Each year the faculty in the College's various academic units select one or more outstanding upper-division students majoring in their respective disciplines to receive academic awards. These awards recognize outstanding scholarship.
Division of Undergraduate Studies
First Year
Sophomore
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Ernest Fryer Division of Undergraduate Studies Award
School of Business
Accounting
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Pennsylvania Institute Certified Professional Accountants
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Institute of Management Accountants
Economics
Business, Liberal Arts, and Science
International Business
Management
Management Information Systems
Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
Finance
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Clarence A. Smith and Eugenie Baumann Smith Creative Writing Fellowships
Corey N. Farrell Creative Writing
Corey N. Farrell Nonfiction Award
Julia A. Rebman Fiction Award
The Kenneth Jonathan Sonnenberg Poetry Award
General Arts and Sciences
Communication and Media Studies
Outstanding English Major
Political Science
Outstanding Psychology Student
Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Psychology
Ernest E. and Bernice C. Fryer Family Psychology Award
School of Science
Academic Grant-In-Aid
Biology
Chemistry
Outstanding Freshman in Chemistry/American Chemical Society
CRC/Outstanding Freshman
Mathematics
Physics
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Electrical Engineering Technology (Two-Year Program)
Electrical Engineering Technology (Four-Year Program)
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Technology (Two-Year Program)
Mechanical Engineering Technology (Four-Year Program)
Mechanical Engineering
Plastics Engineering Technology (Four-Year Program)
Computer Engineering
Penn State Behrend Honors Program
This certificate is awarded to those students who have completed a minimum of nine honors credits while maintaining a 3.2 or higher grade-point average each semester through the sophomore year.
President's Freshman
This award is presented to those full-time undergraduate students who have earned a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point average in the first semester of the freshman year.
President Sparks
This award is presented to those full-time undergraduate students of the sophomore class who have earned a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average at the end of their third semester.
Evan Pugh Scholar
This award honors those juniors and seniors who were in the upper 0.5% of their respective classes at the end of the fall semester of each academic year.
Undergraduate Student Research Award
This award is presented annually to student(s) who have demonstrated proficiency in undergraduate research.