Undergraduate Student Awards and Honors: December 2015
The Braddock Scholarship
The Braddock Scholarship, an award for exceptional freshman science students, was established by the late Homer Frick Braddock, a Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania native, who earned his bachelor’s degree in mining engineering from Penn State in 1906. The Braddock Scholarship is available to outstanding high-school seniors who are interested in studying science at Penn State. Since 1984, this generous gift and prestigious financial award has provided needed and helpful funds to over 240 deserving students.
The 2015 Braddock Scholars are:
Freshmen:
- Rebecca Brussard
- Colleen Conway
- Mackenzie Mauger
- Rosalie Sowers
- Stephen Thornton
Sophomores:
- Matthew Allen
- Robert Liu
- Steven Makkar
- Riddhi Patel
- Mila Tamminga
- Collin Van San
Juniors:
- Nathan Arnett
- Laura M. Beebe
- Alice Y. Cai
- Sarah N. Galang
- Elizabeth M. Lesko
- Jiang Jingyi
- James L. Johnston
- Michelle Lai
- Joseph K. Puthenpurayil
- Amanda C. Reese
- Kokila Shankar
- Grant T. Smith
Seniors:
- Victoria A. Bertocci
- Joshua T. Bram
- Sarah Chang
- Valerie M. Lindner
- Janine Mistrick
- Jacqueline R. Patterson
- Avik M. Sarker
- Shalome L. Sine
- Priyanka K. Solanki
- Rachel J. Thomas
- Anna K. Wing
Doris N. McKinstry Scholarship 2015
The scholarship was established by Doris McKinstry to recognize and support outstanding female undergraduate students enrolled in (or planning to enroll in) the Biology or Premedicine majors in the Eberly College of Science, who have earned a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, and who are permanent residents of Pennsylvania.
Students receiving the scholarship for 2015/2016 are:
Freshmen:
- Coreena Chan
- Bridget Garrity
- Omobolanle Odusoga
Sophomores:
- Phoebe Ingraham
- Afsha Mumtaz
- Briana Neidig
- Victoria Oladipo
- Huyan Tran
Juniors:
- Casey Graham
- Victoria Spadoni
Seniors:
- Maren Healey
- Kayla Kisan
- Joohyeong Lee
- Bo Jung
- Haley Randolph
Millennium Scholars Program 2015
The following students have been awarded a scholarship:
Cohort #1 (2013)
- Kaleb Bogale
- Emily Cribas
- Sachira Denagamage
- David Heineman
- Liyana Ido
- Rebecca Plessel
- Taylor Soucy
- Victoria Spadafora
Cohort #2 (2014)
- Tiffany Bamfo
- Stephanie Brown
- Connor Cassady
- Patricia DeTomas Medina
- Alexandra Nader
- Emma Price
- Gabrielle Swain
- Olivia Vilella
- Inger Wang
- Sneha Yennawar
Cohort #3 (2015)
- Brian Carvajal
- Arthur Chinery
- Phillip Clauer
- Amanda Craine
- Brandon Cruz
- Andrea Gade
- Talayah Johnson
- Idan Kantor
- Jonathan Kizer
- Joash Lake
- David Lee
- Sarah Magee
- Fabiola Maldonado
- Ishan Phadke
- Takara Richard
- Olivia Richards
- Ivan Yen
- Madeleine Zalenski
Science Dean’s Scholarship 2015
The scholarship is for math and science students who begin their Penn State degrees at one of the Commonwealth campuses, and who transition to University Park to complete a degree in the Eberly College of Science.
Students receiving the scholarship for 2015/2016 are:
Juniors:
- Morgan Acker
- Susan Boun
- Whitney Brown
- Mia Casale
- Dillon Costantini
- Amber Delhagen
- Taylor Egner
- Edgar Elias
- Bria-Elise Jones
- Christina Kasmer
- Wyatt Keck
- Michael Mensah
- Brandon Mouery
- Ryan Mouery
- Shea Myers
- Mit Patel
- Ruhiben Patel
- Tanmay Patel
- Brittany Ricardo
- Steven Sebzda
- Erica Sidorowicz
- Alicia Tripp
Seniors:
- Nicholas Borden
- Brittany Boucher
- Bridget Brafi
- Kimberly Brafi
- Megan Criswell
- Matthew Downing
- Anthonia George
- Colleen Gross
- Devina Harnita
- Connie Hernandez
- Marisa Madsen
- Brieyanna McWilliams
- Juanita Mennor
- Ebone Selfridge
- Tadir Shapir
- Priscilla Sintim-Agyeman
- Joshua Wilkins