"You are our future. I am in your hands, we are in your hands, my children are in your hands. You will be our teachers and small business owners, our farmers and military leaders, our policy makers and accountants. You will be our corporate executives, our medical professionals and lawyers. You are our future!"
These words were bestowed by keynote speaker Julie Gallagher upon Penn State Brandywine's Fall 2013 graduating class at the December 20 Commencement Ceremony.
Penn State Brandywine will host its annual Spring Speaker Series beginning in January 2014 with a lineup that includes a Beatles enthusiast, a local Revolutionary War aficionado, a film buff and a local jazz band.
Senior Amanda Congialdi, of Sharon Hill, is going down in history as the tenth Penn State Brandywine basketball player to earn 1,000 points on the court. She is only the sixth female player in the campus' history to reach this extraordinary milestone and she said it's been her goal since high school.
Penn State Brandywine Global Programs invites students to embark on the journey of a lifetime by studying in one of two destinations over spring break 2014: China or Italy. During these weeklong excursions, students will earn credits as award-winning faculty guide them through several courses and cities. Both programs take place March 7 through 15.
Adults age 25 and older are returning to school in growing numbers. The National Center for Education Statistics projects these enrollments will rise 20 percent to 10.7 million through 2020. Penn State is experiencing the same trend, and in 2012-13, had 30,879 adult students at all Penn State campuses, excluding law, graduate and medical units and study abroad program.
Besides staying connected to friends and colleagues, being active on social media can have some major perks. Just ask Penn State Brandywine Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Laura Guertin. She is one of only 20 people chosen by NASA to take part in its upcoming NASA Social.
Professor of Chemistry John Tierney has been appointed interim director of academic affairs (DAA) at Penn State Brandywine, effective January 1, 2014. He will serve in this capacity until a permanent DAA is hired. Current Director of Academic Affairs Paul deGategno will relinquish his administrative duties in the new year and return to teaching, research and service as an English professor at the campus.
Penn State Brandywine Assistant Professor of Psychology Daniela Martin is on the frontline of significant, unique research. With the first generation of cochlear implant recipients reaching adulthood, Martin and her colleagues are out to discover the long-term psychological outcomes of this relatively new medical procedure.
A cochlear implant is a small electronic device surgically implanted into the inner ear that provides a sense of sound to those who are profoundly deaf or who are hearing impaired.
Penn State Brandywine Associate Professor of History Julie Gallagher will usher a new class of graduates into the working world as the keynote speaker at the campus' annual fall Commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20, at 10 a.m. in the Commons Building gymnasium.
Kristin Woolever, president of Prescott College in Arizona, has been named chancellor at Penn State Brandywine. Woolever succeeds Sophia Wisniewska, who accepted a position as regional chancellor at the University of Southern Florida in St. Petersburg in March 2013.