UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Graduate School at Penn State has announced the 2020 Graduate Student Award recipients, graduate students recognized each spring for their outstanding achievements and academic excellence in research, teaching, and service.
The award recipients are listed below, by award category.
— Academic Computing Fellowship: Michael Palumbo III, doctoral student in astronomy and astrophyics with a dual title in astrobiology
— Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement Award: Thomas Nigl, doctoral student in materials science and engineering
— Ardeth and Norman Frisbey International Student Award: Terry Torres Cruz, doctoral student in Plant Pathology with a dual title in biogeochemistry
— Graduate Student Service Award: Claire Kelling, doctoral student in statistics with a dual title in social data analytics
— Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award: Irenae Aigbedion, doctoral student in comparative literature; Sarah Chapman, doctoral student in Chemistry; Yang Deng, doctoral student in art education; Eric Disbro, doctoral student in French with a dual title in women's gender and sexuality studies; Karly Etz, doctoral student in art history; Jason Freeman, doctoral student in mass communications; Katherine Kerschen, doctoral student in German with a dual title in language science; Krista Leonard, doctoral student in kinesiology; Eric Mainzer, doctoral student in architecture; and Brett Neely, doctoral student in psychology.
— Professional Master’s Excellence Award: Zsuzsanna Nagy, master's student in art; Lance Rautzhan, master's student in art education; and Isabella Salazar Jimenez, master's student in international affairs
— Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award: David Munoz, doctoral student in ecology
— Graduate Student International Research Award: Marie Louise Ryan, doctoral student in geography
— Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award: Ryan Naylor, master's student in recreation, park, and tourism management; Stella Murray, master's student in architecture; Shan Wang, master's student in information sciences and technology; and Danielle Massie, master's student in wildlife and fisheries science.
— Penn State Alumni Association Scholarship for Penn State Alumni in the Graduate School: Adam Bolotsky, doctoral student in materials science and engineering and Emily Bratlee-Whitaker, doctoral student in nursing
— Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medals: Debora Verniz, doctoral student in architecture; Megan McDonie, doctoral student in history; Chun-Wei Chen, doctoral student in electrical engineering; Bonnie McDevitt, doctoral student in environmental engineering; Parivash Moradifar, doctoral student in materials science and engineering; Courtney Clyburn, doctoral student in neuroscience; Sreenidhi Venkatachalam Srinivasan, doctoral student in molecular, cellular, and integrative biosciences; Jasmine Caulfield, doctoral student in neuroscience; Jordan Awan, doctoral student in statistics; Jonathan Guglielmon, doctoral student in physics; Gordon Sayre, doctoral student in psychology; Joel Mueller, doctoral student in rural sociology with a dual title in human dimensions of natural resources and the environment; and Marzieh Majd, doctoral student in biobehavioral health
View the full description of each of the Graduate Student Awards with contacts for further information.