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2022 Award Recipients

Penn State Altoona Academic Awards

  • Fine Arts Award—Meghann Mignogna
  • Fine Arts Award—McKenna Hurd
  • Fine Arts Award—Amy Norris
  • Zoller Art Award—Kai Deline
  • General W. A. Morgan Award—Samuel Mills
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing—Hannah Smith
  • Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Award—Joshua Hollingshead
  • Kenneth M. Kuhn Memorial Award for Music—Lorren McGarvey
  • Kenneth M. Kuhn Memorial Award for Music—Christian Howard
  • Kenneth M. Kuhn Memorial Award for Visual Arts—Madisyn Simington
  • Kenneth M. Kuhn Memorial Award for Visual Arts—Jordan Alwine
  • Liszka Award for English—Sidra Arshad
  • Liszka Award for English—James J. Miller
  • Liszka Award for English—Maleah Orr
  • Liszka Award for English—Mary Stewart
  • Liszka Award for Theatre Arts, Dance, or Voice—Christian Howard
  • Liszka Award for Theatre Arts, Dance, or Voice—Annabelle Smarth
  • Bud Shuster Achievement Award—Nathaniel Helsel
  • Altoona College Business Student Award (B.S.)—Hunter Stoudnour
  • Altoona College Accounting Student Award—Taylor Hoover
  • John E. Boyd and Bernard G. Monahan Award—Adeola Hannah Adewole
  • John E. Boyd and Bernard G. Monahan Award—Reece McDermitt
  • Outstanding Veteran Student Recognition Award—Mikayla O'Neal
  • Altoona Collegiate Review Student Excellence Award—Allison Schroeder
  • Altoona Collegiate Review Student Excellence Award—Javier Pozo Miranda

University Academic Achievement Awards

President's Freshman Awards

This award is presented annually to undergraduate degree candidates and provisional students who have earned a 4.00 (A) cumulative grade-point average based on at least 12 graded Penn State credits completed by the end of the fall semester of the academic year the award is given. Candidates are eligible for this award if they have not exceeded 35 total credits earned. (College Board advanced placement credits are not counted in the total credits earned for purposes of this award.)

Student Government Association Awards

  • Jackson Darius Boyer
  • Thomas Chun
  • Jonas Nelson Ciprich
  • Claudine Marie Croyle
  • Riley James Dibert
  • Reid Dutchess
  • Ian Michael Eckenrode
  • Samantha S Groner
  • Brayden Andrew Harbaugh
  • Jessica Ellen Herr
  • Casey Hess
  • Lainie Heuston
  • Kathryn Maureen Hofmann
  • Tyler Nicolaus Hoppe
  • Austin James Kantz
  • Mallorie Paige Keith
  • Katherine Klein
  • Abigail Lee Kubiak
  • Caitlyn Shea McCartney
  • Danielle Nicole Mortimore
  • Taylor Dawn Myers
  • Adhithya Rajagopalan
  • Travis Bryce Saylor Skylar
  • Jordan Shultz
  • Clarissa Janice Styer
  • Ashley VanGilder
  • Jonathan VerSteeg
  • Sarah Alexis Weathersbee
  • Lauren Marie Young

President Sparks Awards

This award is presented annually to those undergraduate degree candidates who have earned a 4.00 (A) cumulative grade-point average based on at least 36 graded Penn State credits completed by the end of the fall semester of the academic year the award is given. Candidates are eligible for this award if they have not exceeded 59 total credits earned. (College Board advanced placement credits are not counted in the total credits earned for purposes of this award.)

  • Cassidie A Best
  • Philip Michael Chamberlin
  • Haley Chambers
  • Case David Donaldson
  • Andrew David Graupensperger
  • Noah Christopher Hillegass
  • Taylor Victoria Kalke
  • Lindsey Mae Kensinger
  • David Matthew Mueller
  • Adam Ryan Naugle
  • Emily Perry
  • Leah Starr Tippett
  • Shelby Renee Zelensky

Evan Pugh Scholar Awards for Juniors and Seniors

The Evan Pugh Scholars are those juniors and seniors who are in the upper 0.5 percent of their respective classes and have completed at least 48 graded Penn State credits at the end of the fall semester of the academic year the award is given. Candidates are eligible if they have been full-time undergraduate students for at least four semesters prior to selection. The juniors this year have cumulative grade point averages of 3.97 and above. The seniors this year have cumulative grade-point averages of 3.99 and above.

  • Makenna Betar
  • Brett Eckenrode
  • Emma Hoover
  • Abigail Rose Hyde
  • Rachel Kosaka

Student Government Association Awards

  • Excellence in Classroom Teaching Award—Dr. Lindsey Lilienthal
  • Excellence in Academic Advising Award—Gail Good
  • Student Organization of the Year Award—Altoona Benefiting THON
  • Student Organization Adviser of the Year Award—Donna Pearlman

Student Life Awards

  • Butterfield and McHale Business Student Award—Dominic Frucella
  • Butterfield and McHale Business Student Award—Hannah Reading
  • Student Activities Leadership Award—Olivia Sharrow
  • Student Activities Leadership Award—Lauren Itle-Szpala
  • Student Activities Leadership Award—Carlos Flores
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award—Adeola Hannah Adewole
  • Living the Values Award—Dani Fry
  • Lions Pride Award—Jenna Cumming
  • Lions Pride Award—Rae Griffith
  • Lions Pride Award—Allena McKinley
  • Lions Pride Award—Andrew Sciacca
  • Servant Leader Award—Madleen Anes
  • Student Organization President Award—Kevin Hoffner
  • Club Sports Leadership Award—Leah Myers
  • Outstanding Achievement in Programming Award—Agriculture Club
  • Blue & White Society Award—Kara Wright
  • Penn State Altoona Alumni Society Student Award for Outstanding Service—Kyle Reese
  • The Baccalaureate Degree Award—Abigail Hyde
  • Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award—Allyson Givler

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