GROVE CITY, Pa. – Two photography essays that appeared in The Collegian student newspaper at Grove City College during the 2004-05 academic year are among the winners of the 2006 Scholastic and Collegiate Keystone Press Awards, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

First place in the Photo Story category went to Collegian Photography Editor Christine Bare, a 2005 graduate, for her photography in the “Bands Rock Arena” feature, which ran in The Collegian on April 15, 2005. Bare, a Camp Hill, Pa., native, is now living in Monroeville, Pa.

Additionally, the Honorable Mention nod in that category also went to Grove City College. Collegian Photography Editor Chelsea Cordell, a junior from High Point, N.C., received the honor for her photography in the “Low Temps, High Spirits” feature, which ran on Jan. 28, 2005.

Keystone Press Award winners will be honored at an awards luncheon March 29 at the America East Newspaper Operations and Technology Conference at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa. Award winners are also invited to attend a Young Readership session and tour the America East exhibit halls.

The Collegian student newspaper has been existence on the Grove City College campus since 1891. It is published weekly on Fridays throughout the academic year and distribution is 2,000.

Grove City College is listed as one of the Most Competitive colleges in the nation by Barron’s. In its category, Grove City College is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report as No. 1 Best Value and No. 3 overall in the 2006 guide to America’s Best Colleges. Grove City College has also been called a “best value” and a “hidden treasure” by guidance counselors in the Kaplan National High School Guidance Counselor Survey, and is also the No. 16 Best Bargain school according to the Princeton Review. Founded in 1876, it is located 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pa. With an enrollment of 2,300 students, it is a private Christian college teaching the liberal arts, sciences and engineering. It is an advocate of the free market economic system and accepts no federal funding. Tuition is about half of the national average for private colleges.

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