SELINSGROVE - Dustin Bendas, of Ranshaw, is a participant in Susquehanna University's Broadening Intensive Opportunities for Scholarship program.
Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, BIOS provides financial and programming support for academically qualified biology students who have been historically underrepresented in the sciences.
BIOS scholars recently visited Susquehanna for a week of orientation before they begin their first year in August. The students had dinner at the home of University President L. Jay Lemons, engaged in lab work, kayaked on the Susquehanna River and accompanied faculty on day trips to the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey.
Bendas, a 2013 graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School, is a son of Robert and Debra Bendas.