Stacey Gustavson knew she was ready for the next step. She had spent years working in higher education, developing programs, supporting students, and earning the trust of her institution. When a position opened up that matched her experience, she decided to apply. She was told she couldn’t. Not because of her work, but because she…
Three-time Penn State graduate Teri Spence was a voracious reader as a child. Growing up in extreme poverty in Southwest Missouri, she made her way through the entire set of Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedias — not because anyone told her to, but because she was hungry for a world she couldn’t yet reach. She always…
With both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree earned through Penn State World Campus, Leah Carraway-Justice has built a career at Penn State leading organizational change and transformation.
Carmen Paredes credits her time studying with Penn State World Campus as the foundation that shaped her leadership and problem-solving approaches — skills that have helped her start and lead two businesses. An entrepreneur from Paraguay, Paredes serves as the CEO of Ruruka, a company that transforms industrial waste into sustainable solutions, and Marajá, an…
Shelley Haffner spent her Penn State career turning public health preparedness into real-world protection for thousands of students. Years before a global pandemic reshaped campus life, Haffner recognized the need for a coordinated, community-level strategy to manage infectious disease threats. As the infectious disease manager for Penn State’s University Health Services, she used her graduate…
Abiodun Awoyemi graduated in 2018, having specialized in the public health preparedness option of the Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security.
A graduate from the Penn State World Campus master’s program in organization development and change, Joe Packowski now leverages his experiences teaching at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University–Bloomington.
Two-time Penn State World Campus graduate Kelli Volkomer is using her Penn State education to make a difference in sustainability while investing in the future leaders of climate action.
Estate gift continues couple’s philanthropic story by strengthening student success and faculty and staff excellence at Penn State World Campus and the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
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