Penn State Brandywine will host its first-ever homecoming from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Attendees can enjoy barbecue-style food, Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream, campus tours and family-friendly activities alongside fellow Penn State alumni, as well as Brandywine students, faculty and staff.
Cynthia Lightfoot, director of academic affairs, has been named interim chancellor of Penn State Brandywine, effective Aug. 1. Lightfoot will take over for Chancellor Kristin Woolever, who will retire on July 31 after leading the campus since 2014. A national search to identify the campus’ next chancellor is in progress.
After nearly six years of dedicated leadership and service, Penn State Brandywine Chancellor Kristin Woolever will retire from the University on July 31.
Starting fall 2019, Penn State Brandywine will offer a new bachelor of science degree in project and supply chain management. This brings the total number of four-year degrees that can be completed at Brandywine to 13.
Penn State Brandywine Chancellor Kristin R. Woolever highlighted the campus’ focus on student engagement and community impact, as well as its aim of providing an accessible and affordable education, during the University’s Board of Trustees meeting held today (July 18) at Brandywine.
The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold its next public meeting July 18 at Penn State Brandywine. The full board meeting will be streamed live online at http://wpsu.org/trustees/.
Penn State police officers across Pennsylvania will host events for Penn State employees this summer featuring a variety of refreshments, from free coffee to pizza to ice cream and more.
By the midpoint of her sophomore year, Katya Iatsenko had already served as an undergraduate researcher and presented at multiple conferences — but navigating the opportunity to study abroad wasn’t an exact science.
Fifty-five undergraduate students from across the country have arrived at Penn State to take part in the first-ever Drawdown Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates Program. Dubbed Drawdown Scholars, the students will spend eight weeks embedded in research programs across the University, with the aim of investigating positive solutions-orientated paths to take action on climate change.
Based upon early successes, “The Art and Science of Human Flourishing” will be offered as a three-credit course at seven Penn State campuses — Altoona, Brandywine, Fayette, Greater Allegheny, Mont Alto, University Park and York — and is the focus of a research study evaluating possible outcomes in increased student health and well-being.
This summer, students, faculty and staff can participate in communications workshops that cover topics such as open access, copyright and fair-use policies. The workshops, offered through Aug. 13, are coordinated by Ana Enriquez, scholarly communications outreach librarian, and will take place via Zoom and in various locations across Penn State's campuses.
Putting their classroom knowledge into practice, eight Penn State Brandywine students had a positive impact working with children and teachers at the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School in North Philadelphia throughout the spring semester.
Approximately 200 seventh- and ninth-grade girls from schools in the Greater Philadelphia area visited Penn State Brandywine on May 8 and May 17 for the campus’ annual Career Pathways for Girls events, which are part of Brandywine’s STEM Options program.
Career Pathways for Girls, a part of Penn State Brandywine STEM Options, is a one-day program held on campus that features hands-on, discovery-based STEM workshops led by professional women in STEM.
Penn State graduate Haleigh Swansen, a Schreyer Honors scholar who earned her bachelor’s degree in English from the Brandywine campus, is currently enrolled in a conservatory program at Sight and Sound Theatres, a professional Christian theatre that creates and produces original musicals based on
