Friday, May 5, 2023
Photos by Alexis M. Burrell, student photographer
Fifteen Student Leadership & Involvement Awards – as well as a scholarship or three – were recently presented in the Thompson Professional Development Center. The program, a heartwarming tradition of the Office of Student Engagement, honors campus leaders, their mentors among Penn College's faculty and staff, and the student organizations that have left their mark on yet another academic year.
The evening's honorees gleefully amass outside the PDC.
BSU President Ashlee E. Massey, of Williamsport, accepts the organization's award from Meghan Deslite Coleman, assistant director of student engagement. Massey will graduate this month with a bachelor’s degree in human services & restorative justice.
Most Improved Student Organization of the Year
Black Student Union
New Program of the Year
Sunday Funday
Wildcat Events Board
New Program of the Year
Tipsy Turns
CDJ Resident Assistant Staff
Emerging Student Leader of the Year
Savannah Zook
Outstanding Program of the Year
Arc Asylum
American Welding Society
The Human Services & Restorative Justice Club, represented here by soon-to-graduate Zakariah Jae, of Williamsport, was triply honored during the evening, snagging a pair of program awards and boasting the year's top adviser.
Outstanding Philanthropy Project
Speak Out Social
Human Services & Restorative Justice Club and Sigma Pi Fraternity
The ever-active members of the Diesel Performance Club celebrate with faculty after their deserved selection as the Outstanding Student Organization of the Year.
Outstanding Student Organization of the Year
Penn College Diesel Performance Club
Outstanding Community Service Project
Spreading Smiles in Williamsport
Student American Dental Hygienists' Association
Student Leader Committed to Diversity and Social Justice
Ivy Baker
Student Leader of the Year
Sophia Wiest
Unsung Hero of the Year
Chike Nwachukwu
Penn College Community Betterment Program of the Year
Mental Health Discussion Series
Human Services & Restorative Justice Club
Fraternity Scholar of the Year
Kolton Corchado
Phi Mu Delta
Logan A. Sands, a heating, ventilation & air conditioning engineering technology student from Linwood, N.J., accepts fraternity academic honors on behalf of Sigma Pi. At right is Jaycie M. Loud, assistant director of student engagement.
Harnish – presented here with a Student Leader Legacy Scholarship by Shelley L. Moore, senior director of the Center for Career Design – is also active in the AWS student chapter, organizers of the fiendishly frightful Arc Asylum. The Halloween scarefest, a tradition in the welding lab, was named the year's outstanding program.
Jim W. Green, associate director of financial aid, with Sustainable Lifestyle Scholarship recipient Niedermyer
In addition, Student Leader Legacy Scholarships were presented to Nikolas J. Harnish, a welding & fabrication engineering technology student from Newmanstown, and Alec D. Rees, of Centerport, N.Y.; the Sustainable Lifestyle Scholarship was awarded to Sadie S.E. Niedermyer, an architecture & sustainable design major from Spring Mills.
A blue carpet leads to a night of celebration ...
... and, in true Penn College culinary fashion, delicious food.
Awards sit on a smartly adorned table, anticipating transfer to praiseworthy hands.
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