NCC's Jason Laubach wins award

Jason Laubach, a Whitehall resident, assistant controller for Northampton Community College (NCC), has won the Young Professional in Procurement Award from the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP), The award was presented at the association's 92nd annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. in April. He has worked at NCC for six years.

Honor society inductees

Two Bethlehem residents were initiated into Phi Kappa Phi's honor society. Sara Bondi was initiated at George Mason University and Thomas Brown was initiated at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Stephen Bilheimer '13, of Bethlehem, has been elected to the Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society at Gettysburg College.

Service award honoree

Bethlehem resident Alyssa Marie Thorley has graduated magna cum laude from the University of Scranton at Commencement. The mathematics and theology double major received the Jesuit Community Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. She will be entering the Sisters of Christian Charity, Mendham, N.J.

Professional honors

Two Lehigh Valley Dietetic Association members were honored at the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Exhibit1 in Monroeville. Cedar Crest College Assistant Nutrition Professor Barbara Carlson and Whitney Butler, LVDA education chair, both of Bethlehem, are registered dieticians.

Carlson was named Outstanding Dietetic Educator of the Year by both the PDA and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and dietetics from South Dakota State University, a Master of Arts in Nutrition and Biochemistry from University of Texas at Austin and postgraduate studies in Community and Environmental Health Systems at American University in Washington, D.C.

Butler, who has served as LVDA's education chair, received the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from PADA and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutritional Sciences from Penn State University and completed her dietetic internship through the Sodexo, Allentown. She is an outpatient registered dietitian in the Weight Management Center for Sodexo, Lehigh Valley Health Network.

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