Award
- Framed Certificate
- Engraved plaques to be displayed on campus honoring these and subsequent winners
- Two awards will be given: one for On-Site students and one for Off-Site students
Eligibility
- Nominee must be 21 years-of-age or older
- Nominee must be enrolled at Penn State Mont Alto during the semester of nomination
- Any student in a Penn State Mont Alto degree program
- On-site: a student who has successfully completed 36 credits by the end of the semester of nomination. At least 18 of these credits must have been completed at Penn State Mont Alto
- Off-site: a student who has successfully completed at least 6 courses for a total of 18 credits
Criteria for Judging
- Difficult circumstances to overcome in order to pursue higher education
- Success in coping with numerous roles
- Innovative approaches to meeting personal education needs
- Supportive of others returning to school
- Contributions to campus and community
- Sensitizing the institution to the needs of adult students
- Cumulative grade point average
Procedure
- Nominations accepted from any Mont Alto student, faculty, or staff member. Self-nominations also accepted.
- Nomination must include
- Letter of nomination outlining the student’s qualifications for the award as they relate to established criteria (see below)
- Nomination Form (see below)
Selection Committee
- Adult Learner Club Adviser
- Student Affairs Representative
- Continuing Education Representative
- Faculty Member
Nomination Deadline
5 p.m., March 22, 2024
Past Recipients
2023 Holly Hemler
2022 Casey Hammond
2021 Bret Newbould
2020 Dori Dunkle
2019 Daniel K. Allen
2018 Kimberly Speak-Larson
2017 Heather Carbaugh
2017 Renee Lawyer
2016 Elizabeth Buckwalter
2015 Sarah Topper
2014 Anthony Council
2013 Lisa Selser
2012 Amy Lawson
2011 Gladys Cooper
2010 Matthew Miller
2009 Christine Washington
2008 Cathy Hansen
2007 Dwain D. Sheffler
2006 Elizabeth Shearer-Stiles
2005 Danielle Ramsay & Briette Baxter
2004 April Swartz & Heidi Gilbert
2003 Carla Voorstad & Cheryl Runshaw
2002 Edna Miller & Samuel Metz
2001 Stella Martz & Angela Oberholzer
2000 David Bliss & Kimberly Kriner
1999 Joyce Leppo