Senior and Student Awards

Senior Awards

These awards are presented annually in the spring to graduating seniors enrolled in The Smeal College of Business Administration. Seniors who are graduating in the spring, summer, or fall of the same year are eligible to apply. Students who are nominated by various departments in the Smeal College of Business or who want to self-nominate all need to submit an application packet. Please view the application link below for more details.

By submitting an application, students will be considered for one of the five awards described below:

• The Dorothy M. Kelley Scholarship - awarded to graduating seniors who demonstrate the attributes of citizenship, character, scholarship, and service to the Smeal College of Business Administration.

• The Helen Eakin Eisenhower Award -  given to to a graduating senior who has demonstrated scholarship, leadership, character, and service to The Smeal College of Business Administration.

• The Ralph H. Wherry Student Service Award - honors graduating seniors who have excelled in service to the College, who have exhibited academic achievement and who manifest the promise of a successful professional career.

• The John M. & Anne B. Stevens Academic Integrity Award – awarded to a graduating senior (or seniors) who demonstrate leadership in academic integrity by serving on the Smeal Academic Integrity Committee, promoting academic integrity by taking a leadership role in Smeal’s Business Roundtable Association or aiding in the refinement of academic integrity processes for Smeal undergraduates.

• The George Leland Leffler Scholarship –   awarded to an outstanding graduating senior in Finance.

2009 Senior Awards Application (.pdf 70Kb) *Acrobat

Student Awards

PSMA President Award
This award was created in 2005 by Roger Osorio '04 and his family. Roger served as president of the Penn State Marketing Association (PSMA) during his senior year at Penn State and established this award to recognize excellence in leadership of PSMA.

Milton J. Bergstein Student Community Service Award
This award was created in 2001 by Andrew Bergstein and named in honor of his father. Recipients of this award have achieved success in at least one student organization and have demonstrated commitment through some other volunteer activity outside of Smeal.