Penn
State Behrend Preparing Students Well for
Graduate and
Professional School Success
Many Penn State Behrend graduates go on to graduate and professional school success and become everything from lawyers and doctors to college professors and scientists. Here are a few of their stories.
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Amy Bippus '93
B.A. Communications
M.A. Speech Communication, Wake Forest University
Ph.D. Speech Communication, University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach -
Michael Costolo '95
B.S. Physics
M.S. Materials Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Principal Scientist, Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, Massachusetts -
Jeffery Gustin `01
B.S. Biology
Ph.D. student in the PULSe program at Purdue University -
Paul Hettler '93
B.A. Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Economics, Duquesne University -
Jeffrey Hughes `02
B.S. Electrical Engineering
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Electronics Engineer Digital Systems, Northrop Grumman -
Amy Johnson `03
B.A. Psychology
Completed a master's in Library Science at the State University of New York at Buffalo this summer -
Nadine Cross Merry '00
B.A. History
Third-year Law Student, University of Pittsburgh Barco School of Law -
Jennifer Osmanski Macpherson '00
B.S. Biology
Resident physician at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester
2004 graduate of the Penn State College of Medicine -
Kristi McKim '99
B.A. English, Women's Studies minor
Ph.D. candidate in the Women's Studies and Film Studies
departments at Emory University -
Brendon Raraigh `02
B.S. Electrical Engineering
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Field Engineer, Northrop Gruman Corp., Baltimore, Maryland