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WILLIAMSPORT -- Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its Summer 2025 graduates.
Commencement ceremonies were held Aug. 9 at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State.
The award winners, their hometowns and academic majors are:
-- President's Award, presented for leadership and service to the college: Kianna Antonia Rizzo, Elysburg, radiography.
-- Academic Vice President and Provost's Award, presented for scholastic achievement and service: Emily Nichole Dalawy, McClure, physical therapist assistant.
-- Lewis H. Bardo Memorial Award, presented to a graduate who exemplifies the ideals of Lewis H. Bardo (devotion to duty, helpfulness to others, friendliness and high ideals): Aldwin Eligan Gacote, Union City, California, physician assistant.
-- UPMC Program Award for Radiography, presented to a graduate of radiography who has exhibited strong leadership and teamwork skills; has demonstrated excellence, professionalism and commitment to the health care profession; and has demonstrated academic excellence: Matthew Harbach, Jersey Shore, radiography.
-- Radiography Major Faculty and Staff Award, presented to a graduate who exemplifies outstanding academic and clinical performance: Matthew Harbach, Jersey Shore, radiography.
-- Susquehanna Imaging Associates Award, presented to the graduate of radiography who most exemplifies the ideals of selflessness; unusual devotion to duty; sensitivity to the patient's comfort and needs; and service to colleagues, patients and the hospital beyond the ordinary: Sarah Beth Misquitta, Jersey Shore, radiography.
-- Mount Nittany Medical Center Excellence In Customer Service Award, presented to a graduate of radiography who has consistently demonstrated exceptional customer service and commitment to excellence during their clinical rotation at Mount Nittany Medical Center: Rowan L. Hopwood, Montoursville, radiography.
-- WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital in Memoriam of Bethany Hughes, Clinical Excellence Award for Radiologic Technology Student Achievement, presented to a graduate of radiography who demonstrates a demeanor of compassion, caring, thoughtfulness and clinical expertise. The recipient also demonstrates unquestionable ethics, customer courtesy, dependability and loyalty to the profession: Kianna Antonia Rizzo, Elysburg, radiography.
-- Radiography Director's Award for Leadership and Professionalism, presented to a graduate who has exhibited strong leadership and professional growth; has demonstrated high ethical qualities and emotional intelligence; and is empowering, respectful and prideful in their work and education: Payta Minard Bentley, Sayre, radiography.
-- JRCERT Certificate of Excellence Award, presented to a graduate who has maintained a GPA of 3.7 or higher and has demonstrated academic and clinical excellence, reliability, dependability and professionalism: Heather L. Smith, Jersey Shore, radiography.
-- UPMC Program Award for Paramedic, presented to a graduate of the emergency medical services or paramedic technician program who has exhibited strong leadership and teamwork skills; has demonstrated excellence, professionalism and commitment to the health care profession; and has demonstrated academic excellence: Steven Mattchrissam Carpenter, Sunbury, paramedic.
-- Paramedic Humanitarian Award, presented to the graduate who has best demonstrated the traits and behaviors of a "humanitarian," as determined by a vote of staff, faculty and preceptors: Colten Hajicek, Williamsport, paramedic.
-- Paramedic Director's Award, presented to the graduate who has the highest GPA and demonstrates superior performance in all phases of the paramedic curriculum: classroom, clinical and field: Steven Mattchrissam Carpenter, Sunbury, paramedic.
-- Dennis R. Dougherty Memorial Paramedic Award, presented to the graduate of the paramedic program who has achieved the highest cumulative field performance grade average during the course of their education: Steven Mattchrissam Carpenter, Sunbury, paramedic.
-- UPMC Program Award for Physician Assistant, presented to a graduate of the physician assistant program who has exhibited strong leadership and teamwork skills; has demonstrated excellence, professionalism and commitment to the health care profession; and has demonstrated academic excellence: Margaret Nicole Barrett, Danville, physician assistant studies.
-- Physician Assistant Achievement Award, presented to a graduate who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement: Abigail Grace Martin, Howard, physician assistant studies.
-- Russell M. Trapp Professionalism Award, presented to a graduate who exemplifies ideals consistent with the physician assistant profession as exhibited by exceptional commitment, comportment and attitude: Whendy Marshall-Magallon, York, physician assistant studies.
-- Surgical Technology Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, presented to a graduate who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement: Mackenzie Lyter, Mifflintown, surgical technology.
-- Surgical Technology Outstanding Program Achievement Award, presented to a graduate who demonstrates exemplary characteristics of a surgical technologist, outstanding clinical performance, professional behaviors and academic achievements: Tessa Pavlova, Milroy, surgical technology.
-- Surgical Clinical Performance Award, presented to a graduate who has demonstrated outstanding clinical performance and professionalism in surgical technology: Elaina M. Shaffer, Jersey Shore, surgical technology.
-- Physical Therapist Assistant Founding Program Director's Award, presented to a graduate who has exhibited strong leadership and teamwork skills; has demonstrated excellence, professionalism and commitment to the physical therapy profession; and has demonstrated academic excellence as evidenced by their overall GPA: Ashley Nicole Rich, Jersey Shore, physical therapist assistant.
-- UPMC Program Award for Physical Therapist Assistant, presented to a graduate who has exhibited strong leadership and teamwork skills; has demonstrated excellence, professionalism and commitment to the health care profession; and has demonstrated academic excellence: Breanna Winters, Elizabethtown, physical therapist assistant.
-- Restoration Faculty Award, presented to an outstanding graduate who has attained the highest cumulative average in automotive restoration technology: Luke M. Stitt, New Cumberland, automotive restoration.
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