Psychology scholarship
Rebecca Ettore, an honors psychology major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is a recipient of the 2021 IUP Stanley W. Lore Psychology Scholarship.
Ettore, the daughter of Lisa Ettore and Donald Ettore, is a 2018 graduate of North Hills Senior High School. She is a dean’s list student and provost scholar. She is a member of Phi Sigma Pi honors fraternity, serving as social chair of the group, Psi Chi psychology honors fraternity and Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
The scholarship is given each year to a junior psychology major who has achieved excellence in the program. The award is named for Dr. Stanley Lore, a founder and the first chairman of the IUP psychology department.
MySTEM Academy team places in top spot
The middle school robotics team NextGen Robotics, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the first place Director’s Award at the 2021 FIRST LEGO League Western Pennsylvania Championship.
In addition to coming in first place overall among the 16 participating teams, NextGen Robotics also took first place in the Robot Game and the Global Innovation Project Award.
The annual competition judges teams on three aspects: Core Values, Innovation Project and Robot Design.
The team consists of local students Alex Lopez, Andrew Woods, Karthik Palled, Owen McKernan, Prisha Dargan, Sameer Gosalia, Shivum Telang, Sritej Padmanabhan, Ronit Ginde and Zach Manczka.