Former Severna Park Student Earns Chemistry Award

Since 1961, The Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) has annually honored students in chemistry with its College Chemistry Awards. This year, Jenna King — a 2020 graduate of Severna Park High School and now Gettysburg College — was one of 24 students in a tri-state area to be recognized.

The award includes both a monetary prize and a framed certificate of accomplishment. The awards are given to one student at each college to recognize the student’s demonstrated excellence in performance and high achievements in the field of chemistry. The department faculty of the student’s college selects each recipient.

The honor is the latest in a list for King during her college career. She achieved the dean’s list during five of her seven semesters, was president of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority from 2023-2024, was a member of the health sciences student advisory board from 2022-2024, was a member of the women’s lacrosse team from 2020-2022, was a second-team All Centennial Conference selection, and she was selected to the all-academic team.