Alumni Society Scholarship

In 2013, the Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society Board of Directors created a scholarship for students at the campus. The scholarship is based on scholarship, leadership, and need.

Applications open in August and selections are made in mid-September each year. The recipients are selected by the awards committee of the Society.

Fill out the scholarship application

Student Awards

Do you know an undergraduate or graduate student who has demonstrated potential for future achievement in a chosen field? Does this person meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Active in community affairs or professional organizations
  • Active in campus activities
  • Achieved academic distinction
  • Worked his/her way through college

If you know an undergraduate or graduate student who meets these qualifications, they are eligible to be nominated for the Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society Undergraduate or Graduate Student Award, both of which are presented annually at the Student awards ceremony in April

Nominations may come from faculty, staff, other students, or be self-nominating. They are due by Friday, February 23, 2024 at noon.

Graduating Senior Award

The Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society honors a graduating senior and a graduate student each April with the Graduating Senior and Graduate Student Awards.

Nomination Form

The Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society honors a graduating senior and a graduate student each April with the Graduating Senior and Graduate Student Awards.

Alumni Society Student Awards Nomination Form

Award Recipients

(1991 to present)

Prior to 2011, this award was known as the Graduating Senior Award.

  • 2024 - Meme Eichner - ’24 Biology
  • 2023 - Arisha Tariq - ’23 Biology
  • 2022 - Naufal Murtadza - ’22 Civil Engineering
  • 2021 – Emily Dempsey - ’21 English
  • 2020 – Pravallika Sanke – ’20 Biology
  • 2019 – Rabab A. Husain – ’19 Biology
  • 2018 – Erica Noss – ’18 Marketing and Managment
  • 2017 - Kaitlyn G. Carmo - ’17 Biology
  • 2016 - Fay Ansary - ’16 Science
  • 2015 - Heather Gilbertson Wilford - ’14 Psychology
  • 2014 - Peter Aziz- ’14 Civil Engineering 
  • 2013 - David Lane- ’13 Mechanical Engineering Technology
  • 2012 - Autumn Proctor- ‘12 Elementary Education
  • 2011 - Phillip J. Nelson- ‘11 English & Interdisciplinary Humanities
  • 2010 - Kelsey Kerr ’10 Information and Science Technology
  • 2009 - Katie Fike '09 Elementary Education
  • 2008 - Kevin Scharlau '08 Elementary Education
  • 2007 - Sara O'Neal - '07 Elementary Education
  • 2006 - Kathleen Winters - '05 Pubic Policy
  • 2005 - William A. Howe - '04 Communications
  • 2004 - Carey Heistand - '04 Applied Behavioral Science
  • 2003 - Charles M. Dowell - '02 Criminal Justice
  • 2002 - Barbara L. Gertzen- ’02 Communications
  • 2001 - Roderick L. Lee- ’00 Marketing, ’01g MBA, ’02g IST, ’08 PhD in IST
  • 2000 - Barbara L. Roy- ’99 Communications
  • 1999 - Regina A. Janocko - '98 Nurse
  • 1997 - Cindy Kay Winterborne – ’97 Elementary Education
  • 1996 - Frank J. Divonzo Jr. – ’96 Public Policy, ’03g Communication Psychology and Social Change
  • 1995 - Donald E. Stoner- ’95 Humanities Business
  • 1994 - Michele J. Delese- ’94 Secondary Education Social Studies
  • 1993 - Mary Lynne Kniley ’93 Professional Accountancy, ’07g MBA
  • 1992 - Kelly Jo (Lieberman) Cope- ’92 Communications
  • 1991 - Joanne K. (Hoover) Reinert- ’91 Marketing

(2002 to present)

  • 2024 - Nicole Harris ’24 Applied Clinical Psychology
  • 2023 - Mingean Park ’24 Ph.D. Public Administration
  • 2022 - Qing Ma ’22 Applied Clinical Psychology 
  • 2021 – Jared Frederick ’24 Ph.D. American Studies
  • 2020 – Jamie Noerpel 20 Ph.D. American Studies
  • 2019 – Manasi R. Sathe ’19 Health Administration
  • 2018 – Katarina Winhaeur – ’18g Community Psychology
  • 2017 - Daniela Barberi Torres – ’17g Criminal Justice
  • 2016 - Eric Walker, M.D. - ’16g Health Admin
  • 2015 - Jeffrey Copus - ’15g Communications
  • 2014 - David Puglia- Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies 
  • 2013 - Kadee Brinser -’13g Criminal Justice
  • 2012 - Lauren Lewis- ’12g Literacy Education
  • 2011 - Trevor J. Blank- ’11g Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies
  • 2009 - Michael Kotovsky ’08, ’13g Computer Science
  • 2008 - Stephanie Sherant ’07g Environmental Pollution Control
  • 2007 - Heather Stuckey- ’97, ’07g Doctorate in Adult Education
  • 2006 - Monica Minter Jones - '06g Public Administration
  • 2005 - Georgeanne H. Burkholder - '98g MPA, MBA
  • 2004 - Ella Dowell - '01g MPA
  • 2003 - Ray A. Virgo - '03g INFSY, MBA
  • 2002 - Irma J. Villanueva Cruz ’02g Health Education