MONT ALTO, Pa. — Penn State Mont Alto honored students and faculty members achieving academic and teaching excellence during the annual Academic Awards Ceremony in the Multipurpose Activities Center (MAC) on April 2.
Student Awards Presentation
Chancellor’s Award — Kyle Evans
Musician's Club — Matthew Brechbill, Patrick Doyle and Jonathan Weber
Academic Achievement in Baccalaureate Nursing Program — William H. Myers III, Mary Shriver and Laura Smith
Academic Achievement in RN-to-B.S. Program — Katherine Miller, Echo Plank and Tracy Rockey
Academic Achievement in 2-Year Information Sciences and Technology — Emily Lautenbach
Academic Achievement in Information Sciences and Technology — Dayne Conner, Corbin Starner and Bryton Zook
Leadership in Information Sciences and Technology Program — Derek Reschke and Corbin Starner
Chess Club — Matthew Brechbill
LatinX Club — Kevin Osmin Lizama
Musician’s Club — Matthew Brechbill, Patrick Doyle and Jonathan Weber
Academic Achievement in Physical Therapist Assistant Program — Susan Brubaker and Tara Hood
Lion Ambassadors Outstanding First-year — Kole Michael Barrick
Lion Ambassadors Outstanding Leader — Miranda Buckheit
Academic Achievement in First–year Occupational Therapy Assistant — John Wiesniewski
Academic Achievement in Second–year Occupational Therapy Assistant — Taylor Benedict
Evan Pugh Scholar Award (Junior) — Jenna Rockwell
Evan Pugh Scholar Award (Senior) — Dayne Conner and Cheyenne Myers
Mont Alto Associate Degree Scholastic Award — Brian Darius
Mont Alto Baccalaureate Degree Scholastic Award — Echo Plank
2017 President Sparks Award — Troy Miller and Jason Schaubroeck
2017 President’s Freshman Award — Dylan Black, Christopher Bryan, Abriana Cain, Aubreigh Doran, Tyler Martin, Nathaniel Meyer, Brayden Thomas and Noah Walls
Academic Achievement in the College of Liberal Arts — Elizabeth Fitz
Outstanding Student in the College of Agricultural Sciences — Dillon Gruver and Logan Holland
Academic Achievement in the College of Education — Alani Austin
Academic Excellence in the Mont Alto Campus Honors Program — Dillon Gruver and Dylan Kleine
Academic Achievement in Supply Chain and Information System — Carlos Pimentel
Outstanding Student in B.A. Letters, Arts, and Sciences — Benjamin Stephey and Gillian Colley
Academic Achievement in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — Daniel Watkins
Outstanding Student in the Eberly College of Science — Samantha Deibel and Nathaniel Meyer
Academic Achievement in Forest Technology — Dylan Black and Levi Canon
College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society Award — Jeremy Newman
Student Government Association Senate — Linda Batz, Madison McCallum, Karl Shanoltz and Melizza Zavala Duran
Forestry Club — Jeremy Newman
Division of Undergraduate Studies Academic Excellence Award — Mandy Cook and Navjit Singh
Resident Assistant of the Year — Dillon Gruver
Environmental Club — Dillon Gruver
Academic Achievement in the College of Engineering — Jordan Brumfield, Patrick Doyle and Noah Walls
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Club — Alexis N. Smith
CAMP (Campus Activities and Multicultural Programs) — Reagan Klinedinst
Project Team: College — Reagan Klinedinst
THON — Cole Marcus Herzing and Christopher Overdorff
Allies Club — Mariah Boccardi
Excellence in Women’s Studies — Gillian Colley
Outstanding Adult Learner — Renee Lawyer (on-site) and Heather Carbaugh (off-site)
Academic Achievement in Communication — Alexandra Zombro
Student Veterans Association — Grayson Whistler
Outstanding Student Veteran — Peter Lancaster
Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) — Kaitlin Christina Ganoe and Hannah Kauffman
Student Activity Fee — Gabrielle Grove, Dillon Gruver, Nicole Halbrendt, Tristin Iannone, Nicole Nygard, Karl Shanoltz and Mary Shriver
Student Government Association— Brent Carpenter, Reagan Klinedinst, Alyssa Munns, Nicole Nygard, Carlos Pimentel, Trishtan Sopko and Melizza Zavala Duran
The Eric A. and Josephine Walker Award for Outstanding Student Leadership — Christopher Overdorff
Faculty Awards Presentation
Martha A. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching — John Bardi
SGA Award for Excellence in Advising — Lauraine Hawkins