The Leipold scholarship will enhance opportunities in STEM disciplines, with first preference for women and minorities, and establish the Jane Filby Leipold Human Resources and Career Readiness Fund.
The Penn State Nittany Watson Challenge Transfer Credit Team. Back row: Bill Fritz, director for Admission Services and Financial Aid, Penn State World Campus; Donna Anderson, academic advisor/liaison for Academic Advising and Student Disability Services, Penn State World Campus; Laura Anderson, assistant director for Admission Services and Financial Aid, Penn State World Campus; Margaret Oakar, associate director for Admission Services and Financial Aid, Penn State World Campus. Front row: Manda Yang, doctoral candidate and research assistant for the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering; Cara Bell, assistant director/recruitment coordinator for Admission Services and Financial Aid, Penn State World Campus; Mia Ellis, assistant director for Admission Services and Financial Aid, Penn State World Campus; Shelby Thayer, director of Web Strategy and CRM, Penn State World Campus and Tasha Rockey, student transfer credit specialist manager for Academic and Enrollment Support Services, Penn State World Campus. Absent: Simo Wu, doctoral candidate and research assistant for the Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science.
The Penn State team, composed of Pranav Jain, Isabella Yost, Michael Zinn and Erica Noss, were among 12 teams invited to travel to Kohl’s corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to have their ideas heard by Kohl’s executives.
