Twenty-One College Students Receive Penn Student Awards

Congratulations to the College students who received awards during Alumni Weekend and Commencement!

 

Senior Honor Awards

Gaylord P. Harnwell Award: Urja R. Mittal, C’14, W’14

Spoon Award: Marcus M. Mundy, C’14 

 

Leadership Awards 

Association of Alumnae Fathers’ Trophy: Alyssa F. Baron, C’14

Class of 1915 Award: John R. Worster, C’14

Penn Student Agencies Award: Gionni Y. Ponce, C’14

Penn Alumni Student Awards of Merit:

Julio Germán Arias Castillo, C’14; Dau Jok, C’14; Jodi L. Miller, C’14; William P. Smith, C’14 

Sol Feinstone Undergraduate Awards: Abigail J. Kleva, C’15; Joy Li, C’15; Reginald S. Stewart, C’15

James Brister Society Student Leadership Award: Simone Során Leigh Stern, C’14

Association of Latino Alumni Student Leadership Award: Catalina Angelica Ramos, C’14 

Association of Native Alumni Student Leadership Award: Robert Harold Noe Martin, C’14

Black Alumni Society Student Leadership Award: Mugha Eltigani, C’14

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alumni Association Student Leadership Award:

Dawn H. Androphy, C’15 

Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Leadership Award: Carolina Angel, C’14

Stephen Wise Award: Mia Garuccio, C’14; Julie Berez, C’14; Muhga Eltigani, C’14

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