Beginning in the spring of 2014 Penn State Brandywine will add women's softball to its list of athletic offerings. The campus will kick off its inaugural season in February with new Head Coach Mark Caserta at the helm.
Each year, the final total is revealed amidst tears of exhaustion, elation and absolute pride as Penn Staters across the commonwealth celebrate another year that will go down in history. After months of canning, fundraising and prepping for the most intense all-nighter most of these students will ever experience, THON broke yet another record.
$12,374,034.46.
That's how much money Penn Staters raised to fight pediatric cancer.
$12,297.12 of that came directly from Penn State Brandywine.
Get outside and enjoy the fantastic spring weather (when it finally gets here) in shorts and no shoes during Penn State Brandywine's entertaining Common Read event "An Hour Without Shoes." Students, faculty and staff are welcome to join this enjoyable open-air occasion and go shoeless on Tuesday, April 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Vairo Courtyard to bring awareness to the health and education of individuals who can't afford shoes.
Penn State Brandywine Instructor Kathy Meehan has been honored with the prestigious George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, an award that is annually presented to only six deserving faculty members across the University. Named for Penn State's seventh president, it recognizes outstanding teachers for their devotion and effort toward undergraduate teaching.
Penn State Brandywine Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska has accepted a position as regional chancellor at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, effective July 1, 2013.
In honor of Women's History Month, Penn State Brandywine will host "Women in Athletics," a panel discussion led by Olympic hurdler Candy Young, athletic director at Delaware State University, and Emmy Award-winning Sports Broadcaster Jaime Fettrow-Alderfer, on Thursday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.
Poet Ethel Rackin will join Penn State Brandywine in a poetry and literature reading during its annual Litapalooza Literary Festival on Tuesday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building lounge. During this highly anticipated, free public event, students and guests are encouraged to share their own creative works by reading, reciting, chanting, narrating, rapping or even singing for their peers
Middletown Township is hosting its 19th Annual Community Day at Penn State Brandywine on Saturday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This fun-filled outdoor event brings together the community, local businesses and the Township government to celebrate the hometown pride of Middletown Township.
Penn State Brandywine's fifth annual "A Night with the Pride" Beef 'n' Beverage event on February 22, raised nearly $4,300 to support student athletics and Global Programs.
The event, which took place at the Ballrooms at Boothwyn, included dinner, a drawing for more than 40 baskets filled with goodies and gift certificates and entertainment for the more than 160 attendees. Three lucky attendees went home with Flyers tickets, Phillies tickets and a weekend at an Avalon beach house.