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Michael John Pennington
CHESTER -- Michael John Pennington of Altoona was conferred a doctor of education degree in higher education leadership on May 11, 2023, from the Widener University College of Health and Human Services.
Pennington was also awarded an honor medallion from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, for earning a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
His doctoral dissertation has since been nominated for the Donald A. Gatzke Outstanding Dissertation Award.
This annual award is presented by the American Association of University Administrators to a recent doctoral graduate who authored the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in the country.
Pennington is the son of Robert F. and Janet K. Pennington of Altoona.
He is a 2003 graduate of Altoona Area High School; a 2007 graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, with a bachelor of arts in policy management and political science; a 2009 graduate of Saint Francis University, Loretto, with a master of human resource management; and a 2010 graduate of Saint Francis University, Loretto, with a master of education (leadership).