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NAMES AND FACES Nicholas A. Barone, Dallas, a speech-language pathology (SLP) graduate student at Misericordia University, was awarded one of 12 prestigious national scholarships by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation at the annual Founders Breakfast in San Diego, Calif. The scholarship recognizes students in Barone communication sciences and disorders who demonstrate academic achievement and promise. The scholarship is the second significant award Barone received in 2011. He also received the 2011 Von Drach Memorial Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The Von Drach award is presented to an outstanding graduate student from one of Pennsylvania’s 14 SLP schools in memory of Dr. Robert Von Drach. Gokulan Gnanendran, Clarks Summit, an eighth-grade student at Wyoming Seminary Lower School, survived 19 rounds of competition to win the school’s annual Spelling Bee. Gnanendran, Gnanendran son of Dr. and Mrs. Kingsley Gnanendran, correctly spelled the word ‘pharmaceutical’ to claim first place. Runner-up was sixth-grader Meghna Melkote, Moosic. Susan Trynoski, recently retired language literacy teacher, served as moderator. Freshman Sukanya Roy, South Abington Township, Melkote the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, served as guest judge.
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