ashland

Ashley Lorah of Allentown, majoring in exercise science, is a member of Ashland University’s Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society.

She is the daughter of Scott and Beth Lorah of Allentown.

Lorah is a 2011 graduate of Parkland High School.

Omicron Delta Kappa is the National Leadership Honor Society that recognizes individuals who consistently achieve high standards of excellence throughout the five celebrated phases of campus life: arts, athletics, media, scholarship and service.

The Society serves to bring people together to build and sustain a strong leadership community.

Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is awarded to undergraduate junior and senior students who achieve a grade point average within the top 35 percent of their class and participate in one of the five areas of campus life.

Lorah is also a member of Ashland University’s Exercise Science Club.

The Exercise Science Club at Ashland University is an active and chartered club offered to any student majoring in exercise science, as well as non-majors interested in the topic.

In fall 2015, incoming exercise science majors had the opportunity to experience the new mentorship program, which paired upper class exercise science majors with those in the incoming freshman class.

In addition to this program, members of this organization participate in annual fitness testing in the Ashland County School District, plan the AU Fit Fest, and work at AU health fairs.

Kutztown U.

Kutztown residents Erica Yurvati, Elizabeth Geisinger and Dawn Heinbach, students at Kutztown University, were recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The honor society has chapters on more than 300 college and university campuses in North America and the Philippines.

Its mission is “To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”

Yurvati was also inducted into the Alpha Epsilon chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society.

Alpha Kappa Delta seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in the 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.

Alpha Kappa Delta is a non-secret, democratic, international society of scholars dedicated to the ideal of Athropon Katamannthanein Diakonesin or “to investigate humanity for the purpose of service.”

Membership is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members from active chapters.

Currently, there are more than 115,000 members in Alpha Kappa Delta and over 650 chapters.

Widener

Jennifer Rohrbach of Kutztown, an English major, was named to the president’s list for the fall 2015 semester at Widener University, Chester.

The president’s list recognizes full-time students who earned a grade point average of 4.00 in two consecutive semesters without receiving an incomplete or pass grade.

Cedar Crest

Gabriella Smith of Schnecksville was inducted into the Delta Delta Epsilon Forensic Science Honor Society at Cedar Crest College, Allentown.

Delta Delta Epsilon, formed in 2010, is the only international honor society exclusively for forensic science, and Cedar Crest College was one of the first institutions to join.

Delta Delta Epsilon, meaning “justice through science” in the Greek alphabet, is dedicated to recognizing and encouraging excellence in scholarship in forensic science, with the mission to function as an honor and professional society for forensic science students.

Student membership requires a current minimum overall grade point average of 3.3 for undergraduate students after 75 credits earned and 3.5 for graduate students on a 4.0 scale after 20 credits earned.

RIT

The following students received degrees at the end of the fall 2015 semester from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y.

Allentown: Charlotte Edwards, received a Bachelor of Science degree in packaging science, Liam Mc Elroy received an Associate in Applied Science degree in design and imaging technology;

Schnecksville: Daniel Miller received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.

Wilkes univ.

Alexis Nicholson was inducted into the Colonels Elite, a group recognizing students who have demonstrated both athletic and academic excellence at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre.

Nicholson, a sophomore majoring in pre-pharmacy, participates in cross country for Wilkes.

To be a member of the Colonels Elite, a student-athlete must have 60 credits and a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

The student-athlete must be in good moral character as determined by the athletic department and the student-athlete must currently be on a Wilkes roster.

Arcadia Univ.

Arcadia University student Janelle Crilley of Schnecksville was initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines at Arcadia University, Glenside, Montgomery County.

Crilley is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.

Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter.

Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership.