Fraternity-Testvériség, 2010 (88. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2010-10-01 / 4. szám
Winter 2010 Student Aid Recipients Bernadette Bede—Branch 302 am a sophomore at the Pennsylvania State University studying Psychology. I have flourished here not only as a student but as a leader. I was born in New Brunswick, NJ, where the Hungarian community was once very prosperous. In my youth, I danced in the Hungarian Club and participated in Hungarian Scouts. I have come a long way since then, and although I am far away from my loved ones as well as from the church, all of the values and morals I have learned while being a part of the Hungarian Reformed Church and community have stuck with me in college and throughout life. I have pledged Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, and I am a leader in campus involvement. I do a myriad of community service activities on campus and regularly raise money for Habitat for Humanity and Pine Mountain Settlement School, a school for underprivileged children in Kentucky. I have acquired three leadership positions within the sorority, and I am running for an executive position of the National PanHellenic Conference. My passion is helping others and I took my “Little Sister” who suffered from epilepsy all of her life to the National Epilepsy Walk in Washington, DC this past spring semester to help her raise money for a cure. I attended a National Alpha Sigma Tau Convention this past summer, a leadership convention for all chapters of my sorority nationwide. I even studied abroad in Paris, France this summer upon finishing my French course requirement. Studying abroad in Paris was by far the most amazing experience I have yet to encounter in college and it has changed my whole perspective on the world and our culture. I know there will be innumerable occasions to come that will help me grow and allow me to help others grow as well. I will not forget how thankful I am for those who have helped me along the way to get where I am. Recommended by Robert Kovács, Branch Manager Frankie John Mitchell —Branch 151 currently attend the Beaver campus of Pennsylvania State University. As of now, 1 am an English major. Because of the openness of an English major’s schedule, 1 intend on picking up a minor in something at some point, though I am undecided as to what at the moment. As my major probably indicates, most of my school-related interests are centered around reading books, analyzing literature, and writing both essays and prose. In my second semester of college, one of my short stories was deemed good enough to be included in Panorama, Penn State Beaver’s yearly Journal of the Arts, which I consider one of my highest college-related achievements thus far. Additionally, I started off my first semester at Penn State Beaver as a mechanical engineering major. In my Engineering Design class, I was placed on a team with several other students. We were tasked with creating a device that demonstrated the impulse-momentum theory by one of Penn State’s physics professors, as was another team that we were competing against. The professor who gave us this task promised that he would write an article about the winning group’s device, which would then be published in a nationally distributed physics journal. Fortunately, my team’s device ended up winning. Though the article has yet to be written, I count this as another one of my highest achievements in college. Recommended by Joseph Fabri, Director 22
