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UPT
STUDENT RECIPIENT OF
STUDY
ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP
TITUSVILLE,
Jan.12
--
Amy Bills, a native of Rouseville and a
sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh at
Titusville, has been awarded a study abroad
scholarship through the University of Pittsburgh
Study Abroad Program.
Bills will use the scholarship to travel
to Nicaragua in March with other UPT students
and study anthropology under the direction of
Dr. Linda Winkler, associate professor of
anthropology and biology at UPT. Bills is a graduate of Maplewood High
School where, as part of her Senior Project, she
job-shadowed at The Derrick and 98.5
“The Well” in Oil City, as well as Channel
35 in Erie.
She is the daughter of Robert Bills of
Wallaceville and Toddi Bills of Erie, and the
granddaughter of James and Dorothy Bills of
Wallaceville and John Burke of Erie and the late
Ruby Burke. At the completion of her sophomore year
at UPT, Bills plans to continue her studies as a
media and communications major at Clarion
University. Bills is a member of the UPT Travel Club, which will study anthropology in Nicaragua over spring break in March. Dr. Winkler has conducted research on howling monkeys in Ometepe, Nicaragua for several years. As part of their studies, the Club will visit the research site to view the howling monkeys in their natural habitat.
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