Saint Francis University

 New honors program students at Saint Francis University represent seven states and 13 academic majors

                                         Row 1:  Elizabeth Wheeler, Tia Dudukovich, Kelsea Wagner, Jenna Bailey, Stephanie Miller, Irene Boyle, Caitlin Bart, Marie Schoenenberger
                                         Row 2:  Francesca Crawford, Trevor Taylor, Elyse Grasser, Gina Maggio, Lauren Wingard, Alec Sharr, Ryan Seiler, Eric Horell, 
                                                     Daniel Valcicak, Richie Zelnosky

                                        Row 1:  Hillary Novotry, Malia, Lonergan, Maddie Madore, Bethany Bloise, Emily Patterson, Rebecca Webster, Mark Steinmiller, Emily Winslow
                                        Row 2:  Stefanie Pentz, Julie Crowe, Shené N. Fleming, Austin Fowler, Anthony Bellmore, Aaron Hixson, Drew Greenwald

 Saint Francis University announced the selection of the 35 incoming students whose scholarly achievement qualified them for participation in the honors program class of 2013, which started classes Aug. 24.

To qualify, students must have been in the first quintile of their high school graduating class, had a minimum GPA of 3.25 or 90%+ average, achieved SAT scores of 1150 or above, had strong recommendations from high school teachers and guidance counselors, and had a successful interview with the honors director.

This year’s class had an SAT Verbal average of 628 and an SAT Verbal average of 607. Four had SAT scores of more than 1400 and 13 had scores of more than 1300.

Academic majors selected by the honors student are: biology, chemistry, education, English, environmental engineering, exercise physiology, history, international business, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant science, political science and social work. The majors range across the university’s four schools: Arts & Letters, Business, Health Sciences, and Sciences.

Ten will be athletes on one of the Saint Francis Red Flash NCAA Division I athletic teams.

The new honors students come from Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Students attend 2008 Presidential Conventions

Kyle Iturralde attended 2008 Republican Convention (left photo)

Joseph Lockwood attended 2008 Democratic Convention (right photo)

Name: Christopher Johns 

Hometown: Altoona, PA 

 Major: Doctor of Physical Therapy

Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Receives Scholarship 

Name: Curtis Webb Jr.
Hometown: Washington, NJ
Major: Business Administration/Management

Student instrumental in organizing first National Youth Business Conference 2009 

Name:  Lauren Kulak
Hometown:  Coraopolis, PA
Major:  Chemistry/Secondary Education

Name:  Cassie Marsh
Hometown:  Emlenton, PA
Major:  Political Science/International Studies

Name:  Lisa Morse
Hometown:  Freedom, NY
Major:  Marine Biology

Name:  Beth Carmichael
Hometown:  Erie, PA
Major:  Sociology/English Lit.

Assisted in Developing 'Fractured Physics' Program for Children 

 Attended Conference on Politics 

Received Research Grant for Biology Project 

Spent Semester in Honduras Volunteering for Pronino