Allyson Letavic, a 2017 graduate of Hempfield High School, graduated summa cum laude from the
University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in biology and a minor in neuroscience. In fall 2021, she will attend the masters of prosthetics and orthotics program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Grace Batchelder received a Bachelor of Science in business administration in management information systems from the
Temple University Fox School of Business on May 7, 2021. A 2017 graduate of Manheim Township High School, she was president of Templeâs chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America, Phi Beta Lambda. She won first place honors in cybersecurity and information technology systems at the recent FBLA-Phi Beta Lambda state competition.
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INDIANA NATIVE HIRED AS NEW WEALTH ADVISOR FOR FIRST COMMONWEALTH By Hometown2
Apr 24, 2021 7:24 AM
An IUP Graduate and a woman with Indiana connections has been named a new wealth advisor for First Commonwealth Bank.
The bank announced the recent hiring of Laura Leach-Joos as the new wealth advisor for Western and Central Pennsylvania. Leach-Joos, a native of Indiana and the daughter of the owner of The Finery, Terry Leach, will join First Commonwealth Advisors with over ten years of experience in high net worth financial planning and investment management. She had served in a similar role at PNC Bank. She is also a graduate of the IUP Cook Honors College with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a minor in economics, and has studied business internationally in India, China, Cyprus and Turkey.
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Feb 3, 2021 4:14 AM
Six months ahead of schedule, IUP has surpassed its $75 million goal for the âImagine Unlimitedâ campaign by more than $6 million. The campaign began six years ago with a goal of $40 million, but in 2018 the goal was raised to $75 million.
More than 22,000 donors made almost 63,700 donations, the largest of which were two alumni contributions which were higher than any one-time gifts ever given to IUP: $23 million from Dr. John and Char Kopchick and $7 million from Tim and Deb Cejka.
Khatmeh Osseiran-Hanna, IUPâs Vice President of University Advancement, says the campaign has already directly supported more than 7,700 students through scholarships, many of which are renewable.
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week.
No one who watches the recently-released Netflix comedy special “Nate: A One Man Show” will confuse it with any other comedy special.
The avant-garde, one-hour special is rated TV-MA for good reason and stars Natalie Palamides, a 2008 Peters Township High School/2012 Indiana University of Pennsylvania grad, as Nate, a guy who is toxic masculinity personified.
Her bare chest speckled in fake chest hair, Palamides wears a manly vest for the first half of the program but then … stuff happens: Prosthetic male body parts are bared, a shower is taken on stage.