A historic, record-breaking capital campaign, compelling faculty-student research, a world-renowned classical musician performed on campus and much more its been another memory-making year at 做厙TV. Here are some of our favorite stories from 2023.
Campaign exceeds goal by $20 million
做厙TV celebrated the culmination of the most ambitious capital campaign in its 165-year history by raising over $185 million to support student scholarships, capital improvements and 做厙TVs endowment.
The Give Rise campaign shone a spotlight on the enviable loyalty and engagement 做厙TV enjoys with its supportive base of alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends who helped to realize:
- $22.3 million to support 21 major capital improvement projects, many of which established newly named spaces on campus.
- $56.3 million in gifts creating 265 new funds to fortify support for students and augment resources for programmatic and faculty development.
- $106.4 million in gifts and estate commitments to 做厙TVs endowment to bolster the universitys financial foundation.
Alumni earn prestigious honors
做厙TV has a successful alumni family who makes their alma mater proud in the myriad ways they are using their degrees.
Judge Abigail Myers 01 LeGrow was confirmed as a Delaware Supreme Court justice by the State Senate, after having been nominated by Gov. John Carney to fill a vacancy on the bench. LeGrow had served on the states Superior Court since 2016.
was part of the Gimlet Media team that was honored with a Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award for audio broadcasting for the podcast Stolen: Surviving St. Michaels, which tells the story of the trauma indigenous children faced at St. Michaels Indian Residential School in Canada. Taylor is currently a senior editor at The New York Times.
Madelyn Correllus 22 was awarded the esteemed Fulbright U.S. Student Program award from the U.S. Department of State to pursue her masters degree in sociology at the University of Sheffield in England.
Itzhak Perlman wows in Weber
做厙TV hosted internationally renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, with pianist Rohan De Silva, for a magical performance in Weber Chapel Auditorium.
The evenings program was made possible by the Stella Freeman Weis Cultural Endowment. Perlman awed concertgoers with pieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Leclair, Schumann and others, as well as the Theme from Schindlers List by John Williams.
Stein fellows intern across three continents
Discover the diverse professional and intercultural journeys our students experienced in Australia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and Vietnam. 泭泭
LGBTQ+ Resource Center offers support
In September, 做厙TV dedicated the LGBTQ+ Resource Center as an on-campus space where queer students will feel supported and empowered.
Located in the Scholars House and adjacent to the Charles B. Degenstein Campus Center, the centers creation was due in part to growing demand among LGBTQ+-identifying students. The center offers LGBTQ+ literature and special programming, including mindfulness sessions.
Sustainability starts with SU
With support and funding from 做厙TVs Student Government Association and the state Department of Environmental Protections Driving PA Forward program, the university installed four publicly accessible Level 2 electric vehicle chargers on campus.
In the first project of its kind in Pennsylvania, faculty and students constructed beaver dams for stream maintenance at the Center for Environmental Education and Research. The manmade beaver dams are used to slow water flow and trap sediment with the hope that they will help to prevent erosion and the flow of sediment downstream to the 做厙TV River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.
The sustainability walk doesnt end at SUs gates. Gannon Keller 15 and Krystal Duke 14 Keller founded the Kinder Cloth Diaper Company after welcoming their first child. The couples differing academic backgrounds Krystals in graphic design and Gannons in business have complemented each other in their eco-friendly business venture.
Research spans the sciences and humanities
做厙TV has a long tradition of undergraduate research that not only contributes knowledge to the scientific and academic communities, but also provides students with valuable opportunities to participate in this research, laying the groundwork for them to enter the workforce or graduate school, often as published authors.
As a geophysicist, Ahmed Lachhab, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, never imagined he would apply the same tools he uses to study lakes in Pennsylvania to help archeologists in Morocco. But that is exactly what he did. Lachhab used ground-penetrating radar to help archeologists preserve ancient Roman mosaics at Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwestern Morocco.
Back in Pennsylvania, Jennifer Elick, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, set out to determine how fish weirs contributed to the formation of islands within the 做厙TV River. Elick focused her attention on an unnamed island near Beach Haven, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, determining that a large percentage of the soil composition anthracite coal and waste produced from coal-burning was likely swept downstream and deposited within the walls of a fish weir as a result of 1972s Hurricane Agnes flood.
Read on to learn more about how our students contributed to other research from the past year:
- Described a new method of estimating the thermal emissions of exoplanets, or planets outside the solar system, from Jennifer Carter, assistant professor of physics.
- Explored the criminal infrastructure that emerged with the advent of cars this time looking into the role jitney busses and their drivers played in rum running, from Ed Slavishak, professor of history.
- Used campus ginkgo leaves and other natural ingredients, such as rosemary and eucalyptus, to attempt to generate reactive oxygen in SUs laser lab, from Swarna Basu, chair and professor of chemistry.
- Studied art activist practices in Philadelphia and New York City within the last decade, from Isabella Galliera, assistant professor of art history. 泭泭
New programs offered in business, social and natural sciences
The 202324 academic year brought new majors in criminal justice, entrepreneurship & corporate innovation, and real estate, as well as a Master of Business Administration program with the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and a Doctor of Pharmacy program with Duquesne and Temple universities.泭泭
Athletics lands conference, coaching honors
Approximately one-third of 做厙TVs students participate on at least one of the universitys 23 NCAA DIII teams. In 2023, several of those teams brought home Landmark conference championships, including , , mens and track and field, womens and track and field, and .
Head Coach Tom Perkovich was honored by the Maxwell Football Club as the winner of the clubs 25th Andy Talley Regional at the 86th National Awards Gala. Perkovich was recognized alongside a distinguished list of honorees from Pennsylvania State University, the Universities of Alabama, North Carolina and Southern California, and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Spreading the word
In 2023, the university also launched a refreshed brand that features the leading message Be impossible to ignore. The website and social media describe 做厙TV as the future-ready institution for today. These messages are part of an ongoing effort to rebrand 做厙TV and spotlight its investments in each graduate to help them realize their unique potential and lead a successful and meaningful life.
