MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg recognized student award winners at the 2024 Student Awards Ceremony on April 19.
Award winners by academic unit include:
The School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Outstanding Undergraduate in Human Development and Family Science Award
Grace Capobianco
Marjorie "Marti" Uelmen
Jane Blakely Keat Excellence in Elementary Education
Janai A. Lockhart
Outstanding Residency Candidate in Teacher Education
Madison L. Baumgardner
Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Behavior Analysis Award
Harley M. Ditzler
Jonathan R. Lyon
Clem E. Gilpin Award for Outstanding Social Science Student
Fabian Vantassell
Outstanding Undergraduate Psychology Student Award
Grayce Berk
Drake A. Collins
Betty Fortner Literacy Education Award
Jenna Beam
Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching and Curriculum Award
Abigail N. Portko
Rebecca K. Rosten
Roy W. Allison Outstanding Education Alumni Award
Olivia Weidemann
Excellence in Secondary Education Award
Ty Lohr
The Learned Society of Whispering Pines Graduate Student Award in Adult Education
Julie C. Lentes
Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Clinical Psychology Award
Gabriela R. Bevacqua-Collins
Thomas G. Bowers Award for Excellence in Applied Clinical Psychology
Nicole E. Harris
Outstanding Undergraduate in Kinesiology Award
Ahsan Jawed
The School of Business Administration
Beta Gamma Sigma Graduate Student Award
Kristen Rice
Graduate Student Engagement Award
Pavani Sunku
Outstanding MBA Student Award
Nicholas Rhoads
Tara Valent
Outstanding MSIS Student Award
Sukaynah Al Haji
Beta Gamma Sigma Undergraduate Student Award
Conner Breitenbach
FEI Central PA Chapter Outstanding Student Award
Tyler Jordan
Higher Information Group Business Excellence Award
Ellyn Gomulka
Kyle Serine
The School of Humanities
Academy of American Poets Prize at Penn State Harrisburg
Caitlyn Henzie
Ashon Anthony Calhoun (runner-up)
Composition Writing Award
Sherman Lee
Communication Sciences and Disorders Undergraduate Student Award
Hannah Garland
William J. Mahar Award of Excellence in the Performing Arts
Ryan Hynes
George D. Wolf Award for Academic Excellence in American Studies (B.A.)
Emma Weller
Outstanding Undergraduate Creative Writing Award
Cayla Garman
Effective Speech Speaking Award
Juan Alvarez Figueroa
Sue Samuelson Award for Academic Excellence in American Studies (Ph.D.)
Earl Crown
John S. Patterson Award for Academic Excellence in American Studies (M.A.)
Lydia Jones
Outstanding Achievement Award in Journalism — Undergraduate
Caleb Steindel
Outstanding Analytical/Scholarly Research Writing Award
Tristan A. Glowacki
Creative Achievement Award in the Visual Arts — Undergraduate
Xu Sun
Media Arts Award — Undergraduate
COMM 215: Basic Photography for Communications
Class of Fall 2023
Anna Lynn Braund
Ashon Anthony Calhoun
Rexha Cai
Jorge Chacon
Leandro Rafael Fabian-Curvelo
Emiliano Morales Hernandez
Yasmine J Joseph
Kira Mae Kline
Meghan LeHew
Tairyn Levar Lockhart
Erika Owumi
Alicia Pendergrass
Benjamin Michael Roberts
Nada Mahmoud Roza
Cameron Charles Saich
Tyler Scott Smyers
Jacob Stamper
Xu Sun
Obalolu Elliot Thomas-Ojo
Anabella Angelica Wardhana
Aleeza Zahid
Outstanding Writing Award — Graduate
Jennifer L. Lawhorn
The School of Public Affairs
Criminal Justice Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
Josh Ballard
Andrew S. Donahue Award
Madison Lee
Criminal Justice Community Service Award
Sydney Trostel
Criminal Justice Online Student Award
Sean Roddy
Criminal Justice Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Macy Carroll
James M. Ruiz Criminal Justice Scholar Award
Sarah Toche-Manley
The Robert J. Bresler and Carol R. Nechemias Outstanding Political Science Senior Award
Vaughn P. Hennessey
Kenneth W. Masters Award in Public Policy
Jane Jurosky
Steven A. Peterson Political Science and Public Policy Award
Kayla Clare
Master of Health Administration Academic Excellence Award
Alea Shakil
Public Administration Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Kristen Esquivel
Irving and Mildred Hand State, Urban and Regional Affairs Award
Victoria Williams
The School of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Outstanding Senior Award for Civil Engineering
Tracy Kinzer
SDCET Gerald Brey Award for Outstanding Structural Designer
Andrew Brown
SDCET Outstanding Senior Award
Matthew Gerheart
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Senior Award
Olivia Lowe
Mechanical Engineering Technology Outstanding Senior Award
Jaylan Cockley
Science Outstanding Student Award
Dhruv T. Kayastha
Computer Science Graduate Student Award
Sumant Suryawanshi
Computer Science Outstanding Student Award
Alex Zeyuan Li
Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Student Award
Kenya Mitchell
Electrical Engineering Scholastic Achievement Award
Michael Cieslak
Electrical Engineering Technology Scholastic Achievement Award
Benjamin Westhafer
Electrical Faculty Outstanding Senior Award
Michael Cieslak
Electrical Faculty Outstanding Senior Award
Michael Villalona Nunez
College Awards
Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award
Faaiq Rizwan
Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Nicole E. Harris
Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society Outstanding Senior Award
Miranda E. Eichner
DEEC MLK Poster Contest
Giulia Cantella
Linda Rhen Career Studies Award for Excellence as a Peer Mentor
Alvin S. Lukose
Yekaterina D. Mironchik
Linda Rhen Career Studies Award for the Outstanding Career Studies Student
Maggie Kutz
Madlyn L. Hanes Library
University Libraries Research Awards for Excellence in Information Literacy
Research Award Winners
Trisha Campanaro
Zoya Dawar
Miranda Eichner
Dhruv Kayastha
Emily Large
Kenya Mitchell
Mingean Park
Honorable Mentions
Nageshwar Arepally
Carolina Hernandez
Yash Lad
Shreeniket Pawar
Anna Shank
Victoria Williams
University Undergraduate Scholastic Awards
President Walker Award
Gabriella D. Abbott
Isha N. Agni
Carolyn A. Albert
Mohammed A. M. Al-Hamed
Mubarak Zaid E Alkhaldi
Andreas J. Apple
Zophia Argot
Tyler C. Barton
Raphael F. Bastos
Patricio Benitez Palermo
Britney N. Benzie
Sarah C. Bouley
Dylan C. Bowling
Kate O. Bukowski
Yunshu Cao
Antonio J. Castellano
Aadithya Chandramouli
Mattew C. Choi
Gwen D. Daily
Victoria M. Daley
Trinity Dang
Elisabeth H. Davidson
Preethi K. Davis
Asa J. Derk
Yousif A. Dhia
Zoee M. Edmonds
Miranda E. Eichner
Macy E. Eisenhart
Manal Elaamerani
Debra S. Eshleman
Kayla Estorque
Riley J. Fallon
OHara B. Fisher
Savannah Fleming
Zhuyi Gu
Jasmina Guaman
Samantha L. Gurian
Alec S. Haldeman
Keaira L. Haney
Hibatallah Harit
Paul Y. Hwang
Ananya Ananthnarayan Iyer
Steven T. Johnson
Esther Jung
Quentin E. Jurney
Khadga Kafley
Austin J. Kaylor
Caleb V. Kendig
Stacey Kosters
Tesslyn Kou
Danika Kuraica
Devanie M. Lauscar
Jie Lee
Sherman C. Lee
Lei Li
Qianyi Li
XinYan Li
Li Q. Lin
Yingxin Liu
Kyle W. Love
Ethan Luu
Zirui Lyu
Colleen MacAdam
Jacob A. Macklin
Xinke Mao
Zihan Meng
Jenna F. Meyering
Andres Mier Yedid
Anaya M. Milligan
Rezowana S. Mouri
Kaylee N. Musser
Vikas Nanduri
An T. Nguyen
Fang-Qi Niu
Gavin T. Nunn
Tyler A. Owens
Jaime Alessandro S. Panaligan
Pooja M. Patel
Suchi Patel
Trevor Peirce
Mark Petrik
Alexander O. Petrov
Lucas P. Piotrowski
Adam Y. Poum
Ashton H. Price
Zainab Qazi
Varsitaa Rathinam Gunaseelan
Matthew J. Rice
Nicholas R. Rizzo
Dylan C. Sattazahn
Brandon M. Schreffler
Muskaan Seth
Arnav Anand Shah
Lily A. Sharp
Islam M. Shavkatov
Zikai Shen
Michaela R. Shermett
Makayla F. Shutt
Suryansh S. Sijwali
Lillie D. Simmons
Searat Singh
Shaurya Pratap Rajesh Singh
Connor J. Smith
Hsiang-Chien Tai
Isabella Teske
Anuj V. Tirunagari
Kanon Tsuda
Nivip Tuth
Phoenix VanSkyhawk
Yaadhavi K. Venkatesan
Jonathan R. Walborn
Shuxuan Wang
Yinzong Wang
Ajayda A. Williams
Xinyu Xie
Shujun Yao
Lucas R. Yoder
Lening Zeng
Tiffany Zheng
Ada Zorrilla-Genao
President Sparks Award
Danil R. Bachnak
Bramantyo S. Bhaskoro
Tressa L. Burger
Hanata Duraiz
Isaiah Fisher
Jenna A. Frey
Hannah M. Gorrell
Ovgu Guleryuz
Shaoyi Guo
Haoran Huang
Jinhua Jiang
Vishnu V. Lella
Yi Lu
Sebastian D. Pagan Tirado
Jiya Kalpesh Patel
Saatvik Pradhan
Dana M. Riccardi
Faaiq Rizwan
Kumaraguru Sethunarayanan
Matthew G. Sharp
Han K. Trieu
Xinyi Yin
Yilin Yin
Evan Pugh Scholar Award
Juniors
Dongcai Chen
Cade M. Lutz
Angelina C. Memmi
Seniors
Conner Breitenbach
Ashon Anthony Calhoun
Corinna M. Dienner
Paul R. Dixon
Olivia G. Hitz
Dustin J. Hyder
Caden Kurzenknabe
Olivia R. Lowe
Ryan W. Mellinger
Cristina Orozco
Isha Poudel
Caleb Shoemaker
Kimberly M. Ulishney