GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: Grove City College senior Christopher Bolland of Sacramento, Calif., won the award for best paper at the Lycoming Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference (LUHRC) on April 6 at Lycoming College. Bolland's paper, "Enslaved to the Cause: The Poor White Southerner's Support for Slavery and Secession," won in the category of History, Archaeology and Humanities-Focused Social Sciences. He and several  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Trump bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade again; election-denying trio Lauren Boebert, Donald Trump Jr., and Alex Bruesewitz campaigned together in Colorado; Trump faced an embarrassing primary result in Pennsylvania; a Project 2025 architec  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news on April 26, 2024: The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) today announced that it has awarded more than $900,000 in grant funding to 31 local education agencies (LEA) across the Commonwealth to purchase new food service equipment for cafeterias. "Pennsylvania students need access to healthy and nutritious meals to fuel their learning, grow, and thrive--both in and out of the classro  more

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- Robert Morris University issued the following news: Robert Morris University (RMU) is proud to announce that David J. Malone, Chairman & CEO of Gateway Financial will serve as the commencement speaker at the Spring 2024 Graduate Commencement Ceremony. The ceremony will take place on May 10, 2024, at 4:00pm, at the UPMC Events Center on the RMU campus. "We are tremendously fortunate to have someone as respected and accomplished as David Malone serving a  more

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- Robert Morris University issued the following news: Robert Morris University (RMU) is proud to announce that Michael Lyons, President of PNC Financial Services Group, will serve as the commencement speaker at the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony. The ceremony will take place on May 11, 2024, at 10:00am, at the UPMC Events Center on the RMU campus. "It is an honor to have Mike Lyons joining us as our undergraduate commencement speaker thi  more

SHIPPENSBURG, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- Shippensburg University issued the following news: Shippensburg University is pleased to announce Darrell Newton, PhD, as its next provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Newton was selected following an extensive national search and will join the campus community on July 1, 2024. Newton currently serves as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Winona State, a public university serving 6,545 graduate and undergraduate students. In   more

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- Swarthmore College issued the following news: In recognition of exemplary service to Swarthmore, the College awarded the 2024 Suzanne P. Welsh Award to Rachel Head, associate dean and director of student engagement, at an all-staff meeting on Wednesday. Head, who was one of more than 30 nominees from all across the College, was lauded for her unwavering dedication to the College community. In particular, colleagues highlighted Head's ability to deftly and   more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: Thiel College hosted its third annual Mentor of the Year event on Friday, April 26. The event recognizes the extraordinary contributions of alumni, educators, and professionals in a ceremony held in the Howard Miller Student Center's Sawhill Georgian Room. The event, part of the Thiel College Mentor of the Year Initiative, underscores the significant professional and civic impacts of these individuals, celebr  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 26 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Truth Initiative, the organization behind truth(R), the nationally recognized, proven-effective youth tobacco and opioid prevention public education campaigns, and EVERFI(R) from Blackbaud(R), the leader in powering social impact through education, are teaming up once again to deliver Prescription Drug Safety: Know the truth. The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General is s  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Stuart Weitzman School of Design issued the following news: * * * Originally from Louisiana, Trevian Ambroise, a graduate student ambassador for Penn's Stuart Weitzman School of Design, chose Philadelphia as the place to study economic development techniques to become a well-rounded planner. * * * Trevian Ambroise is a graduate student ambassador in the City & Regional Planning's Public Private Development at the Stuart  more

WAYNESBURG, Pennsylvania, April 27 (TNSres) -- Waynesburg University issued the following news: Every year, Waynesburg University offers students a unique opportunity to present their research at its Annual Research and Scholarly Work Symposium where the campus community is invited to attend. This year at the 12th Annual Symposium, a total of 35 students from various disciplines presented their research in the form of five podium presentations and 26 poster presentations. A committee of facul  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 27 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Matthew J. Bowers, a Biology graduate student from Kenhorst, Pennsylvania, is the 2023-24 recipient of WKU's John D. Minton Graduate Student Award. Bowers is completing his master's thesis, Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southern Kenya: An Assessment of Factors Influencing Crop Development and Productivity, as part of Dr. Bruce Schulte's Elephants and Sustainable Agriculture in Kenya (ESAK) research progr  more