Nursing Grad Wins University Award

YINGXIN “CINDY” WU, a May Nursing graduate, was the recipient of Penn State’s 2023 Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award. Named for the University’s 10th president, the award recognizes high scholastic achievement together with good citizenship and participation and leadership in student activities.

Wu, who is originally from China, was an active member of the International Student Services office. She revitalized the Lion Entertainment Board, organized events in partnership with the South Asian Student Organization, and raised funds for THON by running twelve miles and biking forty-five miles during THON weekend.

Tracing the Office Grapevine

MADISON DAMBACH, a senior dual-majoring in Marketing and Management Information Systems, attended the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s 2023 conference in Boston. At the international-level conference, she presented her research project, “Gossip Unleashed: The Role of Moral Disengagement and Calculative Mindset,” which explored when and how workplace gossip spreads. She also won a grant to continue researching the project in the Raimy Behavioral Lab in Behrend’s Black School of Business.

Standout Seniors Profiled On Behrend Blog

Sounds Of Success

Graduates of the Schreyer Honors College strike a gong at the completion of their thesis. Congratulations to this year’s Behrend Schreyer Scholars, who celebrated with family and friends at a banquet in McGarvey Commons this spring.

We’re proud of our graduates and all that they have learned and accomplished at Behrend. Nearly two dozen members of the Class of 2023 were highlighted recently on the college’s blog. Their perspectives on their futures and their advice to incoming students make for enlightening reading at behrendblog.com.