"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.
Marple Newtown High School basketball prodigy Bobbi Caprice reached a career landmark on Friday, Jan. 11 when she scored her 1,000th point for Penn State Brandywine.
The four-year starting guard was five points away from reaching the milestone before Friday night's game but reached her goal a mere 10 minutes into the first half to help Brandywine in a 65-48 home win over Penn State Schuylkill.
The first session of the seminar series "Access to Our Local Kitchen" will be held at Penn State Brandywine on Monday, Jan. 28, at 12:30 p.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building, room 103. Marc BrownGold, general manager of Swarthmore Co-Op, will share some of the prevalent nutritional issues and food challenges that face local areas while discussing how healthy, local, fresh and accessible foods are important to resident communities.
Philadelphia painter and muralist Ann Northrup will speak at Penn State Brandywine on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. as part of the campus' Spring Speaker Series. Her presentation is titled "Do Not Pass Go; Go Directly to Art."
University of South Australia Professor of Psychology Bernard Guerin will visit Penn State Brandywine on Tuesday, Jan. 15 and Thursday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m. in the Vairo Library, room 109. Guerin will share with the campus community his unique approach to psychology and other social sciences and discuss his research conducted worldwide.
Scott Danby has already become a successful entrepreneur, heading up three companies in the 10 short years since his graduation from Penn State Brandywine in 2002 with a degree in business administration. He gives much credit to the business program, while admitting to a little help from luck, trust and good timing.
"Make sure your career supports your goals, not the other way around." This important advice was bestowed upon Penn State Brandywine's graduating class at its December 21, 2012 Commencement Ceremony by fellow Penn Stater and keynote speaker Mike Arata.
Arata, an Upper Darby native, reminisced on his Penn State days, while assuring the graduates that graduation was just the beginning. "The scoreboard is reset for all of you today," he said. "Your degree will always be one of your greatest achievements, but it is part of a bigger picture."
Joan Impagliazzo never thought she would make it through her first semester of college, let alone graduate. As an adult student attending college for the first time at age 50, she was terrified, sitting in the back corner of classes trying to go unnoticed. But graduate she did in 1992 from Penn State Brandywine (known then as Penn State Delaware County) with a bachelor's degree in general arts and sciences.
With a strong sense of giving back--and with a surplus of energy--, Penn State Brandywine Campus Registrar Joanna McGowan has taken the helm of a professional organization, Delaware Valley Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission (DVACROA) as its president. DVACROA is the local chapter of the Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission.