Lebanon Valley College

Local students are a part of an upcoming production of "Into the Woods" at Lebanon Valley College, sponsored by the Wig & Buckle Theater Company. Featuring familiar storybook characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk, "Into the Woods" follows the story of a baker and his wife as they set out on an adventure to break a witch's curse and have a child of their own. Along the way, they learn what happens when people get their wishes and discover that happily ever after isn't always what it seems. The Tony award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.

Local students will perform music recitals during the fall semester at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa.

Twenty-three Lebanon Valley College students are spending the fall 2012 semester abroad as part of the College's study abroad program, which includes 12 foreign countries and two stateside internship opportunities. Local students include:

Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., has enrolled more than 1,640 undergraduate students for the 2012-2013 academic year, including the historic incoming freshmen class of 409 students, who will graduate during the College's sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary in 2016.

Lebanon Valley College has named the newest members of its Valley Ambassador team. Valley Ambassadors work with the Office of Admission to conduct campus tours for prospective students and their families. They rely on their own experiences to portray Lebanon Valley to potential and incoming students. All can cite College facts and figures, but the tour focuses more on life at LVC. Local students include:

Lebanon Valley College has named local students among 48 students to serve as resident assistants for the 2012-2013 academic year. The department of residential life oversees 10 residence halls, eight residence houses, and five special interest houses.The resident assistants include:

Lebanon Valley College's Student Government has named 27 students to its top leadership positions for the 2012-2013 academic year. The students are charged with fostering understanding, communication, and cooperation among the students, faculty, and administration.

The following students were named to the spring 2012 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.

Thirty-five Lebanon Valley College students spent the spring 2012 semester abroad as part of the College's study abroad program, which includes 12 foreign countries and two stateside internship opportunities. Local student include:

**Please note this news release replaces the graduation announcements sent yesterday afternoon** More than 430 students graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., Saturday, May 12. Commencement ceremonies, held on the beautiful Academic Quad, included an address by Dr. Catherine Romagnolo, associate professor of English and winner of the 2011 Thomas Rhys Vickroy Award for teaching. Romagnolo wondered what the first graduating class at LVC, the class of 1870, would have been thinking as they prepared to move on from college, and offered this advice: "Never underestimate the power of words, use your words to make change, circulate a discourse of kindness and acceptance, and your world will be an accepting and kind place to live. aEUR~Put an alternative discourse into circulation.'" Local students include:

Area students worked with 25 other Lebanon Valley College students to help families obtain simple, decent and affordable housing during spring break by working with Habitat for Humanity in Smithville, Miss. The students are participants in Habitat's national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge. "The service to which these students have dedicated themselves is nothing short of inspirational," said Rev. Paul Fullmer, LVC's Chaplain and director of community service and volunteerism. "They boarded a bus at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday morningaEUR"just 12 hours after the beginning of spring breakaEUR"and returned to campus just 12 hours before classes begin again! So their entire break was spent in service to people impacted by the tornado which recently stuck Mississippi." Local students include:

Lebanon Valley College students banded together to participate in World Vision's 30 Hour Famine. Funds raised by 30 Hour Famine participants help feed and care for children in communities in need around the globe through World Vision. A portion of the funds raised assist families in need in the United States. Famine funds contribute to World Vision's response in areas where famine, conflict, and other crises make children vulnerable to hunger and preventable disease. Since 1992, 30 Hour Famine has raised close to $140 million, representing countless lives saved. World Vision works in nearly 100 countries, helping approximately 100 million people every year. Local participants include:

Lebanon Valley College hosted the Sixth Annual Student Affairs Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 3, where more than 100 students were recognized for their efforts in the past academic year. Local winners include:

Lebanon Valley College has named 11 outstanding students to the Pallas Society on campus. The Pallas Society is a campus-based honor society established at Lebanon Valley College on April 19, 2009. Membership consists of outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni who are committed to social justice in its many forms. An induction ceremony is held each year in the spring. The four pillars of the society are Truth, Diversity, Justice, and Action. The inductees were eligible for membership based on participation in the Social Justice Institute earlier this year. Local inductees include:

Local students were honored at Lebanon Valley College's annual Spring Awards and Recognition Ceremony on April 19. The ceremony was part of Inquiry 2012, a weeklong celebration of the academic, dramatic, athletic, musical, and experiential achievements of the student body.

Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., has inducted 110 students to its chapter of Phi Alpha Epsilon, an academic and service honor society. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Beta Beta Beta, the Biology Department honor society. Tri Beta is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in 1922, more than 200,000 persons have been accepted into lifetime membership, and more than 553 chapters have been established throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Phi Sigma Iota, the Department of Languages honor society, which recognizes outstanding accomplishment in the study or teaching of any of the academic fields related to foreign language, literature, or culture. These fields include not only modern foreign languages, but also classics, linguistics, philology, comparative literature, bilingual education, second language acquisition and other interdisciplinary programs with a significant foreign language component. Phi Sigma Iota is the highest academic honor in the field of foreign languages, with 250 chapters of Phi Sigma Iota at institutions of higher learning in the US, Mexico, and France. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Psi Chi, the Psychology Department honor society. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. Students must have a College and departmental GPA of 3.20 or higher. Throughout the year, this group takes part in many fundraisers and community events. Further, they put on a speaker series related to psychology and a conference where both students and researchers present their original data. The LVC organization takes pride in sending students to the Eastern Psychological Conference held each spring, and encourages its members to become more involved in the greater society of psychology. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Alpha Sigma Lambda, the Continuing Education Department honor society. Alpha Sigma Lambda aims to recognize the special achievements of adults who accomplish academic excellence while facing competing interests of home and work. Alpha Sigma Lambda is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and recognizes high scholastic achievement in an adult student's career. By so doing, this Society encourages many students to continue toward and to earn associate and baccalaureate degrees. Through leadership born of effort, both scholastically and fraternally, Alpha Sigma Lambda inspires its candidates to give of their strengths to their fellow students and communities through their academic achievements. To the newcomer in higher education, Alpha Sigma Lambda stands as an inspiration to scholastic growth and an invitation to associate with similarly motivated students. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Alpha Kappa Delta, the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department honor society. Alpha Kappa Delta is dedicated to the ideal of Athropon Katamannthanein Diakonesin or "to investigate humanity for the purpose of service." AKD seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Phi Kappa Pi, the Business and Economics Department honor society. Phi Kappa Pi is open to business, accounting, and economics majors. Selection is made by business department faculty. Membership is open to those with junior or senior status and a department GPA of 3.4 or higher and a college GPA of 3.25 or higher. Candidates for membership must also exhibit participation in department, college, or community activities demonstrating leadership and non-academic involvement. Local inductees include:

A team of Lebanon Valley College computer science students placed second at the 12th Annual Dickinson College Spring Programming Contest. The competition included 20 three-student teams representing colleges and universities from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The LVC team solved five of the eight computer programming problems in four hours. Local students include:

Lebanon Valley College's Inquiry 2012 coincides with the Council for Undergraduate Research's week-long celebration of student research and achievement. LVC celebrates the academic, dramatic, athletic, musical, and experiential achievements of the student body. Events begin on Sunday, April 15, and conclude Saturday, April 21. Inquiry 2012 will include poster presentations, art displays, poetry readings, oral research presentations, and musical recitals. Every academic department on campus has nominated students to share their accomplishments during that week.

Lebanon Valley College has recognized 186 of its first-semester freshman and transfer students for making an impact on the campus as a new student. The Celebration of Student Success reception, held Feb. 7 in the Neidig-Garber Science Center atrium, honored the students' achievement. The honorees were nominated by faculty and administrators for standing out in the classroom, in their work with classmates, as student leaders, in on-campus employment, or in extracurricular activities such as athletics, performance, and volunteerism. The following students were recognized:

Local Lebanon Valley College students were among two teams of computer programmers battling for a spot to attend the World Finals of the 36th annual Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), sponsored by IBM. They include:

Local students will perform music recitals during the spring semester at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa.

Lebanon Valley College graduated 67 students in December 2011. All December graduates are invited to participate in commencement exercises in May. Local graduates include:

A delegation of nine Lebanon Valley College students participated in the Mid-Atlantic European Union Simulation in Washington, D.C., in November 2011. Eight current Lebanon Valley College students represented Spain, and LVC alumnus Christopher DeLorenzo '10 served as chair of the council. Students were assigned to pass a resolution created by a panel of student European Commission members, focusing on Turkish Accession.

Local students will appear in an upcoming production of "Chicago" at Lebanon Valley College, sponsored by the Wig & Buckle Theater Company. "Chicago," Broadway's longest-running musical with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is set in the roaring twenties and tells a tale of murder and deceit on the stage.