Being a Paterno Fellow in the College of the Liberal Arts has played a major role in shaping Rand Tayseer Alkhunaizi’s college experience, creating a sense of community and the type of academic challenge she was looking for when she first arrived at Penn State.
The international student from Saudi Arabia, a double-major in psychology and sociology, said she initially didn’t know much about the Paterno Fellows Program, but her freshman year adviser introduced her to the program’s rewarding environment. Through her involvement as a Paterno Fellow, she was later admitted to the Schreyer Honors College — one of the University’s few pathways for students not initially in Schreyer to demonstrate their potential and earn their way into the honors college.
