Alumni Awards
Tawfik Sharkasi named Outstanding Alumnus by College of Agricultural Sciences
Tawfik Sharkasi of Chicago, Ill., is one of six people to receive a 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The award recognizes outstanding achievements and provides opportunities for recipients to interact with faculty, students and other alumni.
Catherine E. Adams Receives Penn State's 2008 Alumni Fellow Award
Catherine E. Adams, president and CEO, RdR Solutions Consulting, LLC, is the 2008 recipent of the Penn State Alumni Fellow Award.
David Geise Receives Penn State's 2007 Alumni Fellow Award
David Geise of Milton, Pa., is president and CEO of Furman Foods Inc. of Northumberland, Pa., an 86-year-old company that is the largest family-owned tomato processor in the eastern United States. He has been with the company since 1968 and has been president since 1977.
Vivian Chang Receives College of Agricultural Sciences 2007 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award
Vivian P. Chang is the international regional quality assurance (QA) manager for Tyson Foods, Inc. of Springdale, AR. Vivian received her bacherlor's degree in food science from the Universidad del Valle Guatamala in 1997, and her master's degree in food science from Penn State in 2001. She has been with Tyson Foods Inc. since March of 2002.
Kamesh Ellajosyula Receives Penn State's 2007 Alumni Achievement Award
Kamesh Ellajosyula is general manager of India Product Solution Centre for Rich Kwality Products, an international business venture of Rich Products Corporation of Buffalo, New York.
