Graduate students honored with awards
At the 2016 Graduate Student Oath Ceremony held Aug. 19, 2016, a number of Penn State College of Medicine graduate students received awards for the academic accomplishments and/or their contributions to the campus community.
Stephanie Schell was awarded the Richard J. Courtney Graduate Student Prize, and Robert Nwokonko received the Patrick G. Quinn Award for Outstanding Performance by a Post-Comprehensive PhD Candidate.
Graduate Alumni Endowed Scholarship and the Class of 1971 and 1974 Awards
These awards recognize the contributions to the Penn State College of Medicine campus that have had a positive impact on their graduate colleagues and classmates.
Specifically, these students are extremely active in student organizations and activities which contribute to the graduate experience at the College of Medicine.
Recipients were:
- Brianna Hoglen, MPH student
- Jessica Parascando, MPH student
- Nick Parekh, BMS candidate
- Phillip Domeier, BMS candidate
- Caitlin Nealon, BMS candidate
- Mandi Feinberg, BMS student
- Daniel Hass, Neuroscience candidate
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Alumni Society Awards
These individuals have achieved exemplary academic records, and have additionally provided their colleagues and the College of Medicine community with examples of involvement above and beyond the expected.
- Eunice Chen, MD/PhD student (BMS)
- Brian Kinsman, MD/PhD student (BMS)
- Katelin Mirkin, master’s student in Public Health
- Rebecca LaFleur, master’s student in the Laboratory Animal Medicine graduate program
- Kathleen Schieffer, BMS candidate
- Manmeet Ravel, Physiology candidate
- Phillip Domeier, BMS candidate
- Caitlin McMenamin, Anatomy candidate
- Ross Keller, BMS candidate
- Amanda Miller, BMS candidate
Karl H. Beyer Jr. MD/PhD Scholarship
This award is given for academic excellence and leadership.
- Melanie Eshelman, BMS candidate
- Taryn Mockus, Neuroscience candidate
Junior Mentors Program
The junior mentors were paired with one or more undergraduate students for the summer. They helped the summer interns learn basic lab techniques, prepare an abstract, perfect an oral presentation and prepare a Journal Club presentation.
- Melanie (Hartman) Eshelman
- Nathalie Fuentes
- Nicole Hackenbrack
- Daniel Hass
- Jillian (Hiedlauf) Carmichael
- Jacob Hornick
- Amrita Jaiprakash
- Jesica James
- Matthew Lauver
- Stephen Matthews
- Michelle Titunick
- Amanda Ross
- Emmanuel Teye
- Taryn Mockus
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