Many students stress over five classes a semester, but imagine what life would be like with nine.

For Geno Carragee, 23, the recipient of the first Timothy R. Foor Jr. Trustee Scholarship, it's all in a day's work. Carragee is enrolled in six classes and is a teaching assistant for three Accounting 211 classes -- and still maintains a 3.92 GPA.

Timothy R. Foor Jr. was an honors scholar and a 1986 graduate of the Smeal College of Business. His friends and family have made gifts to endow the scholarship fund, surpassing $50,000.

Sara Brennen, assistant editor and Web assistant for Schreyer Honors College, said the new scholarship would be awarded annually. "We're very excited about that," she said.

Michele Kirsch, director of administrative operations for Schreyer Honors College, said although recipients of the award must be honors scholars, it is not required that they be in a business program. "It actually could be for anyone [within Schreyer]," she said. Brennen said the Foor Scholarship will allow students to experience more than just classes.

"I think it will be an excellent opportunity," Brennen said.

Kirsch said the award amount will vary year to year. Carragee will receive the first award of $2,500.

Carragee is enrolled in the Integrated Undergraduate/Graduate Program (IUG), a program that allows students to simultaneously complete a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. Carragee is completing bachelor's degrees in both Spanish and accounting, and a master's degree in business administration.

Carragee said there are not many IUG Scholars, and IUG Scholars in the business program are even rarer. He attributes this to the fact that he had to be accepted by the graduate school, the business school and Schreyer Honors College to be an IUG Scholar. "It's a much more involved process," he said.

Carragee said there are many advantages to being an IUG Scholar.

"I didn't really want to grow up yet," he said, laughing. "This way, IUG pays for my schooling, and I get a better degree. It's a pretty sweet deal."

Although it may seem that Carragee has no free time, he still fits in other activities. Carragee is a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, 220 N. Burrowes St., was a captain for the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon and studied abroad in Spain.

Carragee said that although he doesn't plan on graduating until May 2007, he has been offered a job in the forensics department at KPMG, an accounting firm. "I could be investigating accounting fraud ... one of the more exciting jobs in the business field," he said.