Penny Carlson, assistant vice president and executive director for academic services and assessment, provides central University leadership for the PaSSS program.
In an era of remote teaching and learning, PaSSS program leaders have translated the robust, multi-faceted experience into a format which students could complete from home, and the results have been inspiring.
For Penn State alumna Dana Piatt, earning a bachelor of arts degree in psychology at the Brandywine campus was a key step to becoming an animal trainer and achieving a career dream she held since she was six years old.
Penn State released its coronavirus testing results for the week of Sept. 4 to 10 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Sept. 11). Among students tested at the University Park campus, Penn State received 260 positive results from its on-demand testing and 28 positive results from its random screening. Random screening of employees has returned one positive result for University Park thus far for the week.
Although the Penn State Brandywine fall sports season has been postponed, student-athletes were able to begin small-group skill instruction last week in groups of 10 or fewer.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with on-demand testing and random screening results from the period of Sept. 4-6, as well as new results from the prior week. These numbers are evolving as it can take up to 48 hours for test results to be received, which then are validated and uploaded.
Last week Brandywine students shared their stories and experiences surrounding what it's like transitioning to college as students of color and other underrepresented identities. The event was the first installment of a new campus discussion series called "Let’s Get Real."
