Laura Evans, teaching professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Brandywine, recently received a grant through Penn State’s Opportunity Grant Professional Development Program.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 16 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Jami Grosser joined Penn State Brandywine as the new academic advising specialist in December. Coming from Sonoma State University in California as a professional academic adviser, Grosser is looking forward to getting to know Brandywine students and providing them with the tools and support they need to succeed.
Eighteen students, 10 from Penn State Brandywine and eight incarcerated at a nearby county jail, overcame their apprehensions, challenged their ideas about the criminal justice system, and studied public speaking during a semester-long course offered through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
Penn State Brandywine held its annual Donors Scholars Celebration on Nov. 23 to honor student scholarship recipients and recognize the alumni and friends of Brandywine who have established scholarships for the campus.
Samantha Pezzimenti, assistant teaching professor of mathematics at Penn State Brandywine, recently received the Early Career Teaching Award by the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical Association of America.
Thirty teams of entrepreneurs gathered on Nov. 8 at Penn State Great Valley for the LionCage Pitch Competition, where they showcased their companies to a panel of judges to seek business advice and compete for prize money. Each team had just five minutes to present their groundbreaking solutions to pressing issues such as healthy food access and navigation for people with low vision.
