Grove City College

Staff members and contributors to "The Collegian," the student newspaper of Grove City College, won four 2020 Student Keystone Press Awards from the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.

This spring, the Grove City College Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation (E+I) was enjoying what looked to be a banner year for the program, with eight students headed to national venture competitions on the strength of their venture ideas in progress. And then coronavirus happened.

The Grove City College debate team competed in Bowling Green (Ohio) State University's annual Falcon Classic on Feb. 22 and 23. A double header, the tournament offered two full days of International Parliamentary Debate Association competition. Grove City took the field against a diverse roster of schools, including St. Anselm College, Duke and Duquesne universities.

The Grove City College Debate Team started the spring season off by winning a Pennsylvania state championship. The team competed in the Pennsylvania Forensics Association Championship Tournament (PFACT) Feb. 14 and 5 at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Twenty Grove City College physics students attended a national physics conference thanks to the Swezey Fund and generous donors.

Students from Grove City College claimed winning spots in the 2019 Startup Weekend Pittsburgh (SWPGH), a weekend long competition where participants share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups.

The Grove City College Debate Team kicked off the 2019 season early in September at the University of Indianapolis' annual Forensics 500 Audrey Cunningham Speech and Debate Tournament.

Grove City College's Debate Team traveled to Morristown, Tenn., on Oct. 5 to compete in the Smoky Mountain Invitational tournament hosted by Walters State Community College.

Student entrepreneurs won startup cash and gained valuable experience at The Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Grove City College's 2019 Elevator Pitch Competition.

Grove City College student entrepreneurs competed for $24,000 in prize money in the Wolverine Venture Battle, a contest that simulates the real world hunt for the lifeblood of business: funding. The competition is a re-imagination of the original Business Plan Competition.

Grove City College students took two of the top three spots in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society of Pittsburgh's 2019 Financial Planning Competition. Rob Kunst '19, of Butler, Pa., took first place in the annual contest and Anna Sweger '20, of Carlisle, Pa., came in third. There were 237 entries in the competition.

Grove City College Physics major Darin Mumma of Lititz, PA, receives a distinguished prize for his astronomy research at a recent physics conference.

With a correct answer just seconds before the final bell, Grove City College defeated Harvard University to capture the championship in the second annual American History and Western Civilization Challenge Bowl over the weekend at The King's College in New York City.

Grove City College's Alpha-Alpha-Lambda Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta recently hosted students from a number of colleges and universities at the national history honorary society's Western Pennsylvania Regional Conference.

Grove City College entrepreneurship majors Hannah Vaccaro and Ross Harrington made the final round in the EIX's e-Fest National Business Plan Competition, in Minneapolis April 6 to 8.

Grove City College graduate Karolina Lagerquist '16 won third place in the 4th annual OH-Penn for Business Competition coordinated by the eCenter@LindenPointe.

Five Grove City College history majors presented research papers this month at the regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference at Mercyhurst University, with four of them winning best paper honors from their reviewing panels.

Grove City College sociology and social work students presented their work recently at the third annual Northeastern Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium (NEOUSS) at Kent State University

Two out of ten Grove City College students recently took first and second place at the Perfect Pitch competition at Westminster College.