New students get to know Penn West California
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June 23, 2023

New students get to know Penn West California

By Stacy Wolford

PennWest-California student leader Jayden King (center), a secondary education major from Elizabeth, Pa., leads a group of incoming first-year students to the Natali Student Center during Thursday’s new student orientation. (on left) Joe Cotton, a first-year student from Baton Rouge, Louisiana; King; and Hannah Young, a first year student from Uniontown. (Second row, from left) Kayla Gomez of Uniontown, and Kiara Steele of Pittsburgh.

Photos by Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

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