MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg recognized student award winners at the 2023 Student Awards Ceremony on April 28.
Award winners by academic unit include:
School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Jane Blakely Keat Excellence in Elementary Education
Maggie C. Brandt
Outstanding Residency Candidate in Teacher Education
Brianna Wisman
Outstanding Student in Applied Behavior Analysis Award
Mariah A. McCaffrey
Clem E. Gilpin Award for Outstanding Social Science Student
Ann Pham
Outstanding Undergraduate Psychology Student Award
Ella E. Durst
Karen Charleston
Betty Fortner Literacy Education Award
Grace A. Adams
Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching and Curriculum Award
Renee Sipos
Excellence in Secondary Education Award
Kathryn Emeigh
H. Edgar Wisehaupt Outstanding Principal Award
Abigail Mardis
Roy W. Allison Outstanding Education Alumni Award
Sandy McBride
Outstanding Undergraduate in Kinesiology Award
Benjamin Lerch
Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Clinical Psychology Award
Jordan Cooper
Thomas G. Bowers Award for Excellence in Applied Clinical Psychology
Kelsey Klinger
School of Business Administration
Beta Gamma Sigma Undergraduate Student Award
Ainsley Perry
Higher Information Group Business Excellence Award
Meia Mitchell
Mark Lavelle
Outstanding MBA Student Award
Joseph Marshall
Graduate Student Engagement Award
Tasleem Muzaffar
Outstanding MSIS Student Award
Anita McPoyle
Beta Gamma Sigma Graduate Student Award
Anthony Chambers
School of Humanities
Outstanding Undergraduate Creative Writing Award
Dyani Kennedy
Samantha Knipple
Creative Achievement Award in the Visual Arts -- Undergraduate
Aaron Lee
Media Arts Award -- Undergraduate
Sumin Chung
William J. Mahar Award of Excellence in the Performing Arts (Theatre)
Myah Koepfer
Communication Sciences and Disorders Undergraduate Student Award
Aleksa E. Ley
Effective Speech Speaking Award
Carlos Irizarry
William J. Mahar Award of Excellence in the Performing Arts (Music)
William Zhang
Academy of American Poets Prize at Penn State Harrisburg
Cayla Garman
Outstanding Analytical/ Scholarly Research Writing Award
Dustin Hyder
John S. Patterson Award for Academic Excellence in American Studies (M.A.)
Emily Pettet
Composition Writing Award
Ayomide Ojowa
Outstanding Achievement Award in Journalism -- Undergraduate
Shaina Maclaren
George D. Wolf Award for Academic Excellence in American Studies (B.A.)
Megan Gilbert
Outstanding Writing Award (Graduate)
Jeremy Boorum
Sue Samuelson Award for Academic Excellence in American Studies (Ph.D.)
Mary Rovito
School of Public Affairs
Public Administration Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Victoria Thornton
The Robert J. Bresler and Carol R. Nechemias Outstanding Political Science Senior Award
Steven Hossen
Master of Health Administration Excellence Award
Christina Karatziou-Tzantila
James M. Ruiz Criminal Justice Scholar Award
Ann Pham
Criminal Justice Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Erin Harnish
Criminal Justice Community Service Award
Julia Hoffmann
Criminal Justice Online Student Award
Jay Muniz
Andrew S. Donahue Award
Macy Carroll
Kenneth W. Masters Award in Public Policy
Brianna Carricato
Steven A. Peterson Political Science and Public Policy Award
Jenna Behringer
Criminal Justice Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
Kaylie Derrickson
School of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Senior Award
Adelaide Pearce
Mechanical Engineering Technology Outstanding Senior Award
Evan Lunney
SDCET Gerald Brey Award for Outstanding Structural Designer
Austin Yoder
CE Outstanding Senior Award
Noah Jenkins
SDCET Outstanding Senior Award
Thomas Hovanic
Science Outstanding Student Award
Aayushi Patel
Electrical Engineering Scholastic Achievement Award
Aaron Olsen
Electrical Engineering Technology Scholastic Achievement Award
Saunders Riley
Electrical Faculty Outstanding Senior Award
Zachary Martin
Computer Science Graduate Student Award
Allan Simmons
Computer Science Outstanding Student Award
Hari P. Subedi
Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Student Award
Kiet Le
College Awards
Alumni Society Outstanding Senior Award
Arisha F. Tariq
Alumni Society Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Mingean Park
Penn State Harrisburg Student Diversity Award
Julia Chlaifer
University Undergraduate Scholastic Awards
President Walker Award
Zachary R. Alleman
Shreyas N. Atreya
Danil R. Bachnak
Albert Banoy
Jackson R. Beaver
Japheth Beiler
Bramantyo S. Bhaskoro
Timothy L. Blakeslee
Brianna M. Brennan
Tressa L. Burger
Wanhua Cai
Ashon A. Calhoun
Jessica S. Chao
Sumin Chung
Richard W. Clements
Joseph D. Cooper
Jonathan Cui
Jacob W. Cummins
Adarsh Dhungel
Joshua Doyle
My Phuong Duong
Hanata Duraiz
Katherine J. Eimer
Faisal L. El-Mutwalli
Evangeline L. Etnoyer
Jennifer Fabian
Isaiah Fisher
Colin M. Flack
Jenna A. Frey
Gavin Funck
Yuan Gao
Alysha E. Garrity
Elaina L. Gates
Medha R. Gereddy
Ryan Gerhardt
Bijay Ghimirey
Hannah M. Gorrell
Ovgu Guleryuz
Shaoyi Guo
Seungjin Ha
Aaron G. Hartman
Taylor W. Heiner
Caleb W. Herr
Anna E. Hess
Haoran Huang
Yuzhe Huang
Ryan S. Hynes
Melis Ilhan
Drue E. James
Xuanyu Ji
Jinhua Jiang
Marissa L. Johnson
Kyla J. Knauber
Tomas D. Lapeika
Meghan LeHew
Vishnu V. Lella
Jiawei Liang
Crystal Liao
Yi Lu
Yilin Lu
Kayla M. Lynch
Mason S. Malach
Adriana B. Medina Galindo
Kensy L. Miller
Akmal Haziq B. Mohd Hazrin
Mackenzie K. Mowery
Jordan A. Murray
Arthur C. Nunezvigal
Sebastian D. Pagan Tirado
Aum Patel
Dhruvikumari A. Patel
Jiya Kalpesh Patel
Sambridhi Pathak
Mark S. Peschel
Saketh N. Porika
Isha Poudel
Saatvik Pradhan
Shalini Prasath
Muhammad Aqil Harith B. Ramsaid
Owen N. Reeves
Dana M. Riccardi
Faaiq Rizwan
Kumaraguru Sethunarayanan
Nathan C. Shaw
Caleb A. Shoemaker
Arsh K. Somani
Timothy H. Steen
Zongqin Sun
Kathryn G. Sweinhart
Xinhao Tan
Han K. Trieu
Valen R. Usher
John E. Warfel
Mason Weaber
Xunheng Wu
Haoxiang Xia
Zeren Yang
Xinyi Yin
Yilin Yin
Brianna E. Zelek
William Zhang
Dingcheng Zhu
President Sparks Award
Temilade A. Adeyemo
Conner Breitenbach
Ryan M. Brennan
Adrien P. Chen
Dongcai Chen
Declan T. Cudahy
Yila Cui
Paul R. Dixon
Mubeen Jawed
Caden Kurzenknabe
Jungmin Lee
Cade M. Lutz
Angelina C. Memmi
Milap A. Mistry
Zoe L. Muller
Genesis Santana
Emmaline M. Stevens
Kimberly M. Ulishney
Zonglin Wu
Evan Pugh Scholar Award — Juniors
Corinna M. Dienner
Olivia G. Hitz
Ryan W. Mellinger
Krish A. Nair
Cristina Orozco
Matthew A. Wood
Evan Pugh Scholar Award — Seniors
Grayce L. Berk
Taylor M. Bolinder
Jediah W. Burkhart
Brianna R. Carricato
Koby Conz
Jessica Emerich
Gabriel F. Fleming
Lauren E. Hess
Murshed Hyass
Tracy D. Kinzer
Benjamin G. Lerch
Kylie A. Lesher
Alex Z. Li
Aaron Olsen
Niti Patel
Trenton R. Schlemmer
Thomas P. Westers
Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award
Aayushi Patel