Alumni Notes

2014 Journalism

joined WFTV in Orlando, Florida, as sports anchor.

He covers UCF, Florida, the Orlando Magic, Orlando City (MLS), the Orlando Pride, Daytona, the PGA Tour and a bit of NFL from time to time in Tampa.

After graduation in 2014, Alex worked as a sports anchor at KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa. He also worked as a sports anchor at WITN-TV in Greenville, N.C, before moving to the Bluegrass State to work as a sports anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington, Ky., prior to EFTV.

Note Posted: September 19, 2022

2014 Advertising/Public Relations

is the head of advertising, marketing and public relations of the Academy of Vocal Arts, which is the world's only tuition-free institution dedicated exclusively to the study of voice, and is also the world's premier institution for training young artists as international opera soloists. She also runs a Philadelphia-based lifestyle blog, "Positive Publicity," and has a series titled "FemFocused."

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

2014 Journalism

, who also earned a bachelor's degree in political science and her JD in 2017, joined Wisler Pearlstine LLP as an associate in the firm's education law practice group.

Before joining the firm, her practice focused on defending professionals and businesses in professional liability and employment litigation matters.

Note Posted: September 8, 2021

2014 Broadcast Journalism

is a news production specialist at the Associated Press in Washington D.C. She helps customers across the globe with training and technical support with the newsroom software program ENPS.

Note Posted: January 18, 2019

2014 Journalism

was promoted to regional editor for crime and social justice at The News Journal Media Group.

Note Posted: July 14, 2021

2014 Journalism

known as Alex Walker on TV, joined WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida, as a sports anchor on Sept. 12, 2022.

The position is his first in a top-20 TV market. He previously worked at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Ky., WITN-TV in Greenville, N.C., and KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa.

Note Posted: September 13, 2022

2014 Advertising/Public Relations

is the marketing manager for league and team partnerships at FanDuel.

She is an experienced sports marketing and partnerships professional currently managing league and team partnerships at FanDuel.

Prior to FanDuel, she worked in marketing and partnerships for multiple NBA teams and started her career on the sports marketing agency side. Previous NBA team career stops include managing digital partnerships for the New York Knicks at MSG, partnership strategy at the Brooklyn Nets and marketing at the Philadelphia 76ers.

She started her career at Octagon, a premier sports marketing agency assisting the BMW and LG electronics accounts.

Note Posted: October 10, 2022

2014 Advertising/Public Relations

is the head of advertising, marketing and public relations of the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA), which is the world's only tuition-free institution dedicated exclusively to the study of voice, and is also the world’s premier institution for training young artists as international opera soloists. She also runs a Philadelphia-based lifestyle blog, Positive Publicity, where she highlights anythign and everythign Philadelphia, and has a series called "FemFocused," where she highlights a variety of women (artists, musicians and entrepreneurs).

Note Posted: January 28, 2020

2014 Journalism

is a specialty sales representative for Avion Pharmaceuticals Hematinic Division.

Note Posted: February 4, 2017

2014 Broadcast Journalism

is a general assignment reporter at WXMI-TV (Fox17) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Note Posted: June 21, 2016

2014 Advertising/Public Relations

is a coordinator, global marketing solutions for Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. She creates marketing and partnership platforms across Barclays Center, Brooklyn Nets, New York Islanders, Nassau Coliseum and Coney Island properties.

Note Posted: June 14, 2016

2014 Journalism

conducts PR and internal communications for a tech consulting company.

His husband works in the marketing department at Johnson & Johnson.

They met at Penn State 10 years ago this October. They We live in Philadelphia and own a beach house at the Jersey shore.

"Our niece is 17 years old and is starting to look for colleges—we took her to main campus because we love it in Happy Valley and without Penn State, we would be where we are today," Herman said.

Note Posted: August 29, 2022

2013 Broadcast Journalism

is now a news editor with VPM News in Richmond, Virginia.

Note Posted: August 22, 2023

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

is assistant athletic director of marketing for Rutgers University Athletics.

Note Posted: July 25, 2018

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

has been promoted to director at Genesco Sports Enterprises. McCurdy has worked at GSE in New York since 2016.

Note Posted: January 15, 2019

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

was recently promoted to assistant account executive from account coordinator at Tonic Life Communications Ltd., a healthcare communications agency located in Philadelphia. Learn more about Tonic at http://www.toniclc.com/ online.

Note Posted: July 29, 2014

2013 Broadcast Journalism

is a managed service representative for Link Computer Corp. in Bellwood, Pennsylvania.

Note Posted: July 17, 2017

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

has joined the Distilled Spirits Council, the leading voice and advocacy group for distilled spirits in the United States, as director of public relations. She promotes spirits trends, cocktail culture and industry heritage through media relations, special events and media tours, as well as digital and social media activities. She also works closely with media to disseminate the latest industry data and category statistics, resulting in hundreds of yearly articles for the industry.

Note Posted: March 27, 2019

2013 Journalism

works as a marketing and business development specialist for the Walz Group, a CPA firm in Lancaster, Pa.

Note Posted: September 26, 2022

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

is a copywriter for Custom Ink in Fairfax, Virginia.

Note Posted: January 30, 2017

2013 Print Journalism

is a marketing proofreader with Dick's Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh.

Note Posted: January 26, 2017

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

of Brian Communications joined the Philly Ad Club's social media committee.

Note Posted: January 7, 2016

2013 Telecommunications

has been hired as a news videographer for WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Pa.

Note Posted: April 15, 2015

2013 Film-Video

who completed her bachelor's degree in three and a half years and served as student marshall for the College of Communications in December 2013, recently accepted a full-time position at The Gersh Agency, a talent and literary agency in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Note Posted: May 10, 2014

2013 Film-Video

an esports video Archivist at Riot Games, was awarded the 2019 Sports Emmy Award for outstanding coverage and for his contributions as a digital librarian in the League of Legends World Final on YouTube.

The ward was presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

He lives in Los Angeles.

Note Posted: September 30, 2021

2013 Broadcast Journalism

is now the associate editor for The Dogwood in Virginia. The digital newsroom is part of the Courier Newsroom Network.

Note Posted: November 27, 2021

2013 Journalism

a staff photographer for The Boston Globe, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Photography in 2020 for her respectful and compassionate photography of a working Maine family as it falls into homelessness and finds new housing, albeit precarious.

Before joining the globe, Clark lived in Philadelphia and serves as an AmeriCorps VISTA member before freelancing for various publications.

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

2013 Telecommunications

was promoted to junior publicist for NBC News in NBCUniversal's New York City office.

Note Posted: February 3, 2015

2013 Media Studies

received the Dallas Smythe Award from the Union for Democratic Communications.

The Dallas Smythe Award “honors a critical media scholar/activist whose work exhibits the spirit of engagement, democracy, teaching, and feistiness to which the UDC is committed.”

Kumanyiki, an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, earned his Ph.D. from Penn State in 2013 and his bachelor's in 1995. He is a researcher, journalist, and artist whose research and teaching focus on the intersections of social justice and emerging media in the cultural and creative industries. He has written about these issues in journals such as Popular Music & Society, Popular Communication, The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture and Technology, Pedagogy and Education.

Kumanyika is the co-executive producer and co-host of Gimlet Media’s new podcast on the Civil War, named “Uncivil.” He has been a contributor to numerous NPR programs.

Note Posted: July 15, 2021

2013 Journalism

has accepted a reporting position with Inside Higher Ed.

Note Posted: September 5, 2013

2013 Journalism

is a communications assistant for alumni relations and development in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State.

Note Posted: December 5, 2013

2013 Advertising/Public Relations

started with Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton as associate athletic director of marketing in July

Note Posted: October 16, 2021

2013 Broadcast Journalism

is now a marketing anaylst at Borton-Lawson, an engineering and architecture firm, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Note Posted: March 21, 2014

2013 Broadcast Journalism

has been a press officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Media Affairs in Silver Spring, Maryland, since 2017.

In that role, he works closely with major news organizations and is a spokesperson on issues related to public health and federal government regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Previously, he was a strategic communicator at the U.S Department of Energy in Washington, D.C.

Note Posted: July 20, 2021

2012 Journalism

is a producer at DailyCandy, an entertainment and fashion website.

Note Posted: December 6, 2012

2012 Print Journalism

is the night crime reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Note Posted: February 18, 2013

2012 Advertising/Public Relations

is now the corporate communications coordinator for VillageCare and VillageCareMAX, MLTC in New York City, and will oversee all digital/social media as well as new branding initiatives.

Note Posted: April 8, 2014

2012 Telecommunications

earned a Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Award nomination as Photojournalist: Outstanding Sports News Feature. He works for WHP-TV (Channel 21) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Note Posted: August 19, 2014

2012 Advertising/Public Relations

was promoted to senior communications analyst at Highmark Inc.

Note Posted: April 24, 2017

2012 Print Journalism

switched gears in her career to the non-profit world, and is the community outreach and communications manager with Third Street Alliance for Women & Children in Easton, Pennsylvania. She is engaged to Dustin Schoof, a 2004 Temple graduate, and they plan to marry in June 2018.

Note Posted: June 20, 2017

2012 Print Journalism

is working as the digital and social media coordinator for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, which serves 21 counties, 70 parishes, six missions, and more than 600,000 Catholics in Northern Virginia.

Note Posted: January 13, 2018

2012 Advertising/Public Relations

has taken a position at Salesforce.org - the social enterprise arm of Salesforce, and the world's #1 CRM platform. He is managing all of Salesforce's pro bono programs, connecting skilled employee volunteers with over 30,000 nonprofit and educational institutions around the world.

Note Posted: May 4, 2018

2012 Broadcast Journalism

started her position as the communications specialist at Telecare Corp. in Alameda, California, in July 2018. Additionally, she is in the process of completing her personal trainer certification through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and was recently hired by Orangetheory Fitness as a coach in the Northern California region.

Note Posted: December 5, 2018

2012 Broadcast Journalism

is the weekend anchor at WIVB-TV, Buffalo’s CBS affiliate, after four years at WGRZ-TV. In 2017, she married alumnus Andrew Baglini (' 10 EMS). They work on-air at the same station.

Note Posted: January 5, 2019

2012 Print Journalism

was hired by Hearst Television in December 2019 as a digital curator for the national news desk located at WTAE in Pittsburgh. The team publishes and syndicates national news for more than two dozen Hearst stations across the U.S. and also handles social media posts, push alerts, live streaming and special projects for those stations. She departed print journalism with seven years of experience, the last four years as the Cambria County courthouse/government reporter at The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Note Posted: December 4, 2019

2012 Advertising/Public Relations

works as a sales associate at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh.

Note Posted: December 16, 2019

2012 Advertising/Public Relations

works as a sales associate at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh.

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

2012 Journalism

was hired by Hearst Television in December 2019 as a digital curator for the national news desk located at WTAE in Pittsburgh.

The team publishes and syndicates national news for more than two dozen Hearst stations across the U.S. and also handles social media posts, push alerts, live streaming and special projects for those stations. She departed print journalism with seven years of experience, the last four years as the Cambria County courthouse/government reporter at The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

2012 Print Journalism

has moved his career from communications to business and focus on applied innovation.

Most recently, he spent eight years dedicated to different roles within the communication world, varying from health, consumer, innovation, international politics and sports segments for companies of different sizes. That included a large Brazilian company and an American start-up as well as an international research center and a local NGO.

He moved to Washington, D.C., after graduation and covered several major international sporting events in Brazil, including the 2012 World Cup, the 2016 Paralympic Games and women's tennis tournaments. He also served as a digital editor for innovation and sports publications.

Note Posted: June 11, 2021

2012 Broadcast Journalism

started a new role as a marketing specialist for Excelsior Orthopaedics in Buffalo, New York.

She spent nine years as a television news reporter and anchor before making this career transition. Brecher was nominated for two New York State Emmy Awards in her previous role at WIVB-TV.

Note Posted: August 24, 2021

2012 Print Journalism

has joined the production department at ESPN as a content associate.

Note Posted: February 28, 2013

2012 Journalism

Note Posted: June 27, 2022

2012 Print Journalism

Natalie Plumb is the Director of Communications and Youth Ministry at St. Ann Catholic Church.

Plumb was born and raised in Washington, DC, and holds a B.A. in print journalism from The Penn State University, University Park, and an M.A. in broadcast journalism from The American University, in Washington.

She is currently pursuing a Certificate in Youth Ministry through Steubenville University and the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.

She served for five years as Coordinator of Digital and Social Media for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, in Northern Virginia, before working at St. Ann.

Note Posted: February 8, 2022

2012 Print Journalism

is the communications manager at Via of the Lehigh Valley, marking her second job in the non-profit sector since 2016.

Relying on skills learned in college, Schoof is committed to telling the stories of the lives impacted by the services Via provides to those with disabilities in the Lehigh Valley community.

Note Posted: November 9, 2022

2012 Broadcast Journalism

was recently recognized with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for her cutting-edge work on the WBUR podcast "On Point."

The podcast, revered for its willingness to address complex, contemporary topics in a nuanced manner, received an award in the News Documentary category for its episode titled "What the President Knew." Analyzing presidential administrations from George W. Bush to Donald Trump, the special unapologetically explores misinformation and mistruths that can occur as information trickles down from the administration to the public.

Note Posted: November 4, 2021

2012 Print Journalism

was promoted to senior digital curator on Hearst Television's national desk, which is based at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh.

Note Posted: May 2, 2023

2012 Journalism

is the lead graphics producer for ESPN's College GameDay and College Football Playoff Selection Show

Note Posted: August 27, 2023

2012 Print Journalism

is an acquisitions editor for Globe Pequot Press, the trade division of Rowman & Littlefield, acquiring nautical/maritime and history books.

Note Posted: September 10, 2023

2012 Advertising/Public Relations

joined Perimeter Medical Imaging as a market development manager.

Note Posted: December 13, 2021