Sewickley Academy senior Sebastian Tan was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Be More Fund by the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) for her world betterment project, OutsideConnection. Tan founded OutsideConnection, a free second-chance job platform that connects people who were previously incarcerated to filtered, fair-chance job opportunities. OutsideConnection spans more than 17 states and 31 cities, working with 10 organizations, some of which service the entire country, while others focus on certain states or regions. The web-based platform is distributed to these organizations as a free resource, allowing them to place reentrants in their region quickly and efficiently. While OutsideConnection has made great progress in reaching 10,000 reentrants, Tan’s goal is to expand to help even more people.
Ryan Mounteer, a junior theatre major was the sound engineer for Slippery Rock University Theatre Department’s November production of “Alice by Heart.”
Sydney Persuit, a 2020 graduate of Quaker Valley High School, has earned distinguished honors 3.89 in her final semester. She earned a bachelor of science industrial and systems engineering degree specializing in data analytics and optimization from The Ohio State University. She will walk in the spring graduation ceremony in Ohio Stadium. Sydney has accepted a full-time position as a consultant with Accenture Corp.
Morgan Persuit, 2023 graduate of Quaker Valley High School, has earned distinguished honors 4.0 for the fall semester at The Ohio State University. She is enrolled in the John Glenn Honors Program and is working towards a double major in economics and public policy.
Brahm Gianiodis was named to Belmont University’s fall 2024 dean’s list.
The following area students were named to the dean’s list at Pennsylvania Western University for the fall 2024 semester: Mason Sturgill and Mia Perel, California Campus; Nicolas Costanza, Clarion Campus.
Amogh Paruvelli made the dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fall 2024 semester.
Anthony Sciote made the York College of Pennsylvania dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. Sciote is a freshman sport management major.