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IMAGE: Penn State I am thrilled that the Rob Pangborn Honorary Fund will be available to help us advance student success across Penn State, said Denise Poole, director of student success initiatives. Our ultimate goal is to grow the culture of care that exists for students across the University, and this funding will help us to achieve this vision.
As vice president and dean for Undergraduate Education for nearly 15 years, Pangborn played a critical role in Penn State s educational mission by providing vision and leadership in the many areas of undergraduate education across the University. Pangborn worked as associate dean for undergraduate studies and international programs in the College of Engineering for more than 10 years prior to his post in Undergraduate Education and as Penn State s interim executive vice president and provost from November 2011 to June 2013. He began his Penn State career in 1979 as an assistant professor of engineering mechanics and was named a full
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Jocelyne Alfaro-Ruiz is a first-generation student and president of the student-led I’m the First organization at ECU. | Photo: Rhett Butler
Left to right, Cheyenne Kober, Kayla Brown, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Dr. Virginia Hardy, Jocelyne Alfaro-Ruiz and Mohammad Sarsour attended the National First-Generation Celebration in 2019. | Photo: Contributed Being the first in a family to attend college can be exciting and challenging all at once.
Kayla Brown, a junior and first-generation student at East Carolina University, said there were many unknowns beginning with the college application process, figuring out how to apply for financial aid, and completing other paperwork that is needed to simply be a student.