The 2025 Honors and Awards Convocation will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The ceremony will honor Penn State Behrend students for their extraordinary academic achievements in the 2024-25 academic year. Recognized students and their guests were invited to attend the ceremony.
Congratulations to this year's award winners!
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 Student Writing Award: Elise Kelly, Kavin Sinha
Outstanding Tutor Awards
- Outstanding Tutor in Business: Krish Yadav
- Outstanding Tutor in Engineering: Nicole Croushore
- Outstanding Tutor in Humanities and Social Sciences: Gabriella Lambrecht
- Outstanding Tutor in Mathematics: Emme Baldwin
- Outstanding Tutor in Science: Jonah Higley
- Outstanding Tutor in Writing: Tori McClelland
Division of Undergraduate Studies Awards
- Outstanding First-Year Student: Clement Ford
- Outstanding Second-Year Student: Delia Abramoski
Black School of Business Awards
- Outstanding Accounting Student: Matthew English
- Outstanding Business Economics Student: Michaela Florence
- Outstanding Finance Student, Erie: Jordan Irvine
- Outstanding Finance Student, World Campus: Steven Herring
- Outstanding Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies Student: Anna Smith
- Outstanding International Business Student: Conrad Lloyd
- Outstanding Management Information Systems Student: Ali Ostowar
- Outstanding Marketing Student: Michaela Florence
- Outstanding Project and Supply Chain Management Student: Amber Carr
- Outstanding Project Team: Emily Campbell, Zachery Egan, Stephanie Helman, Sable Vidas
- Kenneth L. Spencer Award, Accounting: Kai Williams
- Kenneth L. Spencer Award, Finance: Shae Bojarski
- American Production and Inventory Control Society Award: Stephanie Helman
- Institute of Management Accounting Award: Conrad Lloyd
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Award: Kaylee Kujawa
School of Engineering Awards
- Outstanding Computer Engineering Student: Joseph George
- Outstanding Computer Science Student: Allison Flatt
- Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Student: Tyler Murdick
- Outstanding Electrical Engineering Student: Trinity Ives
- Outstanding Industrial Engineering Student: Catherine Wuerstle
- Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Student: Adam Sacherich
- Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Technology Student: Haden Peters
- Outstanding Plastics Engineering Technology Student: Colin Deeter
- Outstanding Polymer Engineering and Science Student: Marley Persch
- Outstanding Software Engineering Student, Erie: Benjamin Tilzey
- Outstanding Software Engineering Student, World Campus: Jared Daniel
- Jake Boyle Memorial Award: Myranda Findlay
- James R. Meehl Engineering Award: Mason Blankenberg, Christopher Eisloeffel, Joshua Nallaraja
School of Humanities and Social Sciences Awards
- Outstanding Achievement in Media and Communication: Rebecca Krenzer
- Outstanding Creative Writing Major: Gemma Malone
- Outstanding Digital Media, Arts, and Technology Major: Hadleigh Jae Bills
- Outstanding Elementary and Early Childhood Education Major, Academics: Abigail Rhodes
- Outstanding Elementary and Early Childhood Education Major, Fieldwork: Emma Gotham
- Outstanding English Major: Naomi Lamb
- Best Contributing History Major: Justice Greene
- Outstanding Political Science Major: Alec Dennis
- Outstanding Psychology Student: Amy Love
- Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Psychology: Alec Dennis
- Celise Schneider Award in Political Theory: Rachel Pineo
- Clarence A. and Eugenie Baumann Smith Fiction Award: Alivia Schell-Hernandez
- Corey N. Farrell Nonfiction Award: Alivia Schell-Hernandez
- John Rossi Excellence in Research Award: Megan Guthrie
- Kenneth Jonathan Sonnenberg Poetry Award: Steviee Geagan
- Myron Jones Broadcasting Award: Alec Huckabone
- Zachary T. Irwin Humanitarian Award: Carlina Edinger
School of Science Awards
- Academic Excellence in Biology: Timothy Stainbrook
- Academic Excellence in Chemistry: Jonah Higley
- Academic Excellence in Mathematics: Ignatius Elliott, Nathan Murarik
- Excellence in Environmental Science, Academic: Ivy Laffan
- Excellence in Environmental Science, Research: Kristen Anderson
- Most Promising First-Year Student in Mathematics Award: Natalie Held
- Outstanding Future Math Educator: Erica Jasinski
- Outstanding Senior in Physics: Evan Payne
- Aaron Meehl Biology Award, Outstanding Rising Junior: Anna Steinbeck
- Aaron Meehl Biology Award, Outstanding Rising Senior: Brooke Korb
- ACS Award/Outstanding First-Year Student in Chemistry: Alayna Winters
- Chemistry Citizenship Award: Nick Wong
- CRC Award/Outstanding First-Year Student in Chemistry: Fiona Yelkovich
Nursing Program Awards
- Academic Excellence Award: Angelina Krasinski
- Excellence in Professional Nursing and Caring Award: Madison Wager
Graduate Programs Awards
- Outstanding Student in Clinical Psychology: Alyssa Zampogna
- Outstanding Master of Business Administration Student, Erie: Joshua Claypoole
- Outstanding Master of Business Administration Student, Cranberry: Aaron Graham
- Outstanding Master of Project Management Student: Alice Puzarowski
College-Wide Awards
Evan Pugh Award
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.
Juniors:
- Ramiro Becerra
- Angelina Hutapea
- Benjamin Lindquist
- Rachel Zurn
Seniors:
- Adam Black
- Owen Grubbs
- Kelvin Li
- Matthew McDonough
- Ali Ostowar
- Andrew Walker
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.
- Lucas Blum
- Averee Demling
- Abigail Knapka
- Tiffany Landry
- Joshua Nallaraja
- Amanda Ong
- Sawani Shinde
- Anna Steinbeck
- Bryce Vogel
- Krish Yadav
- Kimberlyn Zazado
President Walker Award
The President Walker Award is presented to full-time undergraduate students who earned a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point average in their first semester.
- Bella Arduini
- Samantha Baumgratz
- Parker Beardsley
- Collin Bradley
- Fredrick Browarski
- Emir Cengiz
- Amy Chen
- Connor Cross
- Atticus Edwards
- Christopher Eisloeffel
- Nicholas Fornelli
- Vanessa Forster
- Arie Frase
- Aurora Fuller
- Neiil Gandhi
- Taylor Goodyear
- Ava Hartung
- Isabella Hill
- Halei Imarhia
- Ali Iranmanesh
- Merek Jaworski
- Jesse Johnson
- Elise Kelly
- HyunMin Kim
- Jackson Korb
- Alexandros Koufos
- Brendan Kuriga
- Daniil Lebedev
- Tyler Lienemann
- Wi Ya Lin
- Emma Marsteller
- Roman Marte
- Conner Martin
- Owen McCabe
- Ella McGowan
- Riley McLaughlin
- Brianna Miller
- Heidi Mitchell
- Matthew Mizikowski
- Izaac Nishimura
- Connor Powierza
- Luke Rinker
- Madelyn Sams
- Logan Schimmel
- Parker Schmidt
- Luke Schneider
- Nicholas Truchon
- Zih-Jyun Tsai
- Lillia Vehovic
- Rachel Wilson
- Alayna Winters
- Jonah Wise
- Analise Wolf
- Brian Yearwood
- Jesse Zhang
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 recognizes an undergraduate Schreyer Honors College student who has completed or is making significant progress toward completion of an outstanding honors thesis.
- Ali Ostowar
- Trinity Prestash
- Ellen Shade
Irvin H. Kochel Award
This award is givein in 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.
- Michael Del Signore
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.
- Zane Lewis
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.
- Ethan Callaghan
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.
- Michaela Florence
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 their first year of study.
- Beauregard Hernandez
Council of Fellows Undergraduate Research Award
This award is presented annually to students who demonstrated excellence in undergraduate research.
- Amy Love
- Adam Sacherich