Colleges across the country are recognizing students from Mechanicsburg Area High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from Mechanicsburg Area High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
(see more)Colleges across the country are recognizing students from Mechanicsburg Area High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from Mechanicsburg Area High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
Lebanon Valley College Recognizes Peer Mentors
The Peer Mentor Program begins during orientation and continues throughout the first semester. This program eases the transition of new students to LVC. The primary goals of the program are for new students to succeed socially and academically, to ensure that each new student has an upper-class student from whom they can seek assistance, and to help students become well acquainted with other new students.
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2014 Jan 10
Lebanon Valley College's Fall 2013 Dean's List Honorees
Lebanon Valley College named 658 undergraduates to its Dean's List. The students maintained a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.
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2014 Jan 7
Over 1400 Students Named to Dean's List at York College of Pennsylvania
Over 1400 students were named to the Dean's List at York College of Pennsylvania. To be eligible for this honor, a student must be registered for at least 12 academic credit hours and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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2014 Jan 3
Lebanon Valley College Recognizes 2013 Fall Student-Athletes
Lebanon Valley College is recognizing 227 student-athletes for their participation on athletic teams in the 2013 fall athletics season.
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2013 Dec 12
Lebanon Valley College Recognizes Resident Assistants
A Resident Assistant (RA) oversees a floor or wing in a residence hall. The RA serves as a resource for residential students and provides a residential environment conducive to the overall development of students. The RA role encompasses programming, administrative, and student development responsibilities.
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2013 Nov 20
Elizabethtown College students receive degrees
Elizabethtown College students received degrees in August 2013.
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2013 Oct 31
LVC Announces the Cast of "Chess" the Musical
Lebanon Valley College's Wig and Buckle Theater Company will present "Chess," a musical with music by ABBA stars Benny Andersson and Bj?rn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice.
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2013 Oct 22
Lebanon Valley College Recognizes Valley Ambassadors
Lebanon Valley College recognizes the 53 students serving as Valley Ambassadors. Valley Ambassadors provide tours for prospective students and their families.
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2013 Nov 12
LVC Recognizes its Students Studying Abroad in Fall 2013
LVC students take advantage of overseas study programs in 12 countries around the world. By the time they graduate, nearly 20 percent of our students will have spent time studying and traveling abroad, experiences that will shape and inform the rest of their lives.
The bottom line at LVC: if you want to study overseas, you can, regardless of your major or other interests.
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2013 Oct 22
Fall 2013 Enrollment
Lebanon Valley College welcomed 482 new freshmen and transfer students to its beautiful Annville campus in August 2013, bringing total undergraduate enrollment to an all-time high of 1,648 students.
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2013 Sep 3
James Madison University welcomes the class of 2017
James Madison University is excited to welcome the class of 2017 to campus this month. The incoming freshman class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from 29 states, the District of Columbia and 30 countries around the world.
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2013 Aug 7
Local students earn Dean's List honor at Central Penn College
The following students have been named to the Central Penn College Dean's List for the summer 2013 term.
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2013 Jul 24
Local students scheduled to attend orientation at the University of Delaware
Local students will join the incoming class of Blue Hens during the University of Delaware's New Student Orientation (NSO) program this summer.
NSO will be held every weekday from June 18 through July 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Local students attending NSO include:
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2013 Jun 19
2013 Spring Dean's List
The following students made the dean's list at James Madison University for the spring 2013 semester.
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2013 Jun 12
Spring 2013 Honors Graduates
The following students graduated with honors from James Madison University during the May 4, 2013 commencement exercises:
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2013 Jun 11
Local Students Make Dean's List at Mount St. Mary's University
Mount St. Mary's University is pleased to announce 552 students who earned dean's list honors for the spring 2013 semester.
They Include:
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2013 Jun 7
Students Named to Dean's List at York College of Pennsylvania
Students who earned a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher were named to Dean's List for the Spring 2013 semester at York College of Pennsylvania.
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2013 May 29
Local Students Named to Spring 2013 Dean's List at Lebanon Valley College
The following students were named to the spring 2013 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.
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2013 May 29
Elizabethtown College Announces Spring 2013 Dean's List
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the names of students whose outstanding academic performances have earned them the recognition of being included on the spring 2013 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:
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2013 May 24
Lebanon Valley College Graduates 370 Students
Nearly 370 students graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., Saturday, May 11. Commencement ceremonies, held in the LVC Gymnasium, included an address by Dr. Philip Benesch, associate professor of political science and winner of the 2012 Thomas Rhys Vickroy Award for teaching.
Benesch encouraged graduates to take hold of the courage that is instilled by a liberal arts educationaEUR"courage in inquiry, courage in self-transformation, and political courage. "We should embolden [students] to question their teachers and to endeavor to contribute to a discipline that remains open to growth and open to innovation. This requires an intellectually courageous approach by the student for which a liberal-arts education...provides an ideal preparation... A liberal arts education must enhance the independent capacity of each student to situate him or herself in the world, transforming it while performing within it... Democracy necessitates the education of each citizen, so that he or she may play a part in checking the power of leaders and evaluating the multiple viewpoints available. It is here that a liberal art education is so useful."
Local students include:
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2013 May 14
Local Students Earn Dean's List Honor at Central Penn College
The following students have been named to the Central Penn College Dean's List for the winter 2013 term.
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2013 May 8
Lebanon Valley College Names Honor Society Inductees
Lebanon Valley College inducted 92 students into various academic honor societies this spring.
Local inductees include:
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2013 May 2
Local Students Selected to Present as part of Lebanon Valley College's Inquiry 2013
Lebanon Valley College's Inquiry 2013 coincided with the Council for Undergraduate Research's week-long celebration of student research and achievement. LVC celebrates the academic, dramatic, athletic, musical, and experiential achievements of the student body. Events began on Sunday, April 14, and concluded Saturday, April 20.
Inquiry 2013 included poster presentations, art displays, poetry readings, oral research presentations, and musical recitals. Every academic department on campus nominated students to share their accomplishments during that week.
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2013 Apr 26
Lebanon Valley College announces athletics participants
Lebanon Valley College is proud to announce the names of its winter and spring athletes for 2012.
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2013 Apr 17
Local Students Recognized for Campus Impact at Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College has recognized 185 of its first-semester freshmen and transfer students for making an impact on the campus as a new student. The Celebration of Student Success reception, held Feb. 21 in the Lehr Dining Room of the Mund College Center, honored the students' achievement.
The honorees were nominated by faculty and administrators for standing out in the classroom, in their work with classmates, as student leaders, in on-campus employment, or in extracurricular activities such as athletics, performance, or volunteerism.
The following students were recognized:
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2013 Apr 17
Local Students Serve as Peer Mentors at Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College selected 51 students to serve as peer mentors in the fall of 2012. A peer mentor is an undergraduate student that guides a group of 15-20 new or transfer students during their first semester at the college.
Local peer mentors include:
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2013 Feb 15
Local Students Receive Degrees From Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College awarded degrees to those students who completed their coursework in January 2013.
The following local students received degrees from Elizabethtown College:
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2013 Feb 15
Local Students Make Dean's List at Mount St. Mary's University
Mount St. Mary's University is pleased to announce 555 students who earned dean's list honors for the fall 2012 semester.
They Include:
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2013 Feb 1
Local Students Named to Fall 2012 Dean's List at Lebanon Valley College
The following students were named to the fall 2012 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.
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2013 Feb 1
Elizabethtown College announces fall 2012 Dean's List
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College announced the names of students whose outstanding academic performances have earned them the recognition of being included on the fall 2012 dean's list. The following students from your area are included on this list:
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2013 Feb 1