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MATT RUSSO MEMORIAL AWARD 2022 AWARDED TO katherine senior

PictureKatherine Senior (right) is pictured here with 2021 Matt Russo winner Margaret Loughran
We are pleased to present the 2022 Matt Russo Memorial Award to Katherine Senior.
The Matt Russo Memorial Award is given in honor & remembrance of Matt Russo, a student at Saint Vincent College, working towards his bachelor’s degree in Prek-4 education. He was in his junior year when he passed and was a kind and gentle soul, and a friend to all.  He was a young man that everyone claimed as a friend and had a leadership side that allowed him to pursue and become a member of the student government. He embraced everything about being a student at Saint Vincent and was proud to be a Bearcat!

This award and monetary gift are given to a junior, Pre K-4 major that shares the qualities that Matt exuded. This award has been given to Emily Zeh (2013), Genie Fratto (2014), Luke Daghir (2015), Hannah Truong (2016), Alaina D’Aloisa (2017), Douglas (D.J.) Hough  (2018), Dylan Paduano  (2019), Jenny Singer (2020), and Margaret Loughran (2021). These former students all shared the same redeeming qualities that Matt shared with the world.  

This year, the Matt Russo Memorial Award has been awarded to Katherine Senior. The award is presented to the recipient by the previous year’s winner at the annual Education Department Senior Send Off Picnic. 

Katherine (Kate) is heavily involved in many aspects of the Education Department. She is the 
President of the Early Child Education Club, a member of Kappa Delta Pi (the Education Honor Society), and Alpha Lambda Delta. She prides herself on her continued service work. In 2022, she spent countless hours assisting the the Education Department with the Ukraine Humanitarian Service Project, and has involved herself with other department service projects as well, such as SVC Wraps. She also provides service to the college by helping as an academic note taker. In her spare time, she is committed to working with children, which she does as a nanny for a family in Latrobe during the school year. 


PA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RETIREES AWARDED TO TREVOR ROSS

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​Trevor Ross was awarded the PA Association of School Retiree's Award this year. Trevor is seen here with Mr. Jim Dick, president of the PA Associate of School Retirees. 

Mr. Trevor Ross is an exceptional teacher candidate that is pursuing the career because of his personal dedication and love for teaching.  Trevor has a diverse background in which he has worked most of his youth helping his father in his contracting business.  Trevor began higher education at the Westmoreland County Community College, transferred to Pitt to be an engineer.  Realizing this was not his true dream, he walked away from a high paying career path and enrolled at Saint Vincent College to become a chemistry teacher.  Trevor enjoys athletics and spends all his free time volunteering to coach and work with youth.  He is dedicated to service.  Trevor is known by his peers and faculty as one of the hardest working students with the kindest at heart.  He recently was instrumental is assisting with the Education Department’s humanitarian effort to assist Ukraine.  Trevor seeks every opportunity to help others and is commended for his enduring passion to work with children and to serve others.



EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LEADS UKRAINIAN HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT EFFORTS
​Under the leadership of Dr. Ent, the chair of the Education Department, the Education Department, as well as our SVC and surrounding communities, came together to collect, pack, load, and deliver donations for Ukrainian refugees. In just a little over two weeks, the Education Department collected more than 3 large U-Haul trucks worth of humanitarian aid, including clothing, toiletries, medicine, toys, school supplies, and more that were delivered to a warehouse in Mechanicsburg, PA to ship overseas. This service project helped our students and community put into action many of the Benedictine principles we live by at Saint Vincent College, and it brought together our community in living our mission of "forward always forward." ​

The video highlights the project from beginning to end and the news articles capture this inspiration service project.
www.stvincent.edu/news/2022/svc-education-department-organizes-humanitarian-effort-ukraine.html

Equestrian TEAM & EDucation Department Presentation: equine assisted psychotherapy 

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The Education Department and Equestrian Team joined forces to learn about emerging techniques in EMBR and Equine facilitated learning presented by Shanna Aughenbaugh, MA, NCC, LPC, CCTP, and Samantha Boeser, Equine Facilitated Wellness, LLC 


Dr. mcNelly publishes chapter on intergenerational bonds

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Drs. Tracy McNelly, Associate Professor in the Education Department and Jessica Harvey, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication published a book chapter titled, "Digital Game Apps and Electronic Books: Fostering Relationships Between Young Children and Older Adults." Their chapter shares information on how digital tools can foster intergenerational relationships, obstacles that young and old adults face when using digital tools, characteristics of effective digital tools, and resources on how to find appropriate digital apps and electronic books that can be shared between older adults and younger children.

Citation:
McNelly, T. A., & Harvey, J. A. (2021). Digital Game Apps and Electronic Books: Fostering Relationships between Young Children and Older Adults. In  Jalongo, M. R., & Crawford, P. A.  (Eds.), Intergenerational Bonds: The Contributions of Older Adults and Young Children's Lives. (pp. 299-316 ). Springer. 

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