About the Artist

This year’s Alumni Achievement Award was designed by Sharon Siegfried. Siegfried’s career as a graphic artist spans decades. Her one-of-a-kind artwork was created especially for the award winners using various graphic design techniques. Siegfried is the manager of visual communications at Penn State Harrisburg, where she is responsible for the graphic design and visual standards of printed and digital materials. She also is an accomplished photographer.

Siegfried is a graduate of the Antonelli Institute of Art and Photography in York, Pennsylvania, with a degree in commercial art.

Before joining Penn State Harrisburg, she worked for Hershey Entertainment & Resorts as creative production manager and at Penn State’s College of Medicine as a graphic artist in BioMedical Communications.