Commencement exercises to be held May 4-5

Lycoming College will hold commencement exercises for the Class of 2013 on Sunday, May 5 at 1 p.m. on The Quad. Two hundred and sixty-five undergraduates are to receive their degrees during the College’s 165th commencement. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will in the Recreation Center. The Baccalaureate service will be held the prior day, May 4, at 4 p.m. in the Recreation Center.

Graduation Concert scheduled May 4

The Lycoming College Choir will present a Graduation Concert on Saturday, May 4, at 8 p.m. in Clarke Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

The performance will be the final one conducted by Dr. Fred Thayer, longtime professor of music and director of choral activities, who is retiring at the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year. As a tribute to Thayer’s 37 years of service, more than 75 former choir members are returning to campus to rehearse with him at 6:30 p.m. that night before joining the choir for selections at the end of the concert.

Professor to give talk about county's food

Dr. Ryan Adams, assistant professor of anthropology at Lycoming College, will present the free program, “Food in Lycoming County: Prehistoric, Historic and Economic Context of Food Production,” on Thursday, May 9, at 10 a.m. in the Community Room of the Thomas T. Taber Museum, 858 W. Fourth St.

Intern receives full-time position at city clinic

Jacqueline Oliva, a senior business-management major at Lycoming College, has been offered full-time employment as an executive assistant at Susquehanna Community Health and Dental Clinic after recently fulfilling an internship there.

Oliva, of Barnsville, has had the chance to work with the company’s president and CEO during her internship, saying that her time there provided her with great experience due to the many hands-on projects and experiences in which she participated.

Students inducted into business honor society

The Lycoming College chapter of Sigma Beta Delta, the honor society for business students, recently inducted 16 students during a ceremony on April 18.

College to host Pennsylvania Prison Society

Lycoming College will host the Pennsylvania Prison Society as it celebrates its 225th anniversary on Thursday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Jane Schultz Room, Wertz Student Center.

The free event will feature three programs: “Prison Reform Then and Now – or is it Now and Then?” by William M. DiMascio, executive director of the Pennsylvania Prison Society; “Prisoner Reentry Initiative: Needs and Challenges” by Troy Edwards, reentry services coordinator for the state Department of Corrections; and “Restorative Justice” by the Rev. Walter Everett.

Students inducted into psychology honor society

The Lycoming College chapter of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, inducted 15 new members on April 8.

Professor's work receives additional honors

Lycoming College communications professor Leah Bedrosian Peterson’s project Erasure has received additional honors since being published in the spring 2013 edition of the German magazine Heritage of Our World, which is distributed with National Geographic in Germany to more than 100,000 subscribers.

Out of numerous international submissions, Erasure was selected as a finalist for a print publication with Hunger Magazine and Peterson was interviewed and featured on the online publication, which can be viewed at http://www.hungertv.com/feature/leah-peterson-erasure/, said Peterson, assistant professor of digital media.

Alumni Weekend to be held May 17-19

Lycoming College will host its annual Alumni Weekend May 17-19 on campus.

Psychology students present research

Lycoming College psychology students in a Research Methods class held a poster session April 18 in Pennington Lounge.

Thirty students presented posters, which was the culmination of their independent, semester-long research projects in which they collected and analyzed their data, according to Dr. Tina Norton, assistant professor of psychology. Project topics included The effects of sugar consumption on motor control; The relationship between music and memory retention; and The effects of music type and preference on driving performance.