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July 24, 2007

Pa. College Students Win Scholarships from PICPA

PHILADELPHIA – The college students listed below received annual scholarships from the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) for 2006-2007.

Scholarship recipients are accounting majors who have completed a minimum of 36 credit hours. They are selected on the basis of high intellectual capacity, leadership potential, and financial need. This scholarship renews each year until the completion of graduation if the recipient maintains a GPA of 3.0 or above and remains an accounting major.

Note: All students are Pennsylvania residents unless otherwise noted.

Name

College

Hometown

Amount

Shaelin J. Knebel

Clarion University

Cranberry Twp.

$5,000

Timothy J. Monaghan

Waynesburg College

Marietta

$5,000

Lauren N. Custer

University of Pittsburgh

Verona

$4,000

Daniel D. Janiak

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh

$4,000

Derek E. Jones

Duquesne University

Eighty Four

$4,000

Amanda T. Kalbaugh

Carlow University

Munhall

$4,000

Joseph P. O’Connell

University of Scranton

York

$4,000

Gregory S. Torbic

University of Pittsburgh

Erie

$4,000

Jackelyn A. Weibel

Carlow University

Ardara

$4,000

Brian D. Anderson

Duquesne University

Erie

$2,000

Nicole M. Beaumariage

Villanova University

Franklin

$2,000

Kelly L. Boland

Drexel University

Warrington

$2,000

Lisa A. Bolte

Gannon University

Erie

$2,000

Jentre Lee Deibler

Susquehanna University

Snydertown

$2,000

Shawn A. Fox

Mount Aloysius College

Ebensburg

$2,000

Katherine M. Griffiths

Grove City College

Wilmington, Del.

$2,000

Amber N. Hackenberg

Bloomsburg University

Middleburg

$2,000

Allison N. Jones

Gannon University

Edinburg

$2,000

Michael A. Krajnik

Lebanon Valley College

Royersford

$2,000

Robert A. Loscig

Kutztown University

Honesdale

$2,000

Kasey M. Lund

Moravian College

Bethlehem

$2,000

Abigail L. Martin

Moravian College

Wescosville

$2,000

Kremena V. Minkova

Drexel University

Philadelphia

$2,000

Chirag Patnaik

Temple University

Burlington, N.J.

$2,000

Amanda K. Sandoski

Manor College

Huntingdon Valley

$2,000

Duane D. Thuraisingham

Edinboro University

Downingtown

$2,000

Scott B. Weiland

Penn State University

Pittsburgh

$2,000

Clarissa A. Wilson

Indiana University of Pa.

Meshoppen

$2,000

Jason C. Winterburn

Penn State University

Bethlehem

$2,000

Joseph Taricani Memorial Scholarship

Jennifer E. Rowles

Saint Francis
University

Grampian

$1,000

Paychex Entrepreneur Scholarship

Elizabeth G. Lewis

Wilkes University

Falls

$1,000

Temple Scholarship from Gilroy & Lillian Robert Charitable Foundation

Alison T. Digesere

Temple University

Tobyhanna

$15,000

In the past year, the PICPA’s Trustees of the Scholarship Fund have awarded $193,000 to accounting majors across the state. Visit PICPA’s student and educator Web site, www.cpazone.org, to get the latest information about other student award programs, scholarship opportunities, and information on careers in accounting.


Founded in 1897, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional association of more than 19,000 CPAs who work in public accounting, industry, government, and education. PICPA is the second-oldest state CPA organization in the United States. To find a member CPA in your area, visit our Web site at www.picpa.org and click on CPA Locator. Students and educators can visit PICPA's specially designed site www.CPAzone.org to get the latest information about careers in accounting and the CPA profession.

Contact:
Jim DeLuccia, communications administrator, (267) 675-6255; Kathleen Miller, communications manager, (215) 972-6188; or
mediaresources@
picpa.org


 

 
 
 

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