Undergraduate
Eberly College of Business and Information Technology
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Alyssa Schaard, Hanna Andrussier, Stacie Eberly, Vince Peyronel, Alex Glisan
"Business Case Competition: Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale versus Sam's Club versus BJ's Wholesale"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Presentation
- Jessica Black
"Dropping Out of High School: An Analysis of Pennsylvania Counties"
College of Education and Educational Technology
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Victoria Stone
"Human Health and Toxicology: Determining Educational Outreach Needs"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Presentation
- Ashley Rush, Kaitlyn Colbert, Alexis Potts, Michael Pampena, William VanEmburg
"Support for Students with Autism Transitioning to College"
College of Fine Arts
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Nicholas Metz
"An Overview of the Origins and Development of the Steel Pan"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Presentation
- Nicole Gencarelli
"Investigating the Female Image in Byzantine Culture: The 6th Century Kelsey Textile of Leda and the Swan"
Art Exhibit Award
- Christina Cassone
"Charm Bracelet"
College of Health and Human Services
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Kristen Vander Woude
"Glycemic Properties of Breakfast and the Effect on Cognitive Function in Adolescents"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Poster
- Rachel Magliane
"A Sweet Spin on Shortcakes"
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Jennifer Johnson
"Determinants of Per Capita Electricity Consumption at the State Level"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Poster
- Samantha Conklin
"Weathering: A Question of Depositional Processes Affecting Faunal Assemblages at the Johnston Site (36ln2)
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Danielle Lewis
"Silent Seas: Exploration of Land Usage along Mississippi River and the Correlation to Growing Hypoxic Areas in the Gulf of Mexico"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Poster
- Jeremiah Thomas
"Paleontology and Geology of the Ore Hill Member of the Upper Cambrian Gatesburg Formation in Centre County, Pennsylvania"
Sigma Xi
First Place Award
- David Ampofo
"Interactive effects of maternal 5-HT2C inhibition and mouse pup handling on maternal care behavior, working memory, and acute stress response in pups"
Second Place Award
- Rebecca Kruise
"Seasonal Activity, Density and Collection Efficiency of Ixodes scapularis and Infection Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia micro Pre- and Post-Winter in Midwest"
Third Place Award
- Samantha Conklin
"Weathering: A Question of Depositional Processes Affecting Faunal Assemblages at the Johnston Site (36 ln 2)"
Best Bibliography
First Place Award
- Gabrielle Fontainelle and Ashley Niccolai
"Is Age Really Just a Number? The Stigmatizing Implications of Age Discrepant Relationships"
Second Place Award
- Dana Formaini, Jessica Fasano and Kelly Davis
"The Effect of Social Support on Trans People's Self-Conceptualization"
Honorable Mention
- Rachel Magliani
"A Sweet Spin on Shortcakes"
Social Media
- Christyna Esposito
- Jodi Ewing
Graduate
College of Education and Educational Technology
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Wenxi Yang
"The Opportunities and Challenges in Distance Education for Adult Learners"
Second Place Award
- Laken Chromiak
"Mindfulness in Adolescence"
Third Place Award
- Huachuan Wen
"A Descriptive Analysis of Undergraduates' Facebook Use and Their Perception of its Relationship with Academics"
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Matthew Dovey
"Photoperiod Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms through Social Interactions and Aggression"
Second Place Award
- Timothy Hummel
"Spatial Ecology of the Eastern Hellbender in Pennsylvania: Seven Year Analysis"
Third Place Award
- Michael Itgen
"Offensive Tail Autotomy within Tropical Salamanders: Osteological Variation of the Basal Tail Region"
College of Health and Human Services
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Colleen Sunday
"Exploring the Experiences of Doctoral Nursing Students who have Completed Research Focused Doctoral Degrees in Nursing"
Second Place Award
- Bianca Domahidi
"Youthful Delinquency and Immigration"
Third Place Award
- Shavonne Arthurs
"College Student Drinking Patterns: Do High School Credits Transfer?"
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Rachel Applebaum
"Spatial Manifestation and Trends of Cremation in Pennsylvania"
Second Place Award
- Lauren Johnson
"A Seedy Affair: An Archaeolobotanical Study of the Johnston Site (36ln2)
Third Place Award
- Brian Fogle
"Vernal Pool Analysis of Powdermill Nature Reserve"
College of Fine Arts
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
- Melissa Riggatire
"Lived Reality and Construction"
Second Place Award
- Crystal Miller
"As History Repeats Itself"
IUP Environmentally Conscious Organization (ECO)
- John Kamau
"Peeling the Way to Green Energy: The Use of Potato Peels as a Potential Source of Bio-Ethanol"
Sigma Xi Award
- Lauren Johnson
"A Seedy Affair: An Archaeobotanical Study of the Johnston Site (36ln2)
Best Bibliography
First Place Award
- Ruba Tatar
"Parents' Role in Their Children's Development and Maintenance of the Heritage Language: A Case Study of a Turkish-American Immigrant Family"
Second Place Award
- Joe Tokosh
"Declining Retail Establishment: The Case of Century III Mall"
Honorable Mention
- Ying Jian
"A Social Cognitive Perceptive on International Students' Use of Educational Technology"
Graduate Student Assembly Peers Choice
First Place Award - Presentation
- Shavonne Arthurs
"College Student Drinking Patterns: Do High School Credits Transfer?"
Second Place Award - Presentation
- Mir Abdullah Miri
"Policy and Practice: An Overview of the Afghan Seventh Grade English Language Textbook's Objectives" - Crystal Miller
"As History Repeats Itself"
First Place Award - Poster
- Kristina Navnyko
"Russian Novice English Teachers' Perception of Selves as English Teachers"
Second Place Award - Poster
- Ahmed Alnasser
"EFL Saudi Students' Preferences for Different Writing Styles"
Social Media
- Casey Leigh Campetti