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High School Wins Engineering Olympics at Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA (05/09/2018) — Contact Information: Gabrielle D'Amico, director of communications, gabrielle.damico@wilkes.edu, 570-408-4510

Teams from Wyoming Valley West High School School from Plymouth, Pa., and Wyoming Seminary from Kingston, Pa., came in second and third place, out of 11 other high school teams from throughout northeast and eastern Pennsylvania at Wilkes University's annual Engineering Olympics. The teams competed in five different events where they solved engineering problems such as creating a mouse trap powered by energy. The 2018 event was held on April 13 in the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center.

Captions: Wyoming Valley West High School took home second place at Wilkes University's annual Engineering Olympics on April 13 in the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center. Front row from left to right, Emilee Tripp, Emily Gerlach, Keri Bobeck, and Brooke Taylor. Back row, Kimberly Leary, advisor; Michael Featherstone, Alec Ryncavage, Sean Craven, Matt Nogin, Zach Brandreth, Diane Gordon, advisor. Missing from photo is Eric Lawson.

Caption: Wyoming Seminary took home third place at Wilkes University's annual Engineering Olympics on April 13 in the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center. Seated from left to right, Patrick Dylan Andes, Jiayi Kelly Li, and Vivian Okoroanyanwu. Standing, Charles Lombardo, Max Banks, Cameron Shedlock, Jacob Stefanowicz, Michael Cotrone, and Yun-Chun Wisdom Lu.

About Wilkes University:

Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 43 bachelor's degree programs, Wilkes offers 25 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.

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Wyoming Valley West High School took home second place at Wilkes University's annual Engineering Olympics on April 13 in the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center. Front row from left to right, Emilee Tripp, Emily Gerlach, Keri Bobeck, and Brooke Taylor. Back row, Kimberly Leary, advisor; Michael Featherstone, Alec Ryncavage, Sean Craven, Matt Nogin, Zach Brandreth, Diane Gordon, advisor. Missing from photo is Eric Lawson.

Wyoming Seminary took home third place at Wilkes University's annual Engineering Olympics on April 13 in the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center. Seated from left to right, Patrick Dylan Andes, Jiayi Kelly Li, and Vivian Okoroanyanwu. Standing, Charles Lombardo, Max Banks, Cameron Shedlock, Jacob Stefanowicz, Michael Cotrone, and Yun-Chun Wisdom Lu.

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