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Elks scholarship applications available online
SALEM -- Elks National and Salem Elks local scholarship applications are now available online at enf.elks.org/mvs. The same application is used for both, the ENF Most Valuable Student Scholarship. Seniors should contact their guidance counselor for more information, or contact Terry Kornbau at 330-337-7337 or 330-397-2677. Applications are due online by Nov. 27.
The Educational Fund Grant applications are available online at web-ster.net/ohio elks/. These grants are available to high school seniors or graduates attending a post-secondary technical education. They cannot be used if enrolling in a bachelor's degree program. The application deadline to Salem Elks is March 1, 2018. For more information call Lisa Wadlow at 419-266-7123.
Area students earn recognition at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University has recognized more than 300 first-year students with Trailblazer Scholarships and/or Martin Luther King Merit Awards.
The Trailblazer Scholarship is a $2,000 scholarship for freshmen that aims to encourage outstanding students from diverse backgrounds. Local recipients of the Trailblazer Scholarship follow:
Beloit: William Murphy, West Branch High School graduate and a pre-business finance major.
Columbiana: Erin Bodine, South Range High School graduate and a pre-nursing major; Zach Strohecker, Crestview High School graduate and a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) first-year engineering major.
Hanoverton: Brooke Hofmeister, United Local High School graduate and a pre-business accounting major.
East Liverpool: Craig Deering, East Liverpool High School graduate and a STEM first- year engineering major; Hunter Flati, Beaver Local High School graduate and a biology pre-medical major; Giana Martin-McGuire, Heartland Christian High School graduate and an exploratory undecided major.
East Palestine: Hannah-Beth Darlington, East Palestine High School graduate and a music performance instrument major; Benjamin Frazier, East Palestine High School graduate and a STEM technology major.
Leetonia: Grace Ayers, Leetonia High School graduate and a political science major; Ashleigh Best, Leetonia High School graduate and an early childhood intervention specialist major; Brandon Chuey, Crestview High School graduate and a geology major.
New Waterford: Jacob Crawford, Crestview High School graduate and a STEM-first year engineering major; Kaitlyn Dewell, Crestview High School graduate and a chemistry major; Kassandra Seabolt, Crestview High School graduate and an exploratory undecided major; Morgan Sebastian, Crestview High School graduate and a forensic science major; Kevin Yash, Crestview High School graduate and a STEM first-year engineering major.
Salem: Jenna Guthrie, United Local High School graduate and an undetermined major; Deanna Pagnucco, West Branch High School graduate and a pre-business major; Brian Texter, Salem High School graduate and a civil engineering major.
Wellsville: Dakota Wetzel, Southern Local High School graduate and a STEM engineering major.
Receiving a Martin Luther King (MLK) Merit Award, a $1,000 merit-based award for new high school graduates of local inner-city schools, is Tess Emerson of Leetonia, a Valley Christian (Youngstown) High School graduate and an undetermined class major.
Timothy Springer of Petersburg was awarded an MLK Merit Scholarship and a Trailblazer Scholarship. Springer is a Cardinal Mooney High School graduate and an Italian education major.
Hoppel completes internship with Forty Two Company
ASHLAND -- Harrison Hoppel of Hanoverton, a senior business management major at Ashland University, completed an internship with Forty Two Company in Pittsburgh, Pa. Hoppel is the son of Beth Hoppel of Hanoverton and a 2014 graduate of Minerva High School. Hoppel explained Forty Two Company as an independent, goal-oriented workplace. As an intern, he was in charge of the bills receivable and bills payable, along with organizing new build outs for office space. Something major that he accomplished was overseeing an office build out for a new tenant.
"I learned better communication skills and how to become more professional in the business setting thanks to this internship," said Hoppel. He believes his classes at AU helped his organization and understanding of the importance of dressing professional in a business setting. As he reflected on his internship, Hoppel said, "I learned that sometimes you have to keep trying before you can figure out the problem."
This internship was under the supervision of Adam Hoppel, the company's chief executive officer.