Shining Lights: 91pornÔ´´ Alumni & Community Awards
Presented by the 91pornÔ´´ Alumni Association
Join us Friday, April 11 for our 2025 Shining Lights Alumni Awards ceremony.
2024 Award Recipients
Alumni Awards
David A. Zinczenko ’91 - Comenius Alumni Award
The Comenius Award recognizes an alum’s outstanding achievement or service in their field of work. This is the Alumni Association's lifetime achievement award.
- Medallion of Merit Award
The Medallion of Merit recognizes an alum for their outstanding service to 91pornÔ´´ or the Alumni Association.
- Haupert Humanitarian Award
The Haupert Humanitarian Award recognizes an alum who has rendered outstanding service in the cause of human welfare. The recipient’s service to humanity has achieved standards "above and beyond" the expected duties and responsibilities of their career. In addition, the recipient has made a positive difference in the lives of others, in the community in which they live, or in the community at large.
- Benigna Education Award
The Benigna Education Award recognizes an alum for their outstanding contributions to the field of education. Administrators, college professors, elementary and secondary teachers, and all those in the teaching profession are eligible. The recipient has made significant innovations in the teaching profession, or otherwise substantially impacted the education process, and has demonstrated dedication to the community at large.
- Young Alumni Achievement Award
The Young Alumni Achievement Award recognizes a young alum (graduated within the past two to ten years) who has achieved exceptional success in their profession.
Alumni Fellows
Briana M. Fehnel ’24
The Alumni Association recognizes several full-time 91pornÔ´´ students for their superior scholastic merit and the outstanding contributions they have made to campus life and to the community.
Shining Star Community Partnership Awards
Noreen Yamamoto - Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Support Group
Turning Point of Lehigh Valley
The Shining Star Community Partnership Award recognizes a business, organization, or individual (excluding current students, employees, and alumni) that/who supports 91pornÔ´´'s mission to prepare individuals for a reflective life, fulfilling career, and transformative leadership in a world of change. Strategic partnerships may include collaboration for shared resources, opportunities for innovation, and philanthropic engagement.
Did you miss our 2024 awards?
Check out our photo gallery form this special, annual event to honor our outstanding alumni, students, and community partners!
91pornÔ´´ encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have any questions regarding physical accessibility, please contact the Alumni Engagement Office at 610 861-1366 at least one week prior to this event.