Penn State Brandywine will host its first Common Read event of the academic year—a panel discussion titled, "What Is Brandywine Worried About"—on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 11:30 a.m. in the Vairo Library Amphitheatre. Students, faculty and staff are invited to this thought-provoking dialogue, which mirrors the theme of this year's Common Read book, "What Should We Be Worried About?"
Industrial engineering major Kareem Ali recently participated in Penn State's Immersive Summer Experience in Energy and Sustainable Business program, giving him practical experience vital to career development and skill building.
Twenty-five Penn State Brandywine freshman honors students recently volunteered their time at Pete's Produce Farm in West Chester and the Chester County Food Bank in Exton as part of their World Food Problems course taught by Pauline Guerin, associate professor of psychology and program coordinator.
The 48th annual Penn State Brandywine convocation kicked-off the 2014-15 academic year, as first-year students attended the welcome events.
The day began with the convocation ceremony. Faculty and staff joined more than 300 students under the tent on the grassy knoll. Both Chancellor Kristin Woolever and Student Government Association Treasurer Alex Ten Broeck welcomed the students to Penn State on behalf of the University and student body.
Eight Penn State Brandywine students can now call themselves published authors, as their essays have been featured in Penn State's 2013-14 "Best of Freshman Writing: Student Voices."
Penn State Brandywine is pleased to announce the appointment of Cory Smith as the new head coach of both its men's and women's cross country teams. He will take over for Kevin Kelly, who served as head coach for the past four years.
"I'm extremely excited to join the Penn State network at Brandywine," Smith said. "There's a tremendous opportunity here to build and grow a young program."
It's not often you find recent graduates in a college library shortly after graduation. But Pawan Murthy and Anthony Petralla, Penn State May 2014 graduates, are in the Vairo Library at Penn State Brandywine tutoring incoming freshmen through the Campus College Connection Program (C3P).
Penn State Brandywine has chosen "What Should We Be Worried About?" as its campus Common Read for the 2014-15 academic year. During the upcoming fall and spring semesters, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to read the book and come together for several events based on the book's philosophies and themes. Several professors from various academic disciplines will also assign the book in their classes, using it as part of their course curriculum.
Please join the Orlov family and the Brandywine campus community on
the campus lawn for a tree planting to celebrate the life of Dr. Paul Orlov, associate professor of English. The Orlov family welcomes you to join them as they plant a
tree in Paul's memory and celebrate their establishment of Trustee
Matching Scholarship in Paul's honor. We hope you will be able to join
us on August 1 at 3 p.m. on the campus lawn.