Brandywine’s Commission for Women presented two awards for outstanding contributions to the campus and community at the commission’s annual Women’s History Month event on March 27. Junior Maddie Beebe received the student Woman of the Year award, while Associate Professor of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Julie Gallagher received the faculty Woman of the Year award. Gallagher also served as the event's keynote speaker and spoke about her research on gender equity. Pictured from left to right: Susan Fredricks, associate professor of communication arts and sciences; Gallagher; Beebe; and Chancellor Kristin Woolever.
Brandywine’s Commission for Women presented two awards for outstanding contributions to the campus and community at the commission’s annual Women’s History Month event on March 27. Junior Maddie Beebe received the student Woman of the Year award, while Associate Professor of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Julie Gallagher received the faculty Woman of the Year award. Gallagher also served as the event's keynote speaker and spoke about her research on gender equity. Pictured from left to right: Susan Fredricks, associate professor of communication arts and sciences; Gallagher; Beebe; and Chancellor Kristin Woolever.
Penn State students recently returned from a weeklong study abroad trip to Sicily and Malta. Pictured are cousins Nikki, left, and Amy Poissant at the Ancient Theatre of Taormina in Italy. Nikki is a student at the Brandywine campus, while Amy attends the University Park campus.
Penn State students recently returned from a weeklong study abroad trip to Sicily and Malta that was organized by Penn State Brandywine Global Programs. Global Programs combines academic courses with a short-term travel experience abroad and is open to all Penn State students. Pictured are cousins Nikki, left, and Amy Poissant at the Ancient Theatre of Taormina in Italy. Nikki is a student at the Brandywine campus, while Amy attends the University Park campus.
Lynn Hartle, professor of education at Penn State Brandywine, recently visited Washington, D.C., to advocate for early childhood educators. Pictured from left to right: Lauren Hogan, senior director of public policy and advocacy at the National Association for the Education of Young Children; Hartle; and Rhian Evans Allvin, chief executive officer of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Students in Brandywine’s Nittany Christian Fellowship club spent their spring break upgrading the homes of low-income families in rural Virginia. For one of the volunteer projects, students built walls and a roof for a two-room addition to a one-bedroom trailer.
