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