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Greater Allegheny students, faculty and staff honored at awards ceremony

Penn State Greater Allegheny recognizes students, faculty and staff at the campus' 35th annual Honors Convocation award ceremony. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

MCKEESPORT, Pa. — Penn State Greater Allegheny recently held its 35th annual Honors Convocation, recognizing students who have achieved academically, and who have shown leadership in their studies, the campus, the University and their community. 

Here is a full list of 2018 award winners:

Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society Scholarships:

Keitha-Clemon Duhaney

Raeann Sleith

Kristen Zolnierzak

G.C. Murphy Co. Foundation Scholarship:

T.J. Buchko

Shawn Dainty

Campus Leadership Awards

John W. Beatty Memorial Scholarship:

Keitha-Clemon Duhaney

Jeffrey Hunter Hawke

Raeann Sleith

Bruce A. Heyworth-Andrew J. Traina Athletic Memorial Award:

Hayley Maksin

Jordan Payne

Kalich Family Student Government Leadership Award:

Rebecca Capozzi

JoAnne E. Burley Leadership Scholarship:

Keitha-Clemon Duhaney

Jeffery Hunter Hawke

Rhickisha Hinkson

Tony Patterson Brown

Adam Smith

Eric & Josephine Walker Award:

Raeann Sleith

Faculty and Staff Awards and Honors

Penn State Greater Allegheny Faculty Teaching Award:

Kuei-Nuan Lin

Penn State Greater Allegheny Staff Excellence Award:

April Belback

Kathy Hill

Penn State Greater Allegheny Award of Excellence in Advising:

Kristal Tucker

Penn State Greater Allegheny for Excellence in Community Engagement:

Dave Davis

Klemans and Sichi Awards:

Patricia A. Klemens Memorial Scholarship

Curtis Newby

Dr. Edward Sichi Jr. Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Loren Baseler

Psi Chi:

Eric Arbogast

Livia Bodner

Keitha-Clemon Duhaney

Savanna Naylor

Signma Beta Delta:

Timothy Angelo

Nina Crystol-Santiago

William Kahanic III

Luke Robinson

Tyler Sayles

Craig Slepsky

Jacob Thieret

Cameron Urbanus

Matthew Zovko, Jr.

Honors Awards

Kay Harvey Honors Award:

Zachary Pollack

Schreyer Honors College:

Loren Baseler

David Lengel

Honors Recognition:

Marin Marina

Zachary Pollack

Loren Baseler

Chloe Fine

Jeffrey Hunter Hawke

David Lengel

Brianna Lundy

Julie Martin

Tina Pan

Allison Pruitt

Adam Smith

T.J. Buchko

Payton Burnsworth

Zainab Hameedullah

Maria Koedel

Bowei Lin

Luke Medich

William Mellinger

Ryan Murphy

Christopher Pena Grana

Jacquelyn Seltzer

Katarina Shields

Haley Snyder

Alexander Van Hulten

Timothy Volkar

Xueyao Wang

Penn State Greater Allegheny Chancellor’s Literacy and Visual Arts Awards:

Bradley Walker

Raeann Sleith

Equity Scholarships for Excellence Awards:

Kedar Dhital

Keitha-Clemon Duhaney

Academic Achievement Awards:

Timothy Angelo

Eric Arbogast

Joshua E. Arroyo

Kristina Atherholt

Marc Bailey

Loren Baseler

Livia Bodner

Jaden Bridges

Sarah Burke

Samuel Cabot

Darwin Christian

Kedar Dhital

Keitha-Clemon Duhaney

Junjia Fan

Gary Faupel

Zainab Hameedullah

Jeffery Hunter Hawke

Kaitlyn Innerst

David Lengel

Nira Madison

Jercara Magwood Jones

Hayley Maksin

Marin Marina

Julie Martin

Savanna Naylor

Tina Pan

Taylin Panella

Tyler Peters

Namrata Pokhrel

Zachary Pollack

Allison Pruitt

Benjamin Sander

Rebecca Scrip

Joshua Sklar

Raeann Sleith

Adam Smith

Jagesh Subba

Myelodie Turner

Cameron Urbanus

Timothy Volkar

Nathan Withers

Kassidy Wyman

Kayla Zeigler

University Awards

President’s Freshman Award:

Marc Bailey

Sarah Burke

Ryan Murphy

Haley Snyder

Alexander Van Hulten

Stephen Willoughby

President Sparks Award:

Samuel Cabot

Faculty Awards for Academic Excellence

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Administration of Justice:

Gary Faupel

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Arts/Humanities:

Kaitlyn Innerst

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Biobehavioral Health:

Adam Smith

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Business:

Raeann Sleith

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Engineering/Earth and Mineral Science:

Samuel Cabot

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in English:

Loren Baseler

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Information Sciences and Technology:

Nathan Withers

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology:

Zachary Pollack

Last Updated April 16, 2018