Chris Rizzo, director of student affairs, presents the Walker Award to Penn State Beaver psychology major Maura Francis.
Penn State Beaver senior psychology major Maura Francis won the top student honor at the campus’ 48th annual Awards Ceremony on Friday (April 15).
Francis, who has been accepted to the psychology graduate program at St. John’s University in New York, was chosen as the 2015-16 Eric A. & Josephine S. Walker Award winner.
Ziting Wang won Outstanding Student of the Year.
Each spring, the Beaver campus honors its outstanding students, staff and faculty for their work inside and outside of the classroom.
This year’s recipients are:
Baccalaureate Award in Administration of Justice: Ryan Zagorski
Baccalaureate Award in Business: Amy Arnold
Baccalaureate Award in Information Sciences and Technology: Tyler Frank
Baccalaureate Award in Psychology: Kylie Todd
College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Award: Timothy Fill
College of Engineering, Computer Science Award: Keegan Killen
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Award: Drago Hurst
College of Health and Human Development, Hotel Management Award: Rebecca Dischman
College of The Liberal Arts, English Award: Zachary Pinkosky
College of The Liberal Arts, Sociology Award: Kristian Tienda-Langa
College of The Liberal Arts, Philosophy Award: Tara Kubik
Eberly College of Science, Biology Award: Sam Younes
Eberly College of Science, Chemistry Award: Taylor Carlin
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Computer Science Award: Samuel Williams
University College, Administration of Justice Award: Marco Graziani
University College, Business, Marketing and Management Award: Courtney Walker
University College, IST, Systems Design and Development Award: Derek Bozic
University College, Psychology Award: Jessica Findling
Honors Program, Campus Honors: Christy Abraham, Madison Becker, Leah Berry, Zachery Bonazza, Jordan Devault, Brooke Doerfler, Skyler Ferringer, Lauren Hudnall, Levi Johnson, Xi Lin, Sophia Loza, Megan Lysowski, Alyssa Marich, Kalyn Marksteiner, Jennifer Medarac, Candace Orellana, Jesse Osborne, Brianna Rice, Donovan Schmersal, Samual Sharpless, Katrina Stanley, Kristian Tienda-Langa, Lucas VanKeuren, Savanna Whalen, Nita Williams, Paige Williams
Honors Program, College Honors: Amy Arnold
President’s Freshman Award: Andrea Blakemore, Joseph Burchanowski, Paul Lutz Jr., Joseph Pry, Paul Varner, Mingyu Xue, Xiaoying Zhou
Student Life Leadership Awards: Alberto Araiza, Allison Crouse, Brianna D’Itri, Alissa Ketterer, Kaitlyn Work, Julie Worst
Community Service Award: Blue and White Society
Outstanding Club Advisor: Rachel Zughaib
Outstanding Academic Advisor: Mari Pierce
Adult Achievement Award: Robert Chamberlain
Advisory Board Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award: Leo Takahashi
Advisory Board Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award: Andrew Mayle
Advisory Board Faculty Excellence in Research Award: Mari Pierce
Advisory Board Faculty Excellence in Service Award: JoAnn Chirico
Advisory Board Staff Excellence Award: BJ Bertges
Advisory Board Staff Service Award: Kim Lawrence
Penn State Beaver Outstanding Student of the Year Award: Ziting Wang
2015-16 Eric A. & Josephine S. Walker Award: Maura Francis
April Johnston
Public Relations Director, Penn State Beaver
