Fourth-Year Students

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Nathaniel Ansu Entrprnershp & Innov (UMNR)
Industrial Engr (BS)

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Leadership

Conference Planning Chair, National Society of Black Engineers; Mentor, Multicultural Engineering Program; Entrepreneur, Invent Penn State

Awards

NSBE Rookie of the Year; Diefenderfer Scholarship; Lion’s Club Community Member of the Year Scholarship

Internships

Supply Chain Intern, GE Vernova; Manufacturing and Operations Intern, Wabtec

Languages

English

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Westin Boyd Geographic Info Sci (UMNR)
Geography (UMNR)
Meteo & Atmosph Scnce (BS)
Leadership Academy (UCT)
Climate/Env Change (UCT)
Gspt Big Data Analytic (UCT)

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Leadership

Site Development Director, Alternative Breaks; College of EMS Sustainability Council Student Committee; President, West Halls Residence Association; Club Cross Country; Campus Weather Service; Penn State Branch of American Meteorological Society

Awards

Charles & Sharon Bell Scholarship for Citizenship and Leadership; Cole Scholarship in Meteorology; Matthew J. Wilson Scholarship; Student Engagement Grant for Barcelona Study Abroad

Internships

Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric and Related Science Research Experience for Undergraduates; Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program

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Dominic DiFrancesco Legal Envrn of Bus (UMNR)
Marketing (BS)
Musical Arts (BMA)

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Leadership

Public Relations Director, Movin’ On Music Festival; Student Advisor, Gender and Sexual Diversity in Schreyer; Mentor, Public Speaking Center; Penn State Opera Theater; Shades of Blue Acapella Group

Awards

Music Performance Scholarship (4 Years); Marc David Foundation Scholarship; Bruce Trinkley Service Award

Internships

Property Research Intern, CBRE; Marketing Intern, Bucks County Housing Group

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Rasha Elwakil Geography (BS)
History (UMNR)
Journalism (UMNR)
Geogrphic Info Scnce (UCT)

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Leadership

Student Body Vice President, UPUA 19th Assembly; Undergraduate Committee Member, Earth and Mineral Sciences; Next-Gen Leadership Academy; Lion Ambassadors; DEI Coordinator, Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority; Junior Panhellenic Council

Awards

Speaker at Youth vs. Gov Environmental Series Conference, Speaker at UPUA Sustainability Summit, Civic Engagement Award, Presidents Excellence Award Program, PTA Service Award; Millennium Scholars Program

Internships

Global Youth Storytelling and Research Lab and Jury Duty Research Lab; Summer 2024 Division of Development and Alumni Relations DEI Host Unit; Tree-Plenish Internship

Languages

English; Arabic

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Olivia Fisher Digtal Med Trnd & Analy (UMNR)
Marketing (BS)

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Leadership

Executive Vice President, Lion Ambassadors; Lead Intern, Presidential Leadership Academy; Delta Zeta Sorority

Service

Volunteer, Penn State Harmony

Awards

Smeal College of Business Dean’s List

Internships

Marketing, Communications, and Analytics Intern, Penn State Alumni Association

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Charles Irvin English (UMNR)
Film Production (BA)
Sustainablty Ldrship (UMNR)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

Media Chair, Student Sustainability Advisory Council; Videographer and Editor, CommAgency; News Reporter and Podcast Host, Daily Collegian; College of Communications Student Council Alumni Relations and Professionalism Executive; University Faculty Senate Student Senator; College of Communications Peer Mentor; Penn State Club Swim

Awards

Bellisario Fellows; Public Humanities Fellows; Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society; Delta Kappa Alpha Cinematic Society

Internships

Penn State Hollywood Program

Languages

English; Italian

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Josephine James Politics&Public Policy (UMNR)
Security & Rsk Analy (BS)

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Leadership

Lead Intern, Family Ambassador; Diplomat, College of IST

Awards

Dean's List, College of IST

Internships

Cybersecurity Intern, Pfizer

Languages

English; Malayalam; Spanish

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Megan Kang Finance (BS)
Internatl Business (UMNR)

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Leadership

Senior Advisor & Director, Nittany Lion Fund; Lead, Women on Wall Street; Teaching Assistant, Wall Street Boot Camp; Brother & Bylaws Chair, Alpha Kappa Psi; Sapphire Leadership Academic Program

Awards

PPG Foundation Scholarship; Pittsburgh Cares Scholarship

Scholarships

Schreyer Academic Excellence Scholarship; PPG Foundation Scholarship; Pittsburgh Cares Scholarship

Internships

Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Summer Analyst; Bank of America Investment Banking Sophomore Summer Analyst; Penn State Office of Investment Management Investment Intern

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Sabrina Knox Internationl Affairs (MIA)
Philosophy (BA)
English (BA)

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Leadership

Vice President, Graduate & Professional Student Association; Resident Assistant; President, Vocal Dimensions Jazz Ensemble; Communications & Outreach Chair, Society of Petroleum Engineers

Awards

Dean's List

Scholarships

Chapel Executive Intern

Internships

Global Communications Intern, Westinghouse Electric Company; Government Relations Intern, Westinghouse Electric Company; American Enterprise Institute; Winter Honors Program & Summer Honors Academy

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Cameron Koch Biology (BS)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

Director of Outreach, Fresh START Day of Service; Co-Founder and Secretary, CentreHelps Club; On-Site Coordinator, Red Cross Club; Hotline Counselor, CentreHelps; Social Chair, Schreyer Student Council; Schreyer Honors Orientation Peer Educator

Awards

Schreyer Honors College Future Leader Award; PIRE Grant; Judith Kroll Grant; NASA PA Space Grant; President Walker Award; Eberly College of Science Dean's List; Doris N. McKinstry Scholarship; Susan B. Kichline Scholarship; Academic Excellence Scholarship

Internships

Conducted a 2-month EEG study in Beijing, China (2024); Dr. Chaleece Sandberg's SANDLab; LVHN Research Scholar

Languages

English; Spanish; Mandarin

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Emmanuel Kraft Public Policy (MPP)
Comm Arts & Sciences (BS)
Political Science (BA)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

Founder and President, Global Brigades Legal Empowerment; President, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society; Co-Founder and Community Relations Coordinator, Food Recovery Network; Peer Mentor, Undergraduate Speaking Center; Peer Educator, Schreyer Honors College

Awards

College of Liberal Arts Dean’s List; Bell Scholarship for Citizenship; Kim Anderson Memorial Scholarship; O’Brien Memorial Award in CAS; Pechter Family Scholarship; Scholar Alumni Association Future Leaders Scholarship; Witmer Scholarship in Honor of Susan Welch; Schreyer Honors College Future Leader Award; Academic Excellence Scholarship

Internships

Congressional Hunger Center Zero Hunger Intern; Small Business Administration Field Operations Intern; SAFE Project Research Assistant

Languages

English; French

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Palmer Moore Finance (BS)
Internatl Business (UMNR)
Infor Systems Mangmt (UMNR)

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Leadership

President, Sapphire Leadership Academic Program; Member, Smeal Business Ethics Case Team; Brother, Alpha Kappa Psi; THON™ Committee

Awards

President Walker Award; Academic Excellence Scholarship; Fisher House Foundation Scholarship; President Sparks Award

Scholarships

PSU DC Metro Alumni Association Scholarship, MOAA Scholarship, Schreyer Academic Excellence, Wings Over America Scholarship

Internships

Johnson & Johnson Corporate Finance Intern

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Nicole Nieves Digtal Med Trnd & Analy (UMNR)
Journalism (BA)
Smeal Business Cert (UCT)

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Leadership

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications; CommRadio News Anchor; Trilogy Service Organization Member

Awards

Jean Ward Lapton Memorial Award in the Bellisario College of Communications

Internships

Digital Wealth News Media Intern

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Abigail O'Neill Agricultural Science (BS)
Comm Arts & Mass Mda (UMNR)
Intrnatl Agriculture (UMNR)
Journalism (UMNR)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

Recruitment Chair and Senior Member, Ag Advocates; President, PSU FFA Alumni and Supporters; Treasurer, Coaly Society; Committee Member and Sustainability Ambassador, THON

Scholarships

Mario W. D'Alessio Scholarship in the College of Agricultural Sciences

Internships

Management Associate Intern - Pricing, Cargill; Senior Communications Intern, The Global Teach Ag Network

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Marianna Olaya Biology (BS)

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Leadership

Social Executive Chair, Global Medical Brigades Global Brigades; Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society; Teaching Assistant, First–Year Initiative; National Society of Leadership and Success

Awards

Eberly College of Science Dean’s List; Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar; NAACP Scholar

Scholarships

Bunton Waller Fellowship

Internships

Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) at University of Nebraska Medical Center; NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Research; Penn State RiSE UP Program

Languages

English; Spanish

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Vraj Patel Comp Sci - Univ Park (BS)
Economics (UMNR)

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Leadership

THON™ 2024 Public Relations Captain; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Social Executive; wizardry.edits Founder and CEO

Awards

President Walker Award; Diefenderfer Scholarship; Academic Excellence Scholarship

Scholarships

Schreyer Scholarship

Internships

2024 Comcast Software Engineering Intern

Languages

English; Gujarti; Hindi

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Owen Perry Finance (BS)
Fr & Francophone Std (UMNR)
Glbl & Intrntl Studs (BA)

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Leadership

Former Vice President, Penn State Asset Management Group; Peer Adviser, College of the Liberal Arts; Paterno Fellow; Sapphire Leadership Academic Program Distinguished Member; Former Advocacy Team Member, Lion Caucus.

Scholarships

Schreyer Honors Scholar; Chapel Executive Scholarship

Internships

Global Markets Sales and Trading Summer Analysts, Bank of America

Languages

English; French

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Nicholas Peters Architecture (BARCH)

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Leadership

Studio Section Representative; PLA Class of 2023 Liaison

Awards

Architectural Drafting Award; David Gallagher Memorial Foundation Scholarship; Abington Heights Civic League, Inc. Arts Scholarship

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Mayuri Purani Psychology (BS)
Smeal Business Cert (UCT)
Diversity Studies (UCT)

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Leadership

Boulevard Penn State Member; South Asian Student Association Member; Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity; Psi Chi Honor Society; Family Ambassador, Penn State Parents Program; Penn State Arts Ticket Center; Liberal Arts Peer Advisor

Awards

College of Liberal Arts 2024 Enrichment Funding

Internships

2023 Business Operations Coordinator Intern; 2024 Communications and Social Media Intern, Fondazione Modigliani (Rome, Italy)

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David Richards Entrpris Tech Integration (BS)
Smeal Business Cert (UCT)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

Lead Video Manager, Penn State Football; Member, Schreyer Student Council; Member, IST Diplomats

Awards

President Walker Award; Academic Excellence Scholarship

Internships

IT Service Desk at St. Luke’s University Health Network

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Christian Roach Chemical Engineering (BS)

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Leadership

President, Engineering Undergraduate Council; President, Happy Valley Christian Community; Engineering Ambassador; DEI Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Mentor, Multicultural Engineering Program Orientation

Awards

Millennium Scholars Program; Palmer Township Kiwanis Club Scholarship; Links Incorporated Bucks County Chapter Services to Youth Facet Scholarship; Delta Sigma Theta; Allentown Alumnae Chapter Scholarship; Girl Scout Silver and Bronze Awards; Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award

Internships

Data Science & Mathematics REU, North Carolina A&T University; Mather Drug Delivery Lab, Penn State

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Litzy Sandoval Middle Level Education (BS)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

President, Latino Caucus; Vice-Chair of Justice and Equity, UPUA 19th Assembly; Public Relations Director, Peruvian Student Association; BLUEPrint Mentor; Sister of the Phenomenal Phi Alpha Chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Incorporated; PLA Class of 2023 Liaison

Awards

Bunton-Waller Scholar; J. Gilmartin Trustee Scholarship; Pommersheim Scholarship in Education

Languages

English; Spanish (Proficient); Japanese (Elementary)

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Emmaleigh Shinno Biomedical Engneerng (BS)

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Leadership

Lion Ambassadors; Academic Tutor for Office of President Society, Asian Scientists and Engineers; Indigenous Peoples Student Association; Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Society; National Society for Leadership and Success

Awards

Millennium Scholars Program; 2023 ABRCMS Presentation Awardee; 2023 ABRCMS Travel Awardee; 2023 SACNAS Travel Awardee; Academic Excellence Scholarship

Internships

Brown Lab, Johns Hopkins University (Upper-Limb Prosthetics); Brown Lab, Penn State University (Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine)

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Clarissa Theiss Political Science (BA)
Criminology (BA)
Classics/Anc Med Std (BA)

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Leadership

President, Team Selector, and Captain of Penn State Mock Trial; Student Advisory Board Member of American Mock Trial Association; Financial Literacy Ambassador at Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center; Peer Mentor at Speaking Center; Chief Administrative Executive of Student Fee Board

Awards

College of the Liberal Arts Dean's List; Academic Excellence Scholarship

Internships

Intern with Healthy Democracy (2023); Legislative Intern with Senator Casey (2024); Deliberative Democracy Research Tour of Ireland (2024)

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Christina Wanta Portuguese (UMNR)
Telecommunications (BA)
Spanish (BA)
Leadership Academy (UCT)

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Leadership

Associate Editor and Writer, HER Campus; Team Captain, Penn State Mock Trial; Member, Caliente Dance Company; Member, Empowering Women in Law

Awards

FLAS Fellowship for Portuguese Study; Academic Excellence Scholarship; College of Communications Dean’s List

Internships

Fall 2023 Marketing Intern, Penn State Health Promotion and Wellness; Social Media Coordinator Internship, PA Wedding Guide

Languages

English; Spanish; Portuguese