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Outstanding Student Veteran Award

Award

  • Framed Certificate
  • Engraved plaque to be displayed on campus honoring winners

Eligibility

  • Nominees must be active military, reserve, or national guard or a veteran having served in the U.S Armed Services.
  • Nominees must be enrolled at Penn State Mont Alto during the semester of nomination.
  • Student veterans who have demonstrated academic achievement and who have made a meaningful contribution to the University or broader community may be nominated. Nominees do not necessarily have to be in an assigned leadership role. 

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 other veterans returning to school
  • Contributions to campus and/or community
  • Sensitizing the institution to the needs of student veterans

Procedure

  • Nominations accepted from any Mont Alto student, faculty, or staff member. 
  • 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

  • Student Veteran Club Advisor
  • Director of Development Representative
  • Faculty Member
  • Director of Student Affairs (non-voting)

Nomination Deadline

5 p.m., March 24, 2023

Past Recipients

2020       Ben Cai
2019       Grayson B. Whistler
2018       John Wiesniewski
2017       Peter Lancaster
2016       Joshua Hersl
2015       Benjamin Stephey
2014       Joshua D. Adams
2013       Allen Stephey

Nomination Form

Please use this resizable area to write a detailed nomination - up to a two-page equivalent.

Academic and Leadership Award Nominations

  • The Martha A. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching (for full-time faculty)
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  • Outstanding Student Veteran Award
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