Students from the College of the Liberal Arts Undergraduate Studies received Multicultural Resource Center Student Awards and Undergraduate Scholastic Awards for educational and extracurricular accomplishments during the 2011-2012 academic year.
Volunteer Service Award:
Elicia Abella (Biological Anthropology)
Inspiring Student Leader Award:
Christopher King (Crime, Law, and Justice)
Leadership Award:
Dahiana Tejada (Latin American Studies)
(Juniors)
- Jill Armington (Sociology)
- Tiffany Dempsey (Crime, Law, and Justice)
- Nadine Dietrich (Psychology)
- Kaitlyn Hess (History)
- Matthew Houser (Philosophy)
- Haley Kragness (Psychology)
- Evelyn Mugge (International Politics)
- Harmony Oswald (Law and Society)
- Cory Potts (Psychology)
- Grace Schmidt (English)
- Cortney Stevens (Psychology)
- Kelsey Suloman (Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies)
- Andrew Wigman (Archaeological Science)
(Seniors)
- Laura Ariza (International Politics)
- Karissa Arthur (Psychology)
- Giulia Borriello (Psychology)
- Rachael Green (English)
- Robyn Homer (Psychology)
- Kristin Kerns (Sociology)
- Yidi Li (Psychology)
- Lisa Lotito (History)
- Jennifer Maloney (Crime, Law, and Justice)
- Meryn Oswald (English)
- Talia Pankratz (Biological Anthropology)
- Laura Ross (Political Science)
- Frank Rotiroti (Philosophy)
- Beth Rudoy (History)
The following Liberal Arts undergraduate students received the 2012 President Sparks Award for earning a 4.00 cumulative grade point average based on a minimum of 36 graded Penn State credits:
- Megan Carr (Labor Studies and Employment Relations)
- Sara Carter (International Politics)
- Justin Hatch (Liberal Arts)
- Joseph Marks (German)
- Michael Mulligan (Liberal Arts)
- Kathleen Quinn (Liberal Arts)
- Mengjia Ren (Economics)
- Rachel Robinson (Liberal Arts)
- Julia Schrank (Spanish)
- James Searfoss (English)
- Amy Simmons (Liberal Arts)
- Madison Sopic (Liberal Arts)
- Kristen Swigart (Liberal Arts)
- Katrina Taylor (Psychology)
- Chloe Weaver (Liberal Arts)
The President’s Freshman Award is presented annually to first-year students who earned a cumulative 4.00 grade point average. Liberal Arts undergraduate students receiving the 2012 President’s Freshman Award included:
- Vera Abaimova
- Robyn Behar
- Nina Boscia
- Julia Boserup
- Anna Brunner
- Alexandra Busalacchi
- Jeong Ha Choi
- Jose Figueroa Carle
- Coral Flanagan
- Laura Frey
- Caitlin Gaffney
- Amanda Gower
- Katherine Greensmith
- Benjamin Hamby
- Cailin Hayes
- Duncan Hayes
- Meghan Hennigan
- Deborah Lipson
- Erin McTiernan
- Katherine Milliken
- Paul Monella
- Chun Soo Park
- Rachel Patchen
- Benjamin Rogers
- Erin Ryan
- Siddarth Sathi
- Ricardo Sosa Machado
- Mary Spang
- Bryn Spielvogel
- Julia Warshafsky
- Megan Wolfson
- Victoria Woods
- Zachary Zern
- Samantha Zimmer
For more information on these awards, please visit:
Multicultural Resource Center Student Awards
Undergraduate Scholastic Awards