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Brandywine students recognized for outstanding leadership

4/26/13

Student leaders at Penn State Brandywine were recognized for their positive influence on the study body, outstanding service to the campus community through volunteering, cross-cultural understanding, academic excellence and campus involvement during the campus’ annual Leadership Recognition Night on April 24.

Brandywine’s Kathy Meehan receives esteemed Atherton Award

Brandywine’s Kathy Meehan receives esteemed Atherton Award

3/26/13

Penn State Brandywine Instructor Kathy Meehan has been honored with the prestigious George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, an award that is annually presented to only six deserving faculty members across the University. Named for Penn State’s seventh president, it recognizes outstanding teachers for their devotion and effort toward undergraduate teaching.

TOMS shoes founder will present 'Start Something That Matters' on April 16

An hour without shoes

3/26/13

Get outside and enjoy the fantastic spring weather (when it finally gets here) in shorts and no shoes during Penn State Brandywine’s entertaining Common Read event “An Hour Without Shoes.” Students, faculty and staff are welcome to join this enjoyable open-air occasion and go shoeless on Tuesday, April 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Vairo Courtyard to bring awareness to the health and education of individuals who can’t afford shoes.

White Dog Café founder Judy Wicks to speak April 9 at Brandywine

White Dog Café founder Judy Wicks to speak April 9 at Brandywine

3/22/13

Judy Wicks, founder of the iconic Philadelphia restaurant White Dog Café, will visit Penn State Brandywine on from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, as part of the campus’ Spring Speaker Series. She will present “Good Morning, Beautiful Business: Building a Caring Economy,” in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.

Emmy-winning broadcaster, Olympic hurdler host 'Women in Athletics'

3/20/13

In honor of Women’s History Month, Penn State Brandywine will host “Women in Athletics,” a panel discussion led by Olympic hurdler Candy Young, athletic director at Delaware State University, and Emmy Award-winning Sports Broadcaster Jaime Fettrow-Alderfer, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.

Brandywine hosts annual literary festival with Poet Ethel Rackin

Brandywine hosts annual literary festival with Poet Ethel Rackin

3/19/13

Poet Ethel Rackin will join Penn State Brandywine in a poetry and literature reading during its annual Litapalooza Literary Festival on Tuesday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building lounge. During this highly anticipated, free public event, students and guests are encouraged to share their own creative works by reading, reciting, chanting, narrating, rapping or even singing for their peers.

Karen Rogers, news anchor from 6 A B C

6ABC’s Karen Rogers named Penn State Brandywine Spring Soirée emcee

3/8/13

Since 2008, Penn State Brandywine's signature spring event, the Spring Soirée, has raised more than $250,000 for student scholarships. This year's event will be held at the Phoenixville Foundry from 7 to 11 p.m. April 12. Proceeds will enhance the student experience, providing critical dollars to support new academic programs, scholarships and student-focused campus enhancements.

Calling all high school journalists!

3/1/13

Penn State Brandywine is hosting a competition called “Pride in Print” for budding journalists in the region. Students and their newspaper advisers are asked to submit recent news articles for submission and judging in one of three categories: news, feature writing and sports.

Jennifer Zosh, Brandywine Assistant Professor of HDFS

Children learn better when they figure things out for themselves

2/21/13

Toddlers learn new words more effectively by using their knowledge about the world to infer the label of an object, rather than by simply being instructed and told which word goes with which object, according to a Penn State human development and family studies researcher.

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Penn State Brandywine students collect books to promote literacy

10/4/12

In an effort to help build classroom libraries in low-income neighborhoods, Penn State Brandywine is partnering with Philadelphia Reads in the GMC Cars to People Program from Oct. 22 to 26. GMC is loaning Philadelphia Reads a new car to make book donation pickups and will shoot video at each location. Philadelphia Reads will visit the Brandywine campus on Oct. 23 during common hour, and plans are under way to collect as many books as possible throughout the month.

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Brandywine students recognized for outstanding leadership

4/26/13

Student leaders at Penn State Brandywine were recognized for their positive influence on the study body, outstanding service to the campus community through volunteering, cross-cultural understanding, academic excellence and campus involvement during the campus’ annual Leadership Recognition Night on April 24.

Brandywine’s Kathy Meehan receives esteemed Atherton Award

Brandywine’s Kathy Meehan receives esteemed Atherton Award

3/26/13

Penn State Brandywine Instructor Kathy Meehan has been honored with the prestigious George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, an award that is annually presented to only six deserving faculty members across the University. Named for Penn State’s seventh president, it recognizes outstanding teachers for their devotion and effort toward undergraduate teaching.

TOMS shoes founder will present 'Start Something That Matters' on April 16

An hour without shoes

3/26/13

Get outside and enjoy the fantastic spring weather (when it finally gets here) in shorts and no shoes during Penn State Brandywine’s entertaining Common Read event “An Hour Without Shoes.” Students, faculty and staff are welcome to join this enjoyable open-air occasion and go shoeless on Tuesday, April 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Vairo Courtyard to bring awareness to the health and education of individuals who can’t afford shoes.

White Dog Café founder Judy Wicks to speak April 9 at Brandywine

White Dog Café founder Judy Wicks to speak April 9 at Brandywine

3/22/13

Judy Wicks, founder of the iconic Philadelphia restaurant White Dog Café, will visit Penn State Brandywine on from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, as part of the campus’ Spring Speaker Series. She will present “Good Morning, Beautiful Business: Building a Caring Economy,” in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.

Emmy-winning broadcaster, Olympic hurdler host 'Women in Athletics'

3/20/13

In honor of Women’s History Month, Penn State Brandywine will host “Women in Athletics,” a panel discussion led by Olympic hurdler Candy Young, athletic director at Delaware State University, and Emmy Award-winning Sports Broadcaster Jaime Fettrow-Alderfer, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.

Brandywine hosts annual literary festival with Poet Ethel Rackin

Brandywine hosts annual literary festival with Poet Ethel Rackin

3/19/13

Poet Ethel Rackin will join Penn State Brandywine in a poetry and literature reading during its annual Litapalooza Literary Festival on Tuesday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building lounge. During this highly anticipated, free public event, students and guests are encouraged to share their own creative works by reading, reciting, chanting, narrating, rapping or even singing for their peers.

Karen Rogers, news anchor from 6 A B C

6ABC’s Karen Rogers named Penn State Brandywine Spring Soirée emcee

3/8/13

Since 2008, Penn State Brandywine's signature spring event, the Spring Soirée, has raised more than $250,000 for student scholarships. This year's event will be held at the Phoenixville Foundry from 7 to 11 p.m. April 12. Proceeds will enhance the student experience, providing critical dollars to support new academic programs, scholarships and student-focused campus enhancements.

Calling all high school journalists!

3/1/13

Penn State Brandywine is hosting a competition called “Pride in Print” for budding journalists in the region. Students and their newspaper advisers are asked to submit recent news articles for submission and judging in one of three categories: news, feature writing and sports.

Jennifer Zosh, Brandywine Assistant Professor of HDFS

Children learn better when they figure things out for themselves

2/21/13

Toddlers learn new words more effectively by using their knowledge about the world to infer the label of an object, rather than by simply being instructed and told which word goes with which object, according to a Penn State human development and family studies researcher.

Untitled

Penn State Brandywine students collect books to promote literacy

10/4/12

In an effort to help build classroom libraries in low-income neighborhoods, Penn State Brandywine is partnering with Philadelphia Reads in the GMC Cars to People Program from Oct. 22 to 26. GMC is loaning Philadelphia Reads a new car to make book donation pickups and will shoot video at each location. Philadelphia Reads will visit the Brandywine campus on Oct. 23 during common hour, and plans are under way to collect as many books as possible throughout the month.