Hi Guys, my name is Shannon Beam and I’m from Ringoes, New Jersey It takes about four hours to get to University Park from my home town.  My family just happens to have ten season football tickets, so I’ve been coming up to University Park every football weekend in the Fall since I could walk.  It’s safe to say that I was destined to go to Penn State, considering that the vast majority of my relatives have graduated from here.  Now, that I’m here, I couldn’t be more excited for the next four years!

As of now, my major is Political Science, with a minor in Criminal Justice. Growing up, I spent ample time around my grandfather talking about the law.  From there, my love of the law grew.  Going into my senior year of high school, I took an AP Government class that visited the Supreme Court of New Jersey during a working session. There, I slowly realized that standing up in front of people and talking, also known as public speaking, wasn’t my thing. I was in a predicament because I wanted to do something with law and the criminal justice system, yet I didn’t want to stand up in front of a court room of people. In that same AP class a few months later, my teacher brought up parts of government that deal with national security. It all started to click and as of now I plan on going into Homeland Security and eventually the FBI.  So this is why I won’t be studying science in college.

Here is a view from the season tickets my family has! Go State!!