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Student of the Year Award Applications - Encourage Your Students to Apply!


It's time to recognize your talented students who have completed internships, co-ops, field, clinical or other academic experiential learning experiences with the 2020-2021 JoAnne Day Student of the Year Awards! PennACE recognizes one recipient in each category with a plaque and $500 cash award presented to them by their respective career center.  


Students can apply for awards in the following categories based on the nature of their experiential learning experience related to (or similar to):

  • STEM Award: engineering, computer science/information technology, sciences or research.

  • Liberal Arts Award:  educational services, social science/service, humanities or human services, government, communication, arts, or entertainment.

  • Business Award: business, marketing, management, accounting, business development or strategy, or finance.

  • Associate Degree Award: Students in an Associates program who have completed an experience related to any category (STEM, Liberal Arts, or Business)

To be considered for the award, online application packets must meet the following criteria:

  1. Contain information on an experiential learning experience that occurred only between August 2019 – August 2020

  2. Have all of the following documents submitted online by November 20, 2020:

  • Application Form with student essay and resume submitted online by the student

  • Letter of Support submitted online by the Internship Supervisor

  • Letter of Support submitted online by University personnel (faculty, staff or administrator)

Application criteria, instructions, and links to forms are on the PennACE website at  www.pennace.info/joanne-day-award and are due by Friday, November 20, 2020.

The SOTY committee looks forward to reviewing your student application packets:

  • Heather Balas, Mercyhurst University

  • Diana Brush, Clarion University

  • Meaghan Clister, California University

  • Josh Domitrovich, Clarion University

  • Krissie Doppelheuer, California University

  • Kristen Fike, Central Penn College

  • Cara Fulton, Community College of Allegheny County

  • Patty Gochenauer, Penn State Mont Alto

  • Emma Kovaks, Mercyhurst University

  • Anne Landon, Lycoming College

  • Laura Riazzi, Gannon University

  • Tammy Stubert, Juniata College

  • Kolleen Sullivan, Mercyhurst University

  • Kimberly Woodley, Saint Vincent College

Please direct questions to Diana Brush, Member-at-Large, Student of the Year Committee, at PennACESOTY@gmail.com.


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