Carla Rapp

by Tracy Reilly and Jen Cywinski

If you’ve ever had Media Commons come to your campus for instruction, and you live on the Eastern side of the state, then you probably had a chance to meet Carla Rapp. As the Media Commons campus consultant for Penn State’s eastern campuses, Carla travels often to work with faculty in creating
multimedia projects that can be used for classroom instruction. She also provides in-classroom training for students, including demos of software, guidance in creating scholarly multimedia projects, best practices, and project critiques. Carla also supports campuses through the Media Commons
website.

Carla received her undergraduate degree in Communication and Public
Relations from La Salle University and a master’s in Learning Design and
Technology from Penn State. Her first job after graduation was a position at
Bucks County Community College.

Before she settled at Penn State, she enjoyed a diverse range of jobs,
including seven years of filming behind the scenes at the high school football
show “The Big Ticket” for WFMZ in Allentown. She was also involved with
production work and public announcements for “Musikfest,” which is one of
the nation’s largest 10-day music festivals. She also worked for the Lehigh
Valley Iron Pigs, a minor league baseball team and a Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies where she did video production and also worked the scoreboard.

As you can probably imagine, Carla is a big sports fan. She loves to watch the Philadelphia Flyers, and, of course, she is a big Penn State fan! She also loves to cook and try new recipes she finds on Pinterest. She especially loves to cook for her fiancé who she is going to marry this fall, her favorite time of the year!

Carla loves her position at Penn State. She likes working as a team, and Penn State gives her the freedom to come up with new ideas – and new ideas can lead to big things.