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2024 Student of the Year (SOTY) Award Winners


Liberal Arts: Emily Campbell, Political Science major at PennWest Edinboro
Liberal Arts: Emily Campbell, Political Science major at PennWest Edinboro
STEM: Alicia Elder, Biology major with a Pre-Medicine Track and a minor in Spanish at Juniata College
STEM: Alicia Elder, Biology major with a Pre-Medicine Track and a minor in Spanish at Juniata College
Business: Jana Schmidt, International Business Management major at Point Park University
Business: Jana Schmidt, International Business Management major at Point Park University

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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