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Penn State seniors have had nearly a year and a half of college amid the coronavirus pandemic â an experience largely different from what they expected when they committed as freshmen. Some seniors reported struggling overall but made the best of their situations.
Gabriella Fournier said she found positives within all the negatives thrown her way during the virtual year.
âSome of my professors actually got to know me more virtually in my smaller classes,â Fournier (senior-public relations) said. âThere s more availability to meet with them since they can take a Zoom call from anywhere, and itâs easier to reach out.â
Dean Peggy Johnson of Penn State s Schreyer Honors College plans to retire Aug. 15, 2021, and the college named a new educational equity scholarship in her honor, according to a Thursday release.
The Dean Peggy A. Johnson Educational Equity Honors Scholarship will be awarded to students entering the honors college who need financial support to meet tuition costs and students whose backgrounds and identities contribute to the diversity of the college.
According to the release, the scholarship will be funded by donations from the Schreyer Honors Collegeâs External Advisory Board, the Scholar Alumni Society Board and the Schreyer Parents Council. External donations can also be contributed to the scholarship.
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Congratulations to Ridgefield High School seniors Liam Keppler (Football, Wrestling, Rugby) and Rory McGrath (Running), Ridgefield’s CIAC Scholar-Athletes. Ridgefield Public Schools announced the good news on their Facebook page.
The Scholar-Athlete Program recognizes two high school seniors from each member high school “whose academic and athletic careers have been exemplary; whose personal standards and achievements are a model to others; who possess high levels of integrity, self-discipline, and courage.”
According to Ridgefield Public Schools (RPS), Liam will attend Schreyer Honors College at Penn State in the fall studying Biology/Pre-Med. Rory plans to study Biopsychology/Pre-Med and continue running at Tufts University.
However, the coronavirus pandemic added unprecedented challenges to some working on their theses.
Ezra Gershanok used his thesis to create a demand curve and find the optimal price for the Keyper phone wallet, a product he and his roommate designed to prevent losing room keys.
Gershanok (senior-economics) said he wrote the thesis for entrepreneurs because he said many tend to âguess [optimal product] pricesâ and miss out on profits.
His goal was âto bring the tools of an economist to an entrepreneur that otherwise didnât have the background in economics, the time or the resources to hire an economist to figure out their optimal price.â