This week, we recognize four people who go above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. We're sending a "We Are!" to Penn Staters with the College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State Brandywine, World Campus and Penn State Hazleton.
Before the football game on Nov. 5, Penn State Great Valley students Carolina Aceto and Tahseen Firoz walked onto the field at Beaver Stadium to be recognized for their service in the Marine Corps. Donning Military Appreciation Day T-shirts, they joined Penn State veterans from all branches of the United States military in holding a giant American flag across the end zone as the opening bars of the national anthem rang out.
Jake Fida, an information sciences and technology major at Penn State Brandywine, does not fit the typical student mold. At the age of 18, Fida joined the United States Marine Corps, serving for four years in Djibouti, Kuwait and on a carrier before being honorably discharged from active duty in October 2015.
When Penn State Brandywine senior Heather Gartside began her independent research capstone, she knew that she wanted to take a unique approach to the project — and has made a deep impact on her community as a result.
Fall championships have arrived as the Brandywine cross country and women’s soccer teams got the postseason started last week, while the men’s soccer and volleyball teams get underway in the coming days
The Penn State Brandywine women’s volleyball team partnered with the Side-Out Foundation by hosting its sixth annual Dig Pink weekend tournament Sept. 17-18. The event raised money and awareness for breast cancer research and support.
Debbie Ousey, the coordinator of Penn State Brandywine’s multilingual student programs, recently organized a trip to the 2016 Women of the World (WOW) Festival, which was hosted by Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore.
