Alumni News
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIPS
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he PittJohnstown Alumni Association has established a Legacy Scholarship to assist entering first-year students and to celebrate the important connection between alumni and their alma mater. The award amount is $1,500. “This scholarship emphasizes the value that we place on the connection between our alumni and their (Left to Right) Evan Johnson ’16 – Legacy Scholarship Awardee, Dr. Jem Spectar, President, and Stephenie Anderson ’13 – Achievement alma mater. Through Award Recipient. this new Legacy Scholarship and our existing Student Achievement Award, In order to be eligible for the Legacy the Alumni Association hopes to make Scholarship, student applicants must a college education more affordable, be the son, daughter, grandson, grandespecially during these challenging daughter, or sibling of a Pitt-Johnstown economic times. Our goal is to grow alumnus who is a current member of these scholarships in the years to come, the Pitt-Johnstown Alumni Associaso that the Alumni Association can tion. The applicant must also be an inmake an even greater impact on the coming freshman who is a first-time lives of our students,” Jeffrey Philibin, college student with a 3.0 minimum ’88, Pitt-Johnstown Alumni Associa- cumulative high school GPA. Each aption (2011-2013) president said. plicant must submit a written essay answering the question, “Why have you chosen Pitt-Johnstown?”
PAST SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES 2012 Inaugural Legacy Scholarship Winner: Evan Johnson ‘16 Student Achievement Award: 2013: John T. Bandzuh IV ‘14 2012: Stephenie Anderson ‘13 2011: Sasha McCreary ‘12 2010: Joshua Spano ‘11 2009: John Hostetler ‘10 2008: Brooke Klawuhn ‘09
The first scholarship was awarded in 2012 to Evan James Johnson ‘16. This year, to respond to the deep financial challenges faced by many students, the Alumni Association awarded two scholarships. The Alumni Association established the Student Achievement Award to recognize outstanding junior-year students. The award amount is $1,000. ▬
EDUCATION DIVISION CREATES ALUMNI GROUP
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he Education Division founded an Alumni Group to support the operations of the Division and to foster professional development among current teacher candidates and alumni. The group kicked off their founding with a Student Teacher Showcase and Awards reception on April 5 and 6, 2013. Awards were given out to current and alumni education majors as follows: Phillip Miller ‘13, Distinguished Student Teacher Award; Lisa Freidhoff ’07, Distinguished Early Career Teacher Award; and Kathleen Bango ‘13, Distinguished Student Teacher Award. Founding members of the Pitt-Johnstown Education Division Alumni Group are: Amy Arcurio ‘90, Dr. Jamie Barron ‘85, Bernie Conway ‘89, Rick G. Huffman ‘82, Douglas A. Ledney ’87 (Coordinator), Kenneth Petro ‘87, and Donna Rogers ‘88. For more information, visit www.pitt-johnstown.pitt.edu/ educationalum. PITT-JOHNSTOWN 33