SVHS’s Koehler wins PAC competition

Glenn Koehler of Bethlehem won Pocono Arts Council’s The Earth Speaks VI: A Juried Exhibition on the Environmental Crisis photography award. The photo depicts a barren landscape and a wind and storm surge-battered McDonald’s sign just off the coast in Biloxi, Miss. The photo is part of the series, “Biloxi, Two Years After Katrina”.

Koehler, at the time a Saucon Valley HS senior, was deployed to Mississippi as part of a search and rescue team following the storm. He spent a week and a half serving as part of a ground crew going house-to-house in Waveland, Miss., ‘ground zero’ of the hurricane.

The virtual program is available by visiting www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MzeaqsI-4E. Selected works may be purchased by visiting https://poconoarts.org/gallery.

Bethlehem residents named interns

Three Bethlehem area residents and Bloomsburg University students have completed academic internships during the 2019 fall and winter sessions.

Olivia Cleary, a bachelor of arts major in mass communication, completed an academic internship with BU Now. Alexa Diaz, a bachelor of science major in exercise science, completed an academic internship with PHOENIX Rehabilitation and Health Services Inc. Colin Jupina, a bachelor of arts major in psychology, completed an academic internship with Central Columbia School District.

For-credit, academic internships must meet certain requirements set by academic departments and include a formal agreement between the university and the internship site. Students work with a site supervisor and faculty advisor throughout the internship, gaining hands-on learning and practical experience for their future career.

Iacovone inducted to LPI

Jacob Iacovone of Bethlehem was one of the 24 students named to the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Xi Omega chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Honor Society, for 2019-20.

To be eligible for induction into the honor society, communication studies majors and minors must have completed 60 semester credit-hours, have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0, complete the equivalent of 12 semester credit-hours in communication studies, have a minimum GPA of 3.25 for all communication studies courses and currently be enrolled as a student in good standing.

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Engler appointed new regional manager

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania appointed Douglas Engler as the Lehigh Valley regional manager. He will succeed Robert S. Thomson III, who will retire on June 30. He will be the lead point person in delivering services and in supporting its mission in the Greater Lehigh Valley regions. He will work with innovative technology-based early-stage and manufacturing firms, and will seek companies that have high potential to create and retain jobs that pay wages higher than the region’s average.

He was a corporate technical manager at Reeb Millwork Corporation and an engineering and quality manager at Lehigh Valley Plastics Inc., both in Bethlehem; program manager at Mancor PA Inc., Allentown; and a director of production at Brenner Aerostructures, Bensalem. He was an aerospace engineering consultant for 15 years.

He earned a master’s degree in Business Administration from Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada; and an Aviation Manufacturing Engineering Technology degree from Confederation College, Ontario, Canada.

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