Hi, my name is Rachel and I’m from Downingtown, PA, which is about 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia (like everyone else here). Right now I am in the college of communications and plan on majoring in public relations. Ideally, I would love to work for a professional sports team one day!

Like many other people in this class, I had to fulfill general education requirements. I had no idea what to take, so my advisor recommended this course. After doing my research on it, I was excited that I picked an interesting class that would seem to really help me understand science in general better! Even though I really enjoy biology and was planning on becoming a vet, I am not becoming a science major because most science courses just doesn’t “click” for me. I have a hard time putting all of the different pieces together. I love reading and writing, so I found my home in the college of communications.

Both of my parents went to Penn State and I grew up going to almost every football game, so I am a huge fan! I’ve made so many fun memories and cannot wait to make many more. So far, my favorite game ever was when we played (and beat) Notre Dame in 2007. It was the first whiteout game ever!

As you can tell, it looked amazing. Here is a video of the highlights from that game!