UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nominations are being accepted for the Penn State Student Achievement Awards until Dec. 14.

Nominations can be completed online.

The Student Achievement Awards recognize undergraduate and graduate students for their outstanding achievements inside and outside of the classroom and are traditionally presented at the President or Graduate Award Ceremonies in the spring.

The five awards open for nomination include the following:

• The Eric A. Walker Award recognizes a graduating senior attending the University Park campus whose activities and achievements have enhanced the public esteem and renown of Penn State.

• The John W. Oswald Award, a distinction given to graduating seniors of University Park who have provided outstanding leadership in one or more of the following:
  • scholarship
  • athletics
  • social services, religious activities and student government
  • journalism, speech and the mass media
  • creative and performing arts

• The Ralph Dorn Hetzel Award is given to graduating seniors who have demonstrated the qualities of responsible leadership during their college careers and give promise of public-spirited achievement in the future.

• The Graduate Student Service Award recognizes the graduate student who has best combined high academic achievement with leadership in University or other public activities. The award is open to graduate students who have completed at least one full year of graduate studies at Penn State. Law and medical students are not eligible for nomination. 

• The Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award is given to broad-minded juniors, seniors or graduate students who openly promote responsible citizenship and civil respect for diversity within the Penn State community while emphasizing a nature of respectful tolerance for the differences among our constituents.

Nominations for each of the listed awards can be completed online prior to Dec. 14.