Penn State Brandywine is hosting a competition called "Pride in Print" for budding journalists in the region. Students and their newspaper advisers are asked to submit recent news articles for submission and judging in one of three categories: news, feature writing and sports. Submissions will be judged based on value or importance of the story, quality of reporting and quotes and quality of writing and editing.
Please note the PCPA conference has been canceled.
The Penn State Brandywine Office of Student Affairs will host the Pennsylvania College Personnel Association's Keystone Seminar "The Risk, Reward and Benefit of Hosting a Conference" on March 15. This Keystone Seminar Series is a one-day, drive-in professional development opportunity for higher education professionals (staff, graduate students and faculty). Past seminars have included topics such as grant writing in higher education, aiding students in distress and assessment.
Penn State Brandywine will welcome Andrew Douglas, director of education at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, to campus for an attention-grabbing discussion about a pioneer of the film industry, Alfred Hitchcock. Students, faculty, staff and the community are welcome to join Douglas as he presents "The Master of Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in Room 101 of the Main Building.
Research conducted by Penn State Brandywine Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Jennifer Zosh has discovered that toddlers learn new words more effectively by using their knowledge about the world to infer the label of an object, rather than by simply being instructed and told which word goes with which object.
"Optimal Contrast: Competition Between Two Referents Improves Word Learning" has been published in the latest special issue of Applied Developmental Science.
Penn State Brandywine Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies David Macauley has been honored this academic year with a fellowship from the University of Pennsylvania.
As a 2012-2013 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Macauley is spending the year collaborating with approximately 25 fellow scholars from the region who come together each week to discuss their work before presenting on their areas of expertise during the Penn Humanities Forum, a series of events promoting an ongoing cultural conversation.
The Penn State Brandywine Marketing and Advertising Club has been honored by the Worldwide Book Drive organization with the Bronze Book Award for its contribution of 307 books to charitable organizations. The books collected by the club will be dispersed internationally to promote global literacy.
Distinguished Professor of the Ceramic Arts and 2012-13 Penn State Laureate Christopher Parks Staley will visit Penn State Brandywine on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11:30 a.m. to present "Art & Life: Where They Intersect." Students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to join Staley in room 113 of the Main Building as he discusses how people relate to objects and each other in a world of remarkable change.
This semester Penn State Brandywine launched a new program that will recognize student achievements online and allow them to share these successes with the virtual world. Readabout.me acts as an online student profile showcasing outstanding awards and honors bestowed upon the students during their careers at the campus.
Former Chester High School standout Learon Pray became the second Penn State Brandywine student to reach the 1,000-point mark this season on Tuesday, Jan. 22, in a home game against Valley Forge Christian College.
Pray needed only one point going into Tuesday night's contest to accomplish the scoring breakthrough that only four other men's Brandywine basketball players have achieved. His 1,000th point came three minutes into the game when he stepped up to the foul line and made a free throw.
"Penn State University Brandywine The Vagina Monologues" will be held on campus Friday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium, room 101.