SRU celebrates academic achievement at 2026 awards ceremony

From left, Abby Becker, a senior mathematics major from North Warren (Panama Central HS), is recognized as SRU’s nominee for the Syed Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence by SRU Provost Michael Zieg.
From left, Abby Becker, a senior mathematics major from North Warren (Panama Central HS), is recognized as SRU’s nominee for the Syed Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence by SRU Provost Michael Zieg. The Ali-Zaidi Award recognizes a graduating senior in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education who exemplifies academic excellence and involvement.

Driven by a relentless pursuit of excellence, Slippery Rock University honors its highest-achieving students whose leadership, scholarship and determination set the standard at the Legacy Leadership Awards ceremony, April 8, at the Smith Student Center.

The top academic honors included the announcement of SRU’s finalist for the Syed Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence, won by Abby Becker, and the following honors awarded to two students in each of SRU’s five colleges:

The Outstanding Students in Research, Scholarship or Creative Activity, based on their involvement in a variety of research, scholarly and creative projects; and the Outstanding Student Academic Leaders, which recognize students for their outstanding leadership within an academic department or college.

Below is an image gallery highlighting the top academic awards.

(Not pictured is Lydia Latimer the winner of the College of Health Professions’ Outstanding Student Academic Leader award.) 

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