Local Man Part of Research Program at IUP

Ryan Wertz, of Woodbury, was part of Indiana University of Pennsylvania's John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics sixth annual Research Experience for Summer Scholars Program.

Wertz, the son of Walter and Lois Wertz, of Woodbury, is a 2015 graduate of Northern Bedford High School.

Wertz is active in the university choir, IUP-TV and WIUP-FM radio station. He is a communications media major on the dean's list.

In the RESS program, Wertz worked with Dr. Mark Piwinsky to create an audio theater project over the 10-week period which the program runs.

The program i...