Local student elected to Homecoming Court

Newton — Meredith J. Mayes, of Newton, an Albright College student, was elected to the 2006 Homecoming Court. The Homecoming Court consisted of five senior women and five senior men, including the king and queen. Mayes is a senior biology major and graduate of Newton High School. Founded in 1856, Albright College, in Reading, Pa., celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2006. Albright is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The college’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls 1,650 undergraduates in traditional programs, and another 500 adult students in accelerated degree and graduate programs.