Student Voices
We continue our Blue & White Society executive board features this week with Wendy Weidman. Wendy, who also served on the inaugural board in the role of Vice President, was elected to the position of President this year. Wendy is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and hopes to attend law school in the…
Over the past weeks you have had the opportunity to hear from both the Blue & White Society Director of Communications and Director Membership about their goals for the organization in the coming year. Today we continue our executive board features with the society Secretary, Stephanie Blahut. Stephanie, who is working towards her bachelor’s in…
In my experience as a student at Penn State, the University Libraries have played a major role in assisting with my coursework. Living outside the United States, and not being able to visit any of its physical campuses, I first thought that accessing the library would certainly be a complicated process. I later found that…
Last week we introduced you to Kaleigh Miller, Director of Communications for the World Campus chapter of the Blue & White Society. In today’s post you will have the opportunity to get to know Director of Membership, Julie Patosky. Julie, who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in community and economic development, serves in a…
A few months ago, students in the World Campus chapter of the Blue & White Society elected into office their 2012-2013 executive board. Over the next few weeks you can get to know the members of the board as they share a little about themselves and their goals for the Blue & White Society in…
Hello everyone, I am back with my latest video blog post. This month I want to talk about how important and beneficial online study groups can be for your World Campus education. Just because we don’t meet in a traditional classroom, doesn’t mean we can’t have study group sessions. It has helped me this semester…
Next semester will mark the end of my journey toward a bachelor’s degree. When registering for classes for the spring, I saw the opportunity to get credits for doing an internship related to my major. Naturally, this peaked my interest and I began to wonder if finding an internship would help me, not only in…
Normally, my blogs are written with a tone that demonstrates my personality: lots of humor, fun and a dash of silliness. This blog post is a bit out of the norm, as I am somewhat stressed by a number of life events taking place all at once. That includes an impact on my educational goals…
Every semester, I have (by chance) selected courses that overlap somehow. For example, I once chose to take a forensics course the same semester I took a photography course. Little did I know that forensic science would help solidify lessons I was learning in photography—concepts such as aperture and shutter speed, depth of field and…
World Campus Blue & White Society member, Michael Sanchez was all smiles when he received a $500 gift card after winning the recent Blue & White Society Bookstore Sweepstakes. The Texas native was one of three lucky winners selected from more than 1,900 students that entered university-wide. After reading about the sweepstakes through his Penn…