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Cambria Heights students place in national FCCLA

PATTON –– Michaela Wallen, Nathan Mislevy and Genevieve Snyder of the Cambria Heights Chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America earned national recognition by placing among the top 10 in the nation at the 2026 FCCLA National Leadership Conference, held July 6-10 in ...

Graduate

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS, Adelphi, Md. — Nikolaus Kolander, Curwensville, associate of arts degree.

McEldowney scholarships

Courtesy photo McEldowney Academic Scholarship Foundation presented scholarships to area high school students. Shown are (from left): seated — Xander Rogers, Bishop Guilfoyle High School; Wyatt Dilling, Central High School; Miyah McDonough, Altoona Area High School; Jillian Sidney, ...

Graduates

KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY — Carson Burwell of Pennsylvania Furnace, BFA, animated arts; Sydney Adrian Gibbons, Cresson, B.S., sport management summa cum laude; John Hunter Horton, James Creek, MBA, business administration; Madeline Uber, Manns Choice, BFA, animated arts summa cum laude.

Deans’ lists

OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, Ohio — Provost’s list, spring semester: Sierra Snyder, Tyrone. Dean’s list, spring semester: Michelle Sutandar, Portage. COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Worcester, Mass. — Dean’s list, spring semester: Jude Haigh, Altoona.

On campus

Somerset Trust donates to EITC at Penn Highlands JOHNSTOWN –– Somerset Trust Co. has donated $220,000 to the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Foundation, directing the contribution to the college’s Educational Income Tax Credit fund. The contribution will support the cost of free three-credit dual enrollment courses for eligible high school students in Cambria and Somerset counties, subject to program funding availability. In total, more than 900 students may be impacted by the donation, with participants expected from every high school in Cambria and Somerset ...