Honors and Awards Convocation 2020

H ONORS A ND AWA R DS C ONV O C AT IO N Presented Virtually

SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 • 2:00 p.m.

WELCOME Dr. Ralph Ford, Chancellor

AWARD PRESENTATIONS Dr. Pamela Silver, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

ACADEMIC AWARDS The awards given each spring by the college’s academic units recognize excellence in scholastic achievement and engagement in academic-focused co-curricular and professional activities.

Writing Awards First Year_________________________________________________________________Lauren Sheldon

Samuel York School of Humanities and Social Sciences_____________________________________John Jarecki School of Science__________________________________________________________Kara Dobson

Outstanding Tutor Awards Business__________________________________________________________________Kristie Ferrick Engineering_______________________________________________________________Chadwick Kypta Mathematics______________________________________________________________Jacob Pelloni Science___________________________________________________________________Lindsay Bielek Writing___________________________________________________________________Emily Eiss

Division of Undergraduate Studies Awards Second-Year Student Award_________________________________________________Antonio Gonzalez

Shaw MacAdam

Black School of Business Awards Accounting_______________________________________________________________Ryan Carniewski Business Economics________________________________________________________Jeremy Ford Economics________________________________________________________________Bowen Tang Finance___________________________________________________________________Nicole Kittelberger Finance, World Campus____________________________________________________Jordan Hinton Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies_____________________________Nicholas Schwarzel International Business______________________________________________________Nicole Kittelberger Management Information Systems___________________________________________Christian Brooks Marketing________________________________________________________________Margaret Burns

Alexandra Sienerth Project and Supply Chain Management_______________________________________Angela Baranowski Outstanding Honors Graduate Award________________________________________Matthew Warnaka Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key Award________________________________________Andrew Morgan Kenneth L. Spencer Award, Accounting_______________________________________Sara Stroup Kenneth L. Spencer Award, Finance__________________________________________Andrew Morgan Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Award_____________Steven Owens Institute of Management Accounting (IMA) Award_____________________________Trevor Dinsmore Association for Supply Chain and Operations Management (APICS) Award________James Goodsel Master of Business Administration, Erie_______________________________________Chelsea Czerwinski Master of Business Administration Award, Cranberry___________________________Brent Bowman

School of Engineering Awards Computer Engineering Outstanding Student__________________________________Bowen Tang Computer Science Outstanding Student______________________________________Daniel Kovalevich Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Outstanding Student___________ Javan Kalmar Electrical Engineering Outstanding Student___________________________________Xiangu Xu Industrial Engineering Outstanding Student___________________________________Safinaz Elhadary Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student_________________________________Viet Le Mechanical Engineering Technology Outstanding Student______________________John LaRoche Plastics Engineering Technology Outstanding Student__________________________Steven Vecchi Software Engineering Outstanding Student___________________________________Daniel Donley Jake Boyle Memorial Award_________________________________________________Bobbi Doubet Masters of Manufacturing Management Outstanding Student Award_____________Robert Hughes

School of Humanities and Social Sciences Awards Outstanding Achievement in Communication_________________________________Clare Weisenfluh Outstanding Creative Writing Major__________________________________________Cortney Hedlund Outstanding Elementary and Early Childhood Education Academics_____________Haley Reslink Outstanding Elementary and Early Childhood Education Fieldwork______________Korri Culbertson Outstanding English Major__________________________________________________Molly Boniger Outstanding English and Professional Writing Major___________________________Anabella Lassiter Outstanding History Major__________________________________________________Colin Shakespeare Outstanding Political Science Major__________________________________________Logan Saborsky Outstanding Psychology Student____________________________________________Alyssa Zampogna Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Psychology_____________________________Brooke Cass Clarence A. and Eugenie Baumann Smith Fiction Award________________________Aria Meixel Corey N. Farrell Nonfiction Award___________________________________________Gillian Pribicko Kenneth Jonathan Sonnenberg Poetry Award_________________________________Aria Meixel Myron Jones Broadcasting Award____________________________________________Andre Mosley Dr. John Rossi Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award____________________Avery DeMarco Zachary T. Irwin Humanitarian Award_________________________________________John Jarecki

School of Science Awards Academic Excellence in Biology_____________________________________________Kara Dobson

Jessica Till Academic Excellence in Chemistry___________________________________________Lindsay Bielek Academic Excellence in Environmental Science________________________________Aydin Mitchell

Brianna Peyton Academic Excellence in Mathematics________________________________________Rachel Benkart

Nicholas Kane Academic Excellence in Physics______________________________________________Victor Barone

Jonas Smucker

Maarten Van Hees Outstanding Future Math Educator Award____________________________________Rachel Benkart Aaron Meehl Biology Award— Outstanding Rising Senior_______________________Angela Laier Aaron Meehl Biology Award— Outstanding Rising Junior_______________________Jacob Oslosky CRC/Outstanding Freshman Award__________________________________________Joshua Fardo Most Promising Freshman in Mathematics Award______________________________Hannah Gampe

Emily Smith Outstanding Freshman in Chemistry/American Chemical Society Award__________Olivia Steinbeck

Nursing Program Awards Academic Excellence in Nursing_____________________________________________Jacklyn Bizjak Excellence in Professional Nursing and Caring_________________________________Heather Vaydanich

Janet Wright

COLLEGE-WIDE AWARDS President’s Freshman Award The President’s Freshman Award is presented to the full-time undergraduate students who earned a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point average in their first semester.

Alanna-Nikole Abt Isaac Barringer Zhiyi Cai Joshua Fardo Alyssa Ferianc Hannah Gampe Celine Gauge Haoyang Guo Summer Hannah Morgan Harding Yanjun Jiang

Yunke Jiang Saige Jurcevich Raphael Kosta Taylor Kowalsky James Landy Nickolas Lindsey Ian Lowery Catlin Lowes Alexander McAuley Maxwell Myers Deven Phillips

Keven Rall Andria Rhodes Matthew Seman Jacob Smith Josiah Soros Lauren Teresi Yufei Wang Olivia Wienczkowski Tingyi Zu

President Sparks Award The President Sparks Award is presented to full-time undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average at the end of their third semester.

Lea Cesaire Chadwick Kypta

Autumn Majchrzak Caleb McDowell

Evan Yusavage

Evan Pugh Scholars Juniors and seniors who were in the top 0.5 percent of their classes at the end of the fall semester are honored as Evan Pugh Scholars.

Kristie Ferrick Marcus Jacobs Nicholas Jones

Angela Laier Grant Oishi

Jacob Oslosky Joshua Slayton

Archie K. Loss Undergraduate Thesis Award Established in memory of the late Dr. Archie Loss, professor emeritus of English and American studies, by his family and friends, this award honors and recognizes a Schreyer Honors College undergraduate student who has completed or is making significant progress toward completion of an outstanding honors thesis.

Anabella Lassiter

Irvin H. Kochel Award Recognition of an outstanding underclass student who demonstrates qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship through involvement in programs and services that positively influence fellow students and contribute to the college community.

Brianna Scanga

T. Reed Ferguson Award This award recognizes the junior-year student whose academic and out-of-classroom leadership promise further achievement in the senior year.

Jacob Pelloni

Thomas H. Turnbull Award The Turnbull Award honors a student who has contributed to the college community through qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship. Outstanding service to the college is the most important criterion for selection.

Kara Dobson

Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award This award recognizes a student whose outstanding qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship have been directed into student programs and services. Scholarship and service to the college are the primary criteria for selection.

Angela Dale

Outstanding First-Year Student Award This award recognizes a first-year student who demonstrates outstanding promise of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship through achievements in his or her first year of study.

Brooke Johnston

Council of Fellows Undergraduate Research Award This award is presented annually to a student who demonstrated excellence in undergraduate research.

Kara Dobson

CLOSING REMARKS John P. Jarecki, President, Student Government Association

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