As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 21 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Great Valley has launched three new awards to honor alumni of Great Valley degree programs and an “honorary alum” or friend of the campus. Nominations are open until the end of July, and awardees will be honored at a celebratory event in the fall.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
More than 70 golfers participated in this year's golf outing, which raised $30,000 for scholarships to support graduate students at Penn State Great Valley. Penn State women's soccer head coach Erica Dambach spoke to reception attendees about the discipline of focusing on their attitudes.
Data analytics alum Rahul Vemuri honed his skills in organizing large datasets predictive modeling to make sound business decisions. He showcased his skills during an industry partnership project and internship with PQ LLC. His talent in uncovering patterns and insights from the data impressed PQ’s leadership, leading to a full-time position as a data engineer specializing in market forecasting.
The University Staff Advisory Council (USAC) recognized three outstanding Penn State staff members with 2025 USAC Staff Awards, recognizing their efforts above and beyond their normally assigned job responsibilities and their embodiment of the Penn State Values.
A team of Penn State Great Valley professors and students studied how well large language models, such as ChatGPT and Claude, can solve data science coding challenges. The researchers presented their work at the International Conference on Mining Software Repositories and won the Distinguished Paper Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Software Engineering.
On May 9, Penn State Great Valley held a commencement ceremony honoring 474 students who have completed their graduate degrees this past academic year. MBA alumna Rina Desai, principal/owner of Eigen X, a professional services firm focused on data and technology, gave the keynote address.
Nominations are now open for the first round of scholarships made possible through The Endowment for The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School. The first round includes general scholarships, dissertation completion awards, summer research funding, and military and veteran student scholarships.
Chastidy Joanem took advantage of all the opportunities she could manage at Penn State Abington while working multiple jobs and earning credits toward a master’s degree.
