2024 Student of the Year (SOTY) Award Winners
![Liberal Arts: Emily Campbell, Political Science major at PennWest Edinboro](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22d08f_934f372fe1ad48be816842c98ac75434~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_304,h_457,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/22d08f_934f372fe1ad48be816842c98ac75434~mv2.jpg)
![STEM: Alicia Elder, Biology major with a Pre-Medicine Track and a minor in Spanish at Juniata College](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22d08f_969dd41e74c0449e89442734df592294~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_477,h_414,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/22d08f_969dd41e74c0449e89442734df592294~mv2.jpg)
![Business: Jana Schmidt, International Business Management major at Point Park University](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22d08f_28191205bc454650aaa728a29afc7713~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_529,h_529,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/22d08f_28191205bc454650aaa728a29afc7713~mv2.jpg)
Thank you to the 2024 SOTY Committee Members:
Diana Brush, PennWest
Kristen Fike, Central Penn College
Kristen Stratton, Pitt Greensburg
Sarah Kordish, Mount Aloysius
Doyin Awofiranye, Pittsburgh
Molly Phelps, Fastenal
Patty Gochenauer, Penn State Mont Alto
Bridgett Nobili, PennWest
Andrew Stopko, Saint Francis University (co-chair)
Christina Moreschi, PennWest
AWARD CATEGORIES:
Select the category that best represents the nature of your internship/co-op; not the employer’s industry.
Undergraduate students in a baccalaureate degree program may apply in one of the following three categories:
STEM Award: Undergraduate students must have completed an internship or co-op assignment that is related to (or similar to) engineering, computer science/information technology, sciences or research.
Liberal Arts Award: Students must have completed an internship or co-op assignment that is related to educational services, social science/service, humanities or human services, government, communication, arts, entertainment.
Business Award: Students must have completed an internship or co-op assignment that is related to business, marketing, management, accounting, business development or strategy, finance.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must have started and completed an undergraduate internship during the time period of August 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024 while enrolled in an undergraduate program at a PennACE member institution. Internships completed outside of this time frame shall not be considered. References to experiences outside of that time period on the student essay or support statements will not be considered by the selection committee. Internships completed outside of this time frame shall not be considered.
Applicants may only apply for one award category.
The internship/coop can be for credit, non-credit, paid or unpaid.
Past recipients of the award are not eligible
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