Neeka Pharaud, a junior business major and president of Brandywine’s Student Government Association, thought she knew what to expect when she left for a student conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Peris Wambui Wamoni, a double major in biology and international studies, recently won Penn State’s Ardeth and Norman Frisbey International Student Award. The award honors a full-time, international student who has made outstanding contributions to international understanding on campus through academic, athletic, campus life or community service initiatives. This past semester, she transitioned from Penn State Brandywine to the University Park campus.
In December, Susan Fredricks, associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Brandywine, presented at the 2017 Cross Cultural Research Conference in Maui, Hawaii.
The Penn State Brandywine community welcomed a new head librarian, Teresa Slobuski, at the beginning of the spring semester. Slobuski joins the Brandywine faculty after six years at San Jose State University in California, where she oversaw the reference and research services.
Most Penn Staters are familiar with THON, a student-run philanthropy committed to enhancing the lives of children and families impacted by childhood cancer. According to its website, THON has raised more than $147 million to combat childhood cancer since its inception.
Jared Heatwole might be one of Penn State’s most newly minted alumni, but he is taking his degree into a well-established record of commitment and success in the working world.
Laura Guertin, professor of earth science at Penn State Brandywine, is in the business of asking questions — and her most recent inquiry launched a new, creative project to help more people understand the natural world.
Penn State Brandywine women’s basketball went 3-0 during a crucial stretch of PSUAC games, while the Brandywine men’s basketball team turned in a 2-1 mark last week, which included a pair of double-overtime thrillers, against its conference competition
For the second year in a row, the team at Penn State Admissions – Philadelphia participated in the nation’s largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service. On this day of service, the Penn State team joined more than 75 volunteers for a day of cleaning and restoration at Vaux Big Picture High School.
With classes back in session for the spring semester, Penn State Brandywine’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are now in the thick of Penn State University Athletic Conference play as both squads faced a pair of conference road games last week.
