Eight Brandywine athletes garnered all-American awards, while three claimed National Academic Team laurels and women's soccer coach Sharif Saber was named national coach of the year.
Following last week’s presidential election, students, faculty and staff across the University have been organizing informal gatherings, round-tables and panel sessions to discuss this year’s election, related media coverage and the results. Here is a look at some of the discussions that have happened and are scheduled to take place.
Penn State Brandywine’s multicultural club recently hosted a Diwali festival luncheon on campus. For many students, this was their first introduction to Diwali, the Indian festival of lights.
This week, we recognize four people who go above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. We're sending a "We Are!" to Penn Staters with the College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State Brandywine, World Campus and Penn State Hazleton.
Before the football game on Nov. 5, Penn State Great Valley students Carolina Aceto and Tahseen Firoz walked onto the field at Beaver Stadium to be recognized for their service in the Marine Corps. Donning Military Appreciation Day T-shirts, they joined Penn State veterans from all branches of the United States military in holding a giant American flag across the end zone as the opening bars of the national anthem rang out.
Jake Fida, an information sciences and technology major at Penn State Brandywine, does not fit the typical student mold. At the age of 18, Fida joined the United States Marine Corps, serving for four years in Djibouti, Kuwait and on a carrier before being honorably discharged from active duty in October 2015.
When Penn State Brandywine senior Heather Gartside began her independent research capstone, she knew that she wanted to take a unique approach to the project — and has made a deep impact on her community as a result.