5/7/2003

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199;  e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

LOCAL SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY STUDENT INDUCTED INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION HONORARY

           SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – _________________of ____________, a special education major at Slippery Rock University, has been inducted into the national special education honorary Sigma Pi Epsilon Delta.

          To qualify for induction, students must complete nine or more hours in special education courses and maintain a minimum 3.25 grade-point average. The honorary is service-based. Dr. Donald Stauffer, professor of special education, is the chapter adviser. 

          SRU has more than 2,600 education majors, including 632 concentrating in special education.

INDUCTEES AND THEIR HOMETOWNS INCLUDE:

Kristen Lanzilatti            Bethel Park

Jessica Onda                Cranberry Township

Jennifer Kovach           Cranberry Township

Kelly Whitford             Cranberry Township

Lindsay Mielecki           Sharpsville

Leanne Magnone            Blairsville

Jeremy J. Hall              New Castle

Natasha Cech              Franklin Park

Rebecca Brooks             Shaler

Jamie Gilson                 Upper St. Clair

Katieri Kizer                Stroudsburg

Christina Ciavarra           Mt. Lebanon

Thomas M. Ward III           Wexford

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