Academic achievements, graduates and more in Sewickley student news

The following students from the Sewickley area were recognized for their academic achievement during the spring 2021 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend:

• Belmont University: Christopher Barefoot, Ryan Loftis

• Capital University: T.J. Houser

• Grove City College: Ben Bjorklund, Nate Carver, Reilly Diggins, Sydney Johnson, Hannah Nichols, Eddie Renner

• Kutztown University: Liam Daniel Beaber

• University of Mississippi: Courtney Elizabeth Cordell

Graduates

The following students from the Sewickley area recently graduated from college, university, trade school or military training:

• Edinboro University: Melina Maria Tripoli, Georgiana Borland

• Grove City College: John Carver, Katelyn Dauer, Reilly Diggins, Jacob Murphy, Hanna Nichols

Pre-law program

Sarah Trapizona, a 2019 Quaker Valley High School graduate, started her college career at Duquesne University, where she made the Dean’s List and was editor of the yearbook. She then transferred to summer classes at CCAC, where she did her entire sophomore year during the summer of 2020 during covid. During this time, she became secretary of CCAC’s student government, a writer for their newspaper “The Voice,” and made the Dean’s List.

She then got into a pre-law program and fast-tracked to Seattle University, where she will be a senior this fall and graduating in 2022 instead of 2023. She is inducted into Sigma Alpha Pi, Tri-Alpha and Tau Sigma. She is currently the secretary of Tri-Alpha, but just got elected the president position for next year. She serves as the transfer representative on Seattle University’s Student Government, and just got elected vice president of University Affairs for the fall. She is an undergraduate studying psychology and political science and is planning on attending law school in the fall of 2022.

During her time at Seattle, she had the opportunity to interview Bill Gates.