ANNVILLE, Pa. — Lebanon Valley College opened its doors to nearly 500 new students hailing from 14 different states and three countries this week. This includes 446 first-year students and 46 transfer students from 25 colleges and universities.
Four students earned full-tuition scholarships for their four undergraduate years through the College's Dr. John "Jack" Bowman Allwein '56 Scholarship, which also provides honorees with three $2,500 stipends during their time at LVC for research, travel or study expenses associated with study abroad, internships and/or collaborative research.
Another seven students received $20,000 as LVC Kaleidoscope Scholars who are committed to participation in diversity, equity and inclusion programming.
The Class of 2028 is multi-talented. Three students were featured in their hometown newspapers for their accomplishments: Tegan Engle (Business Administration) helped build a home with classmates to benefit their building trades class, Zachary Schrader (Physical Therapy) had perfect attendance for his entire academic career, K-12, and Kristi Griffiths (Communication Sciences & Disorders/Speech-Language Pathology) is a cerebral palsy advocate, Miss America Teen PA competitor and children's book author.
Eight of the College's new students were high school valedictorians or salutatorians.
LVC accepted 54 students into its Honors Program, which school officials say is a "living-learning experience for a select group of curious, passionate, and action-oriented students."
The two most popular programs for the incoming students were the nationally recognized six-year Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, which enrolled 55 students, and the recently launched Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, which caught the eye of 44 learners, LVC said.
