Penn State Brandywine named Sarah Kurpel as its director of athletics on Jan. 3. Kurpel, who will oversee the campus’ 13 varsity sports as well as its club sport and intramural programs, is the sixth full-time director of athletics in Brandywine’s 48-year history of varsity athletics.
Penn State Brandywine awarded 67 diplomas at its fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 16. Chancellor Kristin Woolever welcomed the graduates, families and friends who gathered in the Commons/Athletic Center on campus.
Anjanette (AJ) Downey recently became the new administrative assistant for academic affairs at Penn State Brandywine. In addition to years of experience in the education sector, Downey is a Penn State alumna who graduated from the Brandywine campus.
This fall approximately 5,247 Penn State students will receive their diplomas. University-wide there will be 252 associate, 3,936 baccalaureate, 762 master's, 11 law and 286 doctoral degrees awarded. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State's 24 locations.
Most Penn State students use Thanksgiving break as a chance to go home and prepare for their final weeks of class. Instead, 24 students and two instructors from Penn State Brandywine and University Park traveled to Barcelona, Spain through Brandywine Global Programs.
Bridget O’Donnell was recently named the new assistant director of student activities at Penn State Brandywine. She brings impressive experience in student affairs and residence life programming to the campus.
Applications for the Penn State Secondary Mathematics Noyce Scholarship Program must be submitted by Jan. 18, 2017. The competitive renewable scholarships will provide $19,000 per year for eligible students’ last two years of college.
Penn State Brandywine will honor 61 graduates at its annual fall commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Dec. 16. This semester’s graduates earned three associate degrees and 58 four-year degrees in nine different disciplines, including engineering, business and human development and family studies. Philadelphia City Solicitor Sozi Pedro Tulante will be the commencement ceremony’s keynote speaker.
Penn State Brandywine basketball season is in full swing with both teams opening Penn State University Athletic Conference play last week. Both teams got the week started with non-conference games before hosting a PSUAC doubleheader on Saturday afternoon
