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Penn State Berks holds University Scholastic Awards Ceremony

Penn State Berks students will receive recognition at the University Scholastic Awards Ceremony on April 2, in the Multipurpose Room of the Perkins Student Center. The awards presented included the President’s Freshman Award, the President Sparks Award, and the Evan Pugh Scholars Award.

The President’s Freshman Award is presented annually to undergraduate degree candidates and provisional students who have earned a 4.00 (A) cumulative GPA based on at least 12 graded Penn State credits completed by the end of the fall semester of the academic year the award is given. Candidates are eligible for this award if they have not exceeded 35 total credits earned. Students receiving this award included Oghenerukevwe E. Akpoghiran, Tara M. Arthur, Baixue Chen, Gerardo A. Colmenares Navarro, David J. Eltz, Sarah N. Fieger, Katherine A. Fisher, Allison Hammer, Katie J. Hess, Payton E. Horst, Thomas Jones Jr., Eric M. Kantner, Ruiyong Ma, Cezary Mikoluk, Jacquelyn Nowotarski, Jessalyn C. Rohrbaugh, Keerti Sharma, Kevin Shung, Noah P. Unger, Tamuno-Negiyeof Warmate, Sydnie M. Weeks, Atalie F. Winters, David Wisser and Hongliu Zhu.

The President Sparks Award is presented annually to those undergraduate degree candidates who have earned a 4.00 (A) cumulative GPA based on at least 36 graded Penn State credits completed by the end of the fall semester of the academic year the award is given. Candidates are eligible for this award if they have not exceeded 59 total credits. Students receiving this award included Morgan R. Buchanan, Luke W. Fry, Elizabeth C. Leiby, Megan N. Olsen, Adriana Perez Camacho, Laura R. Post and Jennifer N. Smith.

The Evan Pugh Scholars Award is presented to those juniors and seniors who are in the upper 0.5 percent of their respective classes and have completed at least 48 graded Penn State credits at the end of the fall semester of the academic year the award is given. Candidates are eligible if they have been full-time undergraduate students for at least four semesters prior to selection. The juniors and seniors this year have cumulative GPAs of 3.98 and above. Students receiving this award included Denise Castro, Jeremy J. Faust, Taylor N. Hollenbach, Jordan Luu, Rahul Singh, Jennifer N. Smith and Pritpal S. Sohal.

Last Updated March 12, 2015