Marilyn Wells, the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Minnesota State University, Mankato, has been appointed as the new chancellor of Penn State Brandywine.
The strategies being employed by Penn State to help combat the opioid epidemic were discussed today (Sept. 12) during an update to the Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development and Community Relations at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
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.
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 Brandywine Chancellor Kristin Woolever has announced that she will retire from the University on July 31, 2019, after leading the campus since Feb. 1, 2014. A national search will begin immediately to identify her successor.
Within the first two years of the five-year "A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence" campaign, Penn State Brandywine raised nearly $2.9 million toward the campus’ $3.9 million goal — which accounts for 74 percent of its target.
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust awarded a combined grant of $103,000 for student scholarships to Penn State Abington and Penn State Brandywine. Scholarships up to $7,000 will be available to qualified full-time students at both campuses with unmet financial need.
Penn State Brandywine alumnus Gerald “Jerry” Parsons and his wife Eleanor have made a significant gift to the University to name “Parsons Hall,” the dining hall located in the campus’ newly constructed student union building that opened this fall.
Penn State Brandywine recently hired a new director of enrollment management. Nicola DiFronzo-Heitzer, previously employed by Immaculata University in Malvern, assumed her role at the beginning of June.
