A Penn State Abington initiatives to support international and multilingual student populations turned its focus last week to the unique challenges and adjustments facing Chinese undergraduates during the latest installment of the Global Awareness Dialogue Project (GADP).
Penn State Abington student athlete Phil Curry recently reduced volumes of research detailing the benefits of playing team sports to two simple sentences: “I had guys who told me ‘I love you to death, I'm here for you.’ The support was unreal. ” As his mother lay dying last fall, the team’s brotherhood provided Curry with critical support, but its foundation was laid more than four years ago when head soccer coach David Castellanos began recruiting the tall redhead.
Eight Penn State Abington student athletes were selected for the 2013 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) cross-country and volleyball all-conference teams.