Stephany Tang earned two Penn State bachelor’s degrees in less than 18 months all the while thoughtfully combining her interests and talents to sculpt her own college experience and ultimately extend relationships and ventures beyond her time at Penn State Abington.
The Philadelphia native's college experience includes picking up a degree in anthropology from University Park followed last month with a bachelor’s from Abington in information sciences and technology (IST) and a minor in international studies.
While studying IST at Abington, Tang forged a connection with P.J. Capelotti, professor of anthropology. She's excited to move forward with a concept that emerged from their discussion.
“I plan to work with Dr. Capelotti to create an interactive Web application that shows the timeline of hominid evolution,” she said. “It could be used in introductory biological anthropology courses at Penn State and also at other universities.”
But Tang, in her typical fashion, wants to take the concept even further.
“I can work on different versions of the Web application, which can be used for underfunded schools in history, science, and other related subjects,” she said.