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JACKSON TWP – Four Seneca Valley High School seniors Daniel Spear and Veronica Pimenova, junior Ella Butterfield and sophomore Lihini Ranaweera were recently recognized by the National Center for Women and Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing Program.
Daniel was selected as a 2022 Western Pennsylvania Affiliate Winner, and Veronica was chosen as a 2022 Western Pennsylvania Affiliate Honorable Mention recipient. Ella was selected as a 2022 Western Pennsylvania Affiliate Rising Star, and Lihini was chosen as a 2022 Western Pennsylvania Affiliate Honorable Mention recipient.
Awardees are chosen for their aptitude and interest in IT and computing, solid leadership ability, good academic history, and plans for post-secondary education.
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP — Many Seneca Valley High School students earned awards at the 83rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 22 at the Carnegie Science Center.
Senior Nick Nedzesky shared fourth place in the Senior Medicine, Health and Microbiology category and won a Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Sponsor Award for his project “The Effects of Osmotic Stress on Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas Fluorescens.”
Senior Veronica Pimenova and sophomore Lihini Ranaweera took fourth place in the Senior Computer Science and Math category and won a Fluor Marine Propulsion Sponsor Award for their project “Applying Computer Vision in Analysis of Sports Motion.” Sophomore Shivani Umesh won a Scholarship Award from Slippery Rock University for her project “Predicting Hospital Admissions for Patients from the Emergency Department using Machine Learning,” and seventh-grader Albert Pimenov took home a HATCH Sponsor Award for his project “Cardboard Boat Design Using ANSYS.”
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Kayla Smith of Butler graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic's Florida campus in Port Orange on March 25.
Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the chiropractic profession, has campuses in Davenport, Iowa; San Jose, Calif.; and Port Orange, Fla.
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Sarah Donaldson of Cranberry Township, a senior journalism major at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, picked up two awards in the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards.
Donaldson excelled in the General News Reporting category for large universities by submitting the finalist and winning stories from her summer internship on the business desk at the Columbus Dispatch. Her winning story, "Nutrition clubs find a place in Columbus," is about the growth and controversy surrounding nutrition shake clubs. Her finalist story, "Skin color matters," is about the lack of nonwhite dermatologists in the city.
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Caleb Cekella of Harmony was inducted into Phi Alpha Epsilon, Lebanon Valley College's honor society celebrating academic achievement and volunteer service. Cekella, a graduate of Seneca Valley High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science degree in actuarial science and computer and data science.
To be eligible for this award, students must achieve a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.6, complete at least 24 credits of Constellation LVC coursework, and achieve the "bronze" level of service hours at the conclusion of the fall semester prior to graduation.
