Congratulations once again to all of the new Paterno Fellows who were honored at the Recognition Ceremony on January 14 in the HUB Auditorium! We have posted a photo album of the evening that you are sure to enjoy. Be sure to share the album with your family and friends!
In case you missed it, here is the story as published on the Penn State Newswires: <http://news.psu.edu/story/142774/2013/01/24/college-liberal-arts-inducts-new-paterno-fellows>.
Aspirants and Paterno Fellows should know that everything is falling into place for the third annual Paterno Fellows Recognition Event. Be sure to be there on January 14 at 6:45 p.m. in HUB Auditorium. The event will conclude by 7:45 in case you wish to attend the John Legend performance at 8:00.
The evening has been planned in consultation with the the Paterno Fellows Student Advisory Board and you are expected to attend:
Frequently asked questions:
ANSWER: Yes. There won’t be many parents there, but they are sure welcome if they’d like to attend. (When senior Fellows graduate next spring, parents will be invited to a May event honoring Fellows.)
ANSWER: Absolutely right. This night continues a tradition that involves first-year and second-year aspirants as well as admitted Fellows.
ANSWER: Absolutely not!
ANSWER: Dress as if you were going to an event in Eisenhower.
The third annual Paterno Fellows Recognition Ceremony will take place on Monday, January 14, at 6:45 p.m. in the HUB Auditorium. About 125 new Fellows will be honored:
BUT those Fellows who were honored last year are also expected to attend, as should all aspiring Fellows.
Mark your calendars now; this is a required event.
And it should be an enjoyable one. This has been an amazing semester–all the more reason to come together and celebrate. Let us begin the new year by honoring students for their fine work and commitment. Let’s reinforce our sense of what we’re all about and rededicate ourselves to what we stand for.
New Fellows will be recognized by name at the event. Those new Fellows will also receive a nice Paterno Fellows hooded sweatshirt as an acknowledgment of their status–don’t worry, we’ll have one in your size. (Incidentally, you can also expect to receive a more permanent symbol of your accomplishments as Paterno Fellows when you graduate.)
Here’s what you can expect on January 14:
Sue Paterno attended the Recognition Event last year, and we expect her to do so again–along with other members of the Paterno family. In addition, we expect Deans Welch and Long (from Liberal Arts) as well as Deans Brady and Upneja of the Schreyer Honors College all to attend–and other guests.
More information will be forthcoming: keep your eyes peeled.
At the Recognition Event on January 9, the following Paterno Fellows were recognized for meeting the requirements to enter the Schreyer Honors College:
Class of 2013
Craig Anderson, Robert Baldassarre, Denise Bartolome, Andrew Bellwoar, Alexandra Beyda, David Darr, Jessica Deitzer, Alicia Doorey, Jessica Drobnick, Sarah Eissler, Genevieve Farrell, Ryan Green, Winston Hamel, Reba Higley, Matthew Jewitt, Daniel Kannell, Danielle Mackintosh, Victoria Martin, Elizabeth Masgarha, Shannon Mccarrick, Carolina Morales, Courtney Mundt, Megan Naude, Mark Petusky, Gina Ranieri, Dredeir Roberts, Allison Robertson, Harrison Rogers, Beth Rudoy, Lauren Zychowicz
Class of 2014
Chelsea Allen, Chelsea Amaral, Philip Antonello , Tamires Bastos, Carl Boswell, Alexander Brillman, Sean Carr, Lauren Christiansen, Mitchell Culler, Emma Decker, Nicholas Defillipo, Melissa Dijulio, Kimberly Foerster, Rachel Franceschino, Helen Geleskie, Michael Goldenberg, Lili Hadsell, Cortlyn Hagman, Andrew Huffard, So Hyun Jin, Sarina Katz, Kendyl Keesey, Michael Kern, Michael Kramer, John Lee, Seung Wong (Sally) Lee, Zachariah Mandell, Annie Marcinek, Abigail Massaro, Jay Mathias, Jessica Maynor, Samantha Mitchell, Thomas Nichols, Leah Pappas, Katharine Pecorino, Katherine Pettine, Brian Prewitt, Kathleen Quinn, Natalie Roberts, Gabrielle Rosenblum, Devon Santoro, Thomas Shutt, Douglas Smith, Lucas Sobchack, Madison Sopic, Rachel Steinberg, Victoria Thomas, Elizabeth Thorwart, Jordan Tobe, Rebecca Vickery, Alexandra Walsh, Sarah Walsh, Ariel Weber, Sophia Weidner, Hannah Weinberg, James Yarnell, Sean Yu
Class of 2015
Vera Abaimova, Jeanne Almeida, Emily Bellwoar, Alexandra Busalacchi, Katherine Busalacchi, Stephanie Crilly, Kara Crouse, Nicholas Dau, Sean Dooling, Emily Duke, Fallon Dungan, Coral Flanagan, Katherine Greensmith, Carolyn Harmeling, Kari Hartbauer, Sean Lane, Michelle Lenze, Alexandra Manbeck, Erin Mctiernan, Katherine Milliken, Whitney Moore, Christina Nguyen, Reema Pangarkar, Rachel Patchen, Katherine Rhodes, Erik Rocchino, Corynne Ross, Matthew Senior, Julia Shaner, Brian Shiue, Bryn Spielvogel, Benjamin Stewart, Daniel Sulvetta, Keith Taylor, Samantha Yuhas, Zachary Zern
For a story on the event, visit Penn State Live.
Check out the slideshow of photos from the 2012 Paterno Fellows Program Recognition Ceremony:
Aspirants and Paterno Fellows should know that everything is falling into place for the second annual Paterno Fellows Recognition Event. Be sure to be there on January 9 at 7 pm in HUB Auditorium.*
The evening has been planned in consultation with the the Paterno Fellows Student Advisory Board:
Frequently asked questions:
ANSWER: Yes. There won’t be many parents there, but they are sure welcome if they’d like to attend. (When Fellows graduate beginning in next spring, parents will be invited to a May event honoring Fellows.)
ANSWER: Absolutely right. This night will be the beginning of a tradition that involves first-year and second-year aspirants as well as admitted Fellows.
ANSWER: Absolutely not!
ANSWER: Dress as if you were going to an event in Eisenhower.
*Please note that the location for this event has been changed to the HUB Auditorium.
The second annual Paterno Fellows Recognition Ceremony will take place on Monday, January 9, 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall of the HUB. New fellows will be honored –freshmen and sophs and some juniors–but those Fellows who were honored last year are also expected to attend, as should all aspiring Fellows.
Mark your calendars now; this is a required event.
And it should be an enjoyable one. This has been a difficult few weeks–and that’s all the more reason to come together and celebrate. Let us begin the new year by honoring students for their fine work and commitment. Let’s reinforce our sense of what we’re all about and rededicate ourselves to what we stand for.
The main guests of honor will be the 125 or so new Fellows–those who qualified last May, those who will qualify after this semester’s grades are in (we’ll let you know about that before Christmas!), and those first-year students in the Schreyer Honors College who have also chosen to be Paterno Fellows. In addition, the 200 or so “pioneer” PF students who were honored last year should attend to show their support, and so should those who are still in the pipeline as “aspirants” in their freshman or sophomore year–plan to attend in order to support and celebrate your classmates.
New Fellows will be recognized by name at the event. Those Fellows in attendance will also receive a nice Paterno Fellows hooded sweatshirt as an acknowledgment of their status–don’t worry, we’ll have one in your size. (Incidentally, you can also expect to receive a more permanent symbol of your accomplishments as Paterno Fellows when you graduate.)
Here’s what you can expect on January 9 (in a program designed by the Paterno Fellows Student Advisory Board):
Last year Joe and Sue Paterno attended, and we hope that Mr Paterno’s health might permit him to attend again this time: we’ll see. In addition, we have invited President Erickson, and expect Deans Susan Welch and Chris Long as well as Deans Brady and Upneja of the Schreyer Honors College all to attend–and other guests.
Hello Fellows and Aspirants! Hopefully you all had a great break and are beginning some amazing semesters. I would first like to thank all of the Fellows and Aspirants who were in attendance during the recognition event last Monday on the behalf of the entire Advisory Board. I thought that the turnout was very impressive and that the overall proceedings went quite smoothly and hopefully you all felt the same way. In case you missed it (for classes or otherwise), I will give you a quick recap of what happened.
Throughout the event, our musical guest, “Irreconcilable Differences,” which consists of six members of the Penn State history faculty, played a variety of songs including the Alma Mater. Following their initial performance, Associate Dean Long welcomed everyone to the event and explained what it signified–a transition into a program founded upon honor and integrity. Next, Dean Welch presented Joe Paterno with the Sparks Centennial Medal which he was unable to receive at the fall of 2009 College of the Liberal Arts Centennial Reception because of his coaching duties. Ginnelle Sroka, a Fellow and Advisory Board member, gave a wonderful speech about the opportunities that the program has allowed her to take advantage of. The Paternos were then presented with their own sweatshirts, which matched the ones that all entering Fellows received. Next, Associate Dean Upneja of the Schreyer Honors College spoke about the admittance of the Fellows into the Honors College and what really makes an honors student. Finally, after a short closing from Dean Long, all in attendance enjoyed refreshments and some one-on-one time with the Paternos.
I feel as though this event exemplified some of the best qualities of the College of the Liberal Arts and the amazing endeavors of its students. It was definitely a night worth attending. Hopefully such attendance and enthusiasm will be present at the various events that the Advisory Board is planning for this semester. More details about these will be available to you in the coming weeks but I am surely excited for them. Hopefully I will see you there.
In the meantime, take a look at some photos from the Paterno Fellows Program Recognition Ceremony.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish: it will satisfy your hunger but it won’t taste good.” It’s a quote after my own heart. Honest and catchy- and even more profound when spoken by the same man who first said it.
Joe Paterno stepped into the academic area to celebrate along with the deans and staff of the Liberal Arts and Schreyer Honors Colleges the first annual Paterno Fellows Program Recognition Ceremony. This past Monday, 211- yep, I counted- students were raised from the status of “aspirant” to “fellow.”
‘Fellow’ is a funny word. According to my American Heritage Dictionary -let me pull this off my shelf now- it means more than “a member of a learned society” or “a[n] [under]graduate student receiving financial aid for further study.” For us, those definitions are obvious, but perhaps not obvious enough. ‘Fellow’ is synonymous with associate, comrade, partner. This struck me as I stood amongst the applause and the assembly of gray hooded sweatshirts (thank you, by the way). As diverse as we are, in our varied disciplines and dreams- we are still working for a common reason. Whether in a field study in Kenya or in a research lab on campus, we are working in unison to better ourselves, our futures, and that of this university.
The success we celebrated earlier this week may have been as delicious and as varied as the desserts on the side tables. But it’s all the same food group. One that, to me, tastes an awful lot like fellowship.
Aspirants and Paterno Fellows should know that everything is falling into place for the first annual Paterno Fellows Recognition Event. Be sure to be there on January 10 at 7 pm in Heritage Hall, HUB.
The evening has been planned by the Paterno Fellows Student Advisory Board:
Frequently asked questions:
ANSWER: Yes. There won’t be many parents there, but they are sure welcome if they’d like to attend. (When Fellows graduate beginning next year, parents will be invited to a May event honoring Fellows.)
ANSWER: Absolutely right. This night will be the beginning of a tradition that involves first-year and second-year aspirants as well as admitted Fellows.
ANSWER: Absolutely not!
ANSWER: Dress as if you were going to an event in Eisenhower.
Hello Paterno Fellows and Aspirants! As you may have read already, this January will mark the First Annual Paterno Fellows Program Night of Recognition. This has been the focus of the Advisory Board’s efforts for the past few months and it is finally coming together. This short event will include what I like to call the Penn State student triple threat: free Paternos, free stuff, and free food. Seriously, what else do you need? As of right now (and it looks pretty concrete), both Joe and Sue Paterno are expected to be there and we will be recognizing JoePa with his College of the Liberal Arts Centennial Medal which he unfortunately did not receive last year because of his coaching duties. Also in attendance will be College of the Liberal Arts Deans Welch and Long, Schreyer Honors College Dean Brady, and President Spanier, as well as other Paterno family members. With this star-studded cast, every Paterno Fellow and Aspirant should be excited to attend on January 10th in Heritage Hall. Is there any better way to make all of your non-PFP friends insanely jealous?
Also included in your visit to this amazing night will be a sweatshirt to commemorate this ceremonious transition into the program. And what’s better, it is completely free of charge! However, this cannot be given to you without a little help from every Fellow. In the next few days, Fellows will be receiving an email which will ask you for the size of the sweatshirt that you would like to receive in January. I cannot stress enough how important it is that you respond to this as soon as possible when you actually receive it. Without this information we will have no idea what to order and therefore, we will not be able to order one for your individual preferences. So again, please respond to the sweatshirt size message in a timely fashion. Finally, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact any of the Advisory Board members and be sure to read Dr. Selzer’s original post. Oh, and be sure to tell your friends about this if they are unaware of it (and while you’re at it, have them bookmark this page for future readership). Have a great end to all of your semesters and good luck on any finals that you have! See you all on January 10th in Heritage Hall.
