PNC Student Support Services Honors Students

The Purdue University North Central Student Support Services recently hosted its 27th annual recognition reception to honor its participating students.

Among those honored were:

The 2011-12 Academic Award Recipients Academic Excellence with Distinction Awards presented to students earning a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher - Mara Adams, James Biggerstaff, Anna Boller, Carol Ann Bossemeyer, Nathan Ecker, Jennifer Fase, Tacy Fletcher, Brian Frain, Jamie Janiga, Benjamin Keleman, Ashley Kwilin, Sarah Lasser, Emily Markovich, Kyle Myrick, Roxann Pappas, Haley Roberts, Matthew Seedorf, Margaret Serrano, Kevin Thomas, Lisa Tressler, Charles Trott and Robert Tucker.

Academic Excellence Awards presented to students earning a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher - Skyler Balmer, Donna Barrier, Mishelle Bergeron, Dana Collette, Lorissa Cox, Elaine Criswell, Marshall Davis, Nathan Devereaux, Jennifer Draves, Mellie Eddy, Jennifer Floyd, Cheryl Frankowski, Tyler Grynovich, Heather Grzelak, Donna Henrichs, Brittany Huffman, Roxie Hurt, Latoya Joyce, James Ker, Eunice Lewis, Tina Markley, Jennifer Miller, Christopher Novotney, Myles Painter, Katie Pearson, Ashley Pezan, Catherine Raby, Catherine Shields, Jennifer Smith, Mark Stephens, Lillie Thompson, Holly Trott and Andrea Upton.

Academic Achievement Awards presented to students earning a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher - Erica Cross, Chiffon Edwards, Vera Gaston, Jeremy Harris, Danielle Alberson, Gene Carpenter, Matthew Cassler, Antonio Conley, Christopher deBruyn, Colten deFluiter, Beth Golding, Stephanie Green, Candace Hardy, Kimberly Hunt, Marlene Kramer-Murphy, Whitney Leonard, Samantha Long, Melissa Lyons, Brandon Marlatt, Shana McCracken, Courtnie McGraw, Luis Medina, Stacia Meiss, Alexandra Montelongo, Nicholas Montgomery, Kevin Myrick, Brianna Orris, Gail Purnell, David Renz, Tracy Riggs, Lisa Rosenkranz, Rebecca Ruskowsky, Dennis Salyer, Kaitlin Schaffer, Sarah Slone, Bakhit Souguia, Lisa Trent, Pennelope Turner, Veronica Villarreal, Kendria White, Angela Woods.

Outstanding Participation Award - Mishelle Bergeron, Erica Cross, Nathan Ecker, Chiffon Edwards, Ellen Falk, Tacy Fletcher, Jennifer Floyd, Cheryl Frankowski, Julia Garay, Vera Gaston, Tyler Grynovich, Heather Grzelak, Jeremy Harris, Donna Henrichs, Mario Herron, Maxwell Holland, Roxie Hurt, Jamie Janiga, Megan Kozinski, Adam Martin, Luis Medina, Alexandra Montelongo, Nicholas Mongomery, Kyle Myrick, Tracy Riggs, Rebecca Ruskowsky, Syana Scott, Matthew Seedorf, Margaret Serrano, Catherine Shields, Donna Spradlin, Emily Spradlin, Lillie Thompson, Lisa Tressler, Ryan Trevino, Robert Tucker, Pennelope Turner, Andrea Upton, Veronica Villarreal, Stephanie Welch and Kendria White.

2011-2012 Student Support Services Participants - Mara Adams, Dakota Ainsworth, Danielle Alberson, Karen Arden, Skyler Balmer, Donna Barrier, Amanda Becker, Mishelle Bergeron, James Biggerstaff, Nicole Birky, Anna Boller, Carol Ann Bossemeyer, Monique Bowers, Nicole Brabbs, Karen Burns, Gene Carpenter, Matthew Cassler, Dana Collette, Antonio Conley, Lorissa Cox, Elaine Criswell, Erica Cross, Marshall Davis, Christopher deBruyn, Colten deFluiter, Nathan Devereaux, Jennifer Draves, Nathan Ecker, Mellie Eddy, Chiffon Edwards, Laura Embree, Linda Evans, Ellen Falk, Jennifer Fase, Tacy Fletcher, Jennifer Floyd, Brian Frain, Zachary Frain, Cheryl Frankowski, Julia Garay, Vera Gaston, Beth Golding, Niles Goodman, Stephanie Green, Tyler Grynovich, Heather Grzelak, Balthazar Hardt, Candace Hardy, Jeremy Harris, Olakeosha Hazelwood, Donna Henrichs, Cassandra Heric, Angel Herrold, Mario Herron, Maxwell Holland, Kari Huff, Brittany Huffman, Kimberly Hunt, Roxie Hurt, Matthew Imhausen, Jaimee Janiga, Latoya Joyce, Thomas Kasich, Benjamin Keleman, James Ker, Andrew Ketcham, Megan Kozinski, Marlene Kramer-Murphy, Ashley Kwilin, Corissa Lafrenz, Antonio Lara, Sarah Lasser, Whitney Leonard, Eunice Lewis, Theresa Limbrick, Samantha Long, Jeremy Lukmann, Anne Lute, Morgan Lynn, Melissa Lyons, Thomas Manning, Paulette Mares, Tina Markley Emily Markovich, Brandon Marlatt, Adam Martin, Shana McCracken, Courtnie McGraw, Luis Medina, Minerba Medina, Stacia Meiss, Ronald Mejia, Jennifer Miller, Amanda Mirabella, Alexandra Montelongo, Nicholas Montgomery, Tyler Musch, Kevin Myrick, Kyle Myrick, Christopher Novotney, Brianna Orris, Myles Painter, Roxann Pappas, Katie Pearson, Ashley Pezan, Gail Purnell, Catherine Raby, Vonda Rager, Eugenia Ray, David Renz, Tracy Riggs, Haley Roberts, Lisa Rosenkranz, Rebecca Ruskowsky, Dennis Salyer, Kaitlin Schaffer, Syana Scott, Matthew Seedorf, Margaret Serrano, Catherine Shields, Sarah Slone, Emily Smick, Jennifer Smith, Charles Smith, Sharice Smith, Bakhit Souguia, Donna Spradlin, Emily Spradlin, Allison Stacy, Mark Stephens, Sean Tardi, Alex Taylor, Ashley Tharp, Kevin Thomas, Lillie Thompson, Lisa Trent, Lisa Tressler, Ryan Trevino, Charles Trott, Holly Trott, Robert Tucker, Pennelope Turner, Andrea Upton, Vanessa Velez, Veronica Villarreal; John Warren, III, Andrea Weatherbee, Kari Weiss, Stephanie Welch, Stephanie West, Kendria White, Joseph Wilk; A'Daigha Wilson, Brittnie Windsor, AngelaWoods, Jennifer Wyssbrod, Cynthia Young, Jodi Young.

2011-2012 Graduates - Mara Adams, Associate of Science in Organizational Leadership; Karen Arden, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Amanda Becker, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Mishelle Bergeron, Certificates in Organizational Leadership and Engineering Technology, Associate of Science in Organizational Leadership; Anna Boller, Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts; Gene Carpenter, Certificate in Organizational Leadership; Erica Cross, Bachelor of Liberal Studies; Tacy Fletcher, Bachelor of Liberal Studies; Cheryl Frankowski, Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership; Beth Golding, Bachelor of Science in Business; Stephanie Green, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; James Ker, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Sarah Lasser, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Eunice Lewis, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Samantha Long, Associate of Science in Nursing; Christopher Novotney, Associate of Science in Engineering Technology; Gail Purnell, Bachelor of Liberal Studies; Vonda Rager, Bachelor of Liberal Studies; Lisa Rosenkranz, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Lillie Thompson, Certificate in Organizational Leadership; Lisa Tressler, Associate of Science in Nursing; Holly Trott, Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Andrea Weatherbee, Certificate in Organizational Leadership and Bachelor of Liberal Studies.

Director's Award - Debbie Birch, director of TRiO Success Through Education. She began her career at PNC in 1991 as an educational advisor in Success Through Education and became director in 1996. As director, she has acquired three Talent Search grants totaling more than $3 million. In 2007, PNC Success Through Education earned the Youth Investment award from the Indiana Youth Institute.

Distinguished Student Support Services Alumna Award - D. Carol Kurmis, director for Enrollment Management & Program Support at Purdue North Central - Porter County. She graduated from PNC in 2002 with a bachelor's degree and earned a master's degree in 2007. In 2003, she became the academic coordinator for the PNC TRiO sSs program and in 2007 became the director for Enrollment Management & Program Support at Purdue North Central - Porter County. She also serves as a part-time instructor.

PNC Student Support Services is a federally-funded program providing academic support to students through a variety of services - one-on-one peer tutoring; advising students on study skills, time management, financial literacy, social and cultural activities and resource material loans of study materials, laptops, calculators, text books. All services are free.

Students must meet at least one eligibility requirement - is a student with low-income; is a first generation college student or have a documented disability. Applicants must also be in need of one of the sSs services, be fully enrolled at PNC; intend to earn a degree in four to six years and qualify for federal financial aid.