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Professor develops curricula to encourage communication between parents, teens

Penn State Brandywine Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) Marinda Kathryn Harrell-Levy, who is new to campus this semester, was invited by the Alabama Department of Public Health to present at a live satellite conference and webcast about healthy communication between parents and teens on Monday, Oct. 29.

Middle school Earth science teachers discover new teaching methods at Brandywine

More than 50 middle school teachers from Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland joined Penn State Brandywine for the inaugural Pennsylvania Earth Science Teachers Association (PAESTA) Annual Conference on October 12 and 13.

PAESTA is the state chapter of the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) and was formed in 2011 by Brandywine Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Laura Guertin and University Park Professor of Geoscience Tanya Furman, who also serves as assistant vice president and associate dean for undergraduate education. 

Campus hosts speaker, soap drive to help children in need

Bill Glaab, co-founder of Hand-in-Hand Soap, will visit Penn State Brandywine to discuss how two social entrepreneurs believed that business could do much more than just make money, on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 11:30 a.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.

For every bar of Hand-in-Hand Soap purchased, the organization donates a bar to a child in need. In September the company began selling its soap in more than 170 Anthropologie stores throughout the country, Glaab said.

Brandywine alumnus: from refugee to U.S. naval officer

Gedion T. Teklegiorgis, a 1998 Penn State graduate, has come a long way--literally and figuratively--in his 38 years. Born in Eritrea, a tiny African country bordering Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Sudan and the Red Sea, Teklegiorgis witnessed much political strife during his early childhood. To avoid the bloody civil war conflicts his family moved frequently. They eventually walked for 14 days--mostly at night--to reach the safe haven of the Sudan, where they lived for eight years before immigrating to the United States in 1988.

Multilingual Brandywine alum shares her love for languages

Lily Jundi '03 IST not only speaks the language of computers--thanks to her Penn State education--but also is fluent in Spanish, Hebrew and several Arabic dialects, not to mention a good knowledge of Portuguese, Turkish and Italian. She adroitly switches between languages like a commuter switches trains. With her Penn State education, natural knack for languages and incurable travel bug, she's had no trouble finding work in far off lands from Delaware County.