North Hills student news: Psychology scholarship recipient, STEM winners and

Psychology scholarship

Rebecca Ettore, an honors psychology major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is a recipient of the 2021 IUP Stanley W. Lore Psychology Scholarship.

Ettore, the daughter of Lisa Ettore and Donald Ettore, is a 2018 graduate of North Hills Senior High School. She is a dean’s list student and provost scholar. She is a member of Phi Sigma Pi honors fraternity, serving as social chair of the group, Psi Chi psychology honors fraternity and Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

The scholarship is given each year to a junior psychology major who has achieved excellence in the program. The award is named for Dr. Stanley Lore, a founder and the first chairman of the IUP psychology department.

MySTEM Academy team places in top spot

The middle school robotics team NextGen Robotics, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the first place Director’s Award at the 2021 FIRST LEGO League Western Pennsylvania Championship.

In addition to coming in first place overall among the 16 participating teams, NextGen Robotics also took first place in the Robot Game and the Global Innovation Project Award.

The annual competition judges teams on three aspects: Core Values, Innovation Project and Robot Design.

The team consists of local students Alex Lopez, Andrew Woods, Karthik Palled, Owen McKernan, Prisha Dargan, Sameer Gosalia, Shivum Telang, Sritej Padmanabhan, Ronit Ginde and Zach Manczka.

They each dedicated more than 300 hours since June 2020, meeting remotely and in small groups at MySTEM Academy’s center in Wexford.

Participants had to build and program an autonomous robot to solve 14 missions in 2.5 minutes; design and create a prototype, modular, low-cost weight training system using professional CAD software and 3d printers; and teach robotics and coding to local and international children.

As the region’s first-place champions, the team qualified to attend the World Festival in Detroit, Mich., in August with 70 teams from across the world.

Academic achievements

The following students from the area were recognized for their academic achievement during the fall 2020 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend:

• Villanova University: Austin Smith

• Grove City College: Madeline Baiely, Katie Baker, David Butler, Haley Dietz, Audrey Eaton, Vienna Howat, Matthew Knauer, Barbara Matthews, Tabitha Morris, Josef Mueller, Tomas Mueller, Lily Novak, Matt VanKirk, Maddie Ware, Kayla Julio and Stefany Kaminski

• Wilkes University: Devan Simmeth of Allison Park

Scholarships for Franklin Park seniors

Applications for the Franklin Park Community Scholarship are now available for any graduating senior who resides in the borough. Each year Franklin Park typically awards 10 $1,000 scholarships.

One scholarship is awarded to a student pursuing post-secondary education at a trade or technical school. This scholarship is named for Melvin D. Lubert, a borough employee who passed away unexpectedly while on duty at the Public Works Department.

Up to two scholarships may be awarded to qualified junior firefighters. The remaining scholarships are awarded based on community service, academic and other criteria.

More information and links to download the application are available online. The deadline to submit applications for the scholarship is March 15.

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