucksville; Joan Toluba,
Business Adminstration,
RD 1, Dallas; Diane
Ungvarsky, Home
Lake; Ilalou . Warmouth,
Elementary Education,
RD 4, Dallas; Gale Young,
Mathematics, summa cum
laude, 261 Ferguson
Avenue, - Shavertown;
Diane Zapoticky, English,
magna cum laude, Box
266A, Harveys Lake; and
Diane Zawodniak, Art
Education, RD 2, Hunlock
Creek.
Additionally, Tobi Balin
Grossman was presented
the Cathy Stefanik
Memorial Art Award for
proficiency in art and
Segrave-Daly
John Hiller
to graduate
from Bob Jones
Bob Jones University of
Greenville, S.C., conferred
a bachelor of arts degree
on John M. Hiller of Dallas
Wednesday at ceremonies
for largest graduation
class in the school’s 52-year
history. ‘The annual con-
vocation was held in the
700-seat Founder’s
Memorial Amphitorium on
| the university campus.
Hiller, son of Mrs. Joan
in the School of
Religion. He was also a
never simple.”
NOTICE
A Special Meeting of the Dallas
School District Board of Directors
will be held:
Monday, June 4, 1979
8:00 p.m.
Library, Dallas Senior High School
for the purpose of receipt of sealed
bids for the Dallas Township and
Trucksville School Projects and for
General Purposes.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Anthony A. Palermo
Secretary to the Board
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Literary Society.
Roger Sherman of Dallas
graduated magna cum
laude from St. Lawrence
University last week.
Alfred C. Viebranz,
chairman of the univer-
sity’s board of trustees,
delivered the com-
mencement address.
Sherman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Sherman,
Hamilton Road, earned a
BA degree - government
major with honors. He was
a President’s Scholar of the
dean’s list. He was a
member of Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholastic
basket of gifts.
scholarship, and was
named to both Kappa
Gamma Pi and Sigma Phi
Sigma, national honor
societies for Catholic
Women’s . Colleges and
Colleges conducted by the
Sisters of Mercy,
respectively.
Patricia Lehet was
presented with the Penn-
sylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accoun-
tants Award for excellence
in accounting.
Gale Young and Diane
Zapoticky were both
named to both Kappa
Gamma Pi and Sigma Pi
Sigma, and, Brenda
Palmer was granted a
Music Therapy internship
at the Hamburg State
School and Hospital in
Hamburg, Pa. i
Local student
honored as
graduate
Miss Kathleen Anne
Segrave-Daly of Shaver-
town, recently received her
bachelor of science degree
in nursing from the
University of Penn-
sylvania.
At a candlelight
ceremony the evening
before graduation she was
awarded the Theresa I.
Lynch Award which is
presented annually to the
member of the graduating
class in the school of
nursing who, in the opinion
of ‘the faculty, has made
consistent contributions to
the advancement of nur-
sing.
She has accepted a
nursing position = at
Chestnut Hill Hospital in
Philadelphia.
honor society:
Alpha,
honorary; Who’s Who
Among Students in
American Universities and
Colleges’ Thelomsyhrsian
Society, student govern-
ment, 1976 treasurer, 1978
senator; Nairobi semester
program; academic policy
committee; Northern
Light, campus publication,
editor 1978-79; orientation
leader; and academic
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HIGHEST HONORS--Maureen A. Dexter, 61 Highland
Blvd., Dallas, poses with Dr. Lawrence M. Stratton,
president of Kutztown State College, following com-
mencement exercises May 19. Ms. Dexter received
highest honors with a bachelor of science degree.
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