Penn State students have the opportunity to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Maymester in a new course called “Sociology and Culture in Seoul, Korea,” a three-credit, study abroad program in partnership with the University’s sociology department and Konkuk University in Seoul.
Penn State students now have the opportunity to experience Oaxaca, Mexico, through Maymester in Mexico: Language, Culture and Community, a new four-credit, study-abroad program. Maymester in Mexico is designed for Penn State undergraduate students from all campuses, schools and fields of study, and it offers hands-on learning experience to build linguistic and cultural competencies.
Daniel Hamilton will receive a bachelor of science degree in cybersecurity analytics and operations at Penn State Brandywine’s commencement ceremony on Dec. 17. He came to Penn State after 10 years of active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard.
On Dec. 7, Penn State Brandywine Chancellor Marilyn J. Wells, Widener University President Stacey Robertson, and Delaware County Community College President L. Joy Gates Black served on the panel for the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce program, "Women in Leadership: Higher Education." Wells and the other college leaders discussed preparing for leadership, taking chances, balancing professional and personal demands, and mentoring future leaders.
Robert Ginsberg, the first faculty member hired at Penn State Brandywine, has donated his academic papers and other documents related to the campus’ early years to be housed at Brandywine in partnership with University Libraries. Ginsberg was hired in 1967 as Penn State prepared to open a new campus in Delaware County. He was the first of 11 original faculty members who taught 236 students during the campus’ inaugural year.
A dozen students, eight from Penn State Brandywine and four incarcerated at the nearby county jail, overcame their apprehensions, challenged their ideas about the criminal justice system and studied public speaking during a semester-long course offered through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. The students — who said the course was transformative for them — met each Tuesday evening during the fall semester at Delaware County’s George W. Hill Correctional Facility.
