Megann Hedgecock has transitioned to a full-time lecturer role in Penn State Brandywine’s engineering department after serving as an adjunct professor for five years.
Laura Guertin, distinguished professor of Earth science at Penn State Brandywine, celebrated National Ocean Month in June in a most appropriate way — she spent two weeks aboard a research vessel in the Gulf of Alaska. Guertin joined the expedition through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Teacher at Sea program. The NOAA ship Oscar Dyson’s mission was to assess the population and distribution of walleye pollock in the Gulf of Alaska.
Twelve Penn State students had the opportunity to travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, for "Maymester in Mexico: Language, Culture & Community," a four-credit, study abroad program designed by faculty in the College of Education in partnership with Penn State Brandywine and the Universidad Autonóma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca.
Nineteen Penn State students had the opportunity to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Maymester in a new course called “Sociology and Culture in Seoul, Korea,” a three-credit study abroad program in partnership with the University’s Sociology department and Konkuk University in Seoul.
The University College at Penn State is the collective administrative umbrella for 14 of Penn State's campuses distributed throughout the commonwealth. A key area of the college is the records office, located at the University Park campus, where work is done to help support the successful graduation of students and assistance of faculty and staff across the 14 campuses.