The Howard B. Palmer Mentoring Award was established in 1991 in honor of Dr. Howard Palmer who served as senior associate dean of the Graduate School from 1985-1991. The award is presented to a full-time member of the faculty, with five or more years of active service at Penn State, who demonstrates "effective mentoring through guiding and nurturing the collegial and professional development of junior faculty." 

Nominations for the upcoming academic year will open in the August time frame.

Nominations may be submitted by graduate students, faculty, and staff.   Please contact your college graduate education office for important information, attachments and nomination link contained in email announcement.  

2023-24 Howard B. Palmer Mentoring Award Recipient

• Michelle C. Vigeant-Haas, Associate Professor of Acoustics and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering

Previous Howard B. Palmer Mentoring Award Recipients

For more information please contact the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration.