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honored recently as recipients of certificates of distinction for
the National Educational Development Test (NEDT) taken
earlier this year at the school. To receive such an honor, the
students had to score in the 90th percentile, or higher,
nationally. Overall, Dallas students taking the test scored in
the top 10 percent in the national results. Shown here are
Grasso, Denise Corocoran, - Eileen Nagy, Lori Brokenshire,
Patricia Chismer. Third row, Christine Kaleta, Doreen Karrott,
Staci Robbins, Shaunna Griffin, Victor Liva, Rosemeilee Wong,
Kristen Piatkowsky, Lori Ogurkis, Chritina Bulford, Crystallene
Bell. Fourth row, Loren Williams, Truyen Huynh, Thomas
Approximately 250 Luzerne
County Community College students
earned recognition for outstanding
academic. achievement during the
1983 Fall semester. 1
According to Thomas P. Leary,
associate dean of admissions and
student services, 45 students are
listed on the President’s Honor Roll,
which require studetns to earn a
average.
In addition, 130 students with
grade-point averages between 3.50
and 3.99 made the Dean’s List, and
81 students with grade-point aver-
ages between 3.25 and 3.49 were
listed on the Honors Roll.
Back Mountain residents honored
are:
President’s Honor Roll--Frank M.
Ferraro, Dallas; Peter Gillis, Shav-
ertown;” Barry L. Ottaviani, Swoy-
ersville. ?
Dean’s List--Mitchell D. Diven-
tura, Dallas; Bernard Eichhorn,
Dallas; Lisa M. Evans, Swoyers-
ville; Edward W. McDonald,
Trucksville; Michael A. Podskoch,
Swoyersville; Colleen M. Skonie-
czki, Harveys Lake; Gregory A.
Sorber, Shavertown; Walter J.
Steltz, Dallas; Lora A. Swatko,
Shavertown; Lois R. Williams,
Trucksville; Donna M. Cupinski,
Dallas. on
Also, Tina M. Hlavac, Swoyers-
ville; Margaret R. Kachmarksy,
Sweet Valley; Margaret E. Lovec-
chio, Dallas; Donna M. Newcomb,
Shavertown; Scott Paul D. Ster-
owski, Swoyersville.
Misericordia
colorist, Ed Parkinson, was held
recently in The Art Gallery at
College Misericordia.
Parkins’s exhibit which portrays
the mountain regions of Wayne and
Susquehanna counties, will be on
display through February 9.
Campaign update
College Misericordia’s “Gifts for
Learning” campaign in its first
week reached over 21 percent of its
$292,000 goal, of $62,062.
The announcement was made by
Albert Duran, general chairmah of
the 1984 annual fund raising cam-
paign, at a report meeting held
Wednesday at the Sheraton Cross-
gates. Duran, executive vice presi-
dent of United Penn Bank, said that
the dollars were raised through the
campaign support student financial
aid programs.
The current campaign total was
achieved through the efforts of six
community vice chairmen, their
captains and solicitors. The vice
chairmen are Thomas Jacobs, man-
aging director of Boscov's; Sue
Kluger, a director of the First
National Bank of Wyoming; George
Lister, vice president and general
manager of the Times Leader; Ray-
mond McGarry, national account
y manager of AT&T; Helen O'Connor,
~ Luzerne County Register of Wills;
and Daniel Schall, inventory and
purchasing manager for Common-
wealth Telephone Company.
-Benedicta Matchett, chairman of
the alumni giving phase of the
campaign, reported that $21,659 has
been pledted to date by College
Misericordia alumni. She said that
amount represents a tremendous
early response to the alumni direct
mail program. The alumni phona-
thon will be held early in February.
Frank Pasquini, director of devel-
opment at the’ College, introduced
Mark Kane, a- junior business
administration major at College
Misericordia. A native of Wilming-
ton, Delaware, Kane thanked the
campaign volunters on behalf of the
99 percent of Misericordia’s student
body which receives financial
assistance.
Principal speaker at the report
meeting was David M. Payne, Dean
of Admissions at College Misericor-
dia. He spoke about the significant
changes that have occurred at the
College in recent years, including
the official change to coeducational
status in the late 1970s, the fast-
growing men’s athletic program,
and the overall increrase in enroll-
ment of more than 25 percent in the
last four years.
Payne noted that the College has
McNichols, Cathy Zikor,
Chiarucci, Elizabeth Adams,
Angela
instituted several new academic
programs including occupational
therapy, medical technology, com-
puter science and business adminis-
tration, while it has continued to
improve those programs for which
the College has been traditionally
been known, such as nursing and
education. Payne also reported that
Misericordia students now represent
a broader geographical area that
includes all of the Middle Atlantic
states and much of New England.
The next annual campaign report
meeting is Feb. 8 at the Sheraton
Crossgates.
College bound students and their
parents are invited to attend a
Financial Aid Night presented by
Penn State/Wilkes-Barre on Thurs-
day, Feb. 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Hayfield House on the Lehman
campus.
The program will provide infor-
mation on the application proce-
dures and deadlines for state and
federal grants, students loans, Penn
State University scholarships and
grants and college work study pro-
grams.
Speakers will be Dr. Peter Yasen-
chak, regional representative, Penn-
sylvania Higher Education Assist-
ant Agency (PHEAA); Ms. Sharon
Salvatore, student loan officer; Mr.
Kevin Boylan, assistant vice-presi-
dent of the Wyoming National Bank,
Wilkes-Barre; Ms. Lorraine Mrack-
oski, assistant in the Office of Stu-
dent Financial Aid on the Wilkes-
Barre Campus; and Ms. Jean
Narcum, EOP Coordinator, Penn
State Wilkes-Barre.
The Educational Opportunity Pro-
gram (EOP) at Penn State/Wilkes-
Barre admits students who are both
academically and financially disad-
vantaged. Many students in this
program are eligible for a freshman
EOP grant in addition to other
financial aid.
Registration for the Financial Aid
Night may be made by calling Penn
State/Wilkes-Barre at 675-2171.
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Start a job
with a spurt
Much has been said about the
turtle and the hair, but evidence
suggests a hare-like spurt at the
- not just at the beginning, but for
the length of your career.
“The faster you rise, the higher
you aim,” writes William D. Ellis in
the February Reader’s Digest.
‘Conversely, a plodding start
induces lower expectations.” Moreo-
ver, a team of management
researchers found that sophisticated
organizations makde very early
judgments about their new people,
and these become self-fulfilling
prophecies.
In the article, Ellis describes
strategies successfully used by lead-
ers in their fields - they worked for
them; they may also work for you:
— Make yourself visible early. To
distinguish himself from the pack,
interview drug-store managers,
made his calls in a chauffered
limousine. Impressed, the managers
always received him courteously,
and he brought back an outstanding
number of interviews.
— Overkill that first assignment.
Sent to sell health and beauty aids,
one young man worked 12 hours a
day, six days a week, calling on
potential customers.
— Get the lay of the land. Make it
your business to know ‘‘everybody’’
in the company and what each
department does. Following this
precept, one bank trainee knew so
much about the bank’s operation
that veteran officers came to rely
on her. She’s now an officer herself.
— Say “sure” and figure out how
later. Management values the new
employee who grabs a challenge
and runs with it, Ellis advsies.
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