Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi visited Penn State Brandywine on May 2 as part of her listening tour to meet with students, faculty and staff across Penn State’s campuses. During her tour stop, President-elect Bendapudi shared that the Commonwealth campuses were one of the primary reasons she was drawn to the University.
Penn State Schuylkill nursing students collected soil samples from various campus locations, later testing them for antibiotic discovery in an increasinglyantibiotic-resistant world.
Three students presented four research presentations at Penn State Schuylkill's spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishments Symposium, held on campus on Wednesday, April 27.
Left: Amanda Charowsky presented "Sabers and Shortguns: The Continental Cavalry in the Philadelphia and Saratoga Campaigns." Faculty adviser: Harold Aurand Jr.
Center: Carol Rayos presented "Analysis of Government Laws and Ethics in Celebrity Cases of Whistleblowing from 1971-2021," with faculty adviser Juyoung Song. Rayos also presented "It is Time to raise the JLWOP Bar to 21 and Up," with faculty adviser Ronald Kelly.
Right: Bethany Haag presented "The Development of Peer Academic Coaching: A New Trend in Academia." Faculty adviser: Darlene Young.
Jessica Petko, associate professor of biology and science at Penn State York, delivers her guest speaker presentation about the arachnid research she conducts.
Penn State Schuylkill students Aloura Gavalis, left, and Caitlyn Goggin take a break from the symposium to pose for a photo. Both students' projects were guided by faculty adviser Sarah Princiotta, with Gavalis' "Relations between Phytoplankton and Toxins in Pocono Region Lakes" earning her first place in the Biological and Health Sciences cateogry.
