About Us
WE ARE chartered as an affiliate member of the Penn State Alumni Association, promote and support the Pennsylvania State University, and serve the Hampton Roads community.
WE ARE proud that for the 5th consecutive year, we have earned recognition as an
"ELM LEVEL" chapter, the highest level of distinction.
WE ARE Award Winning!
The chapter has received National Recognition for
Sailors wearing ‘Virginia is for Lions’ T-shirts – 2016
New or Innovative Program - 2015
Pirates proclaiming, “WE ARRRRGH Penn State!” - 2012
Outstanding Service Project - 2011
Best Out-of-State Entry in the Homecoming Parade
Board of Directors 2024-2025
President Kathryn Barrett
MAJOR: Sp Com- Broadcasting
YEAR GRADUATED: 1979
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Strawberry
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Meeting the team bus returning from a loss in the Sugar Bowl . Very few people turned out. I ran up and kissed JoePa and said something silly like "We still love you!" Of course we did!
Vice Pres. Carol Arsenault
MAJOR: Business Finance
YEAR GRADUATED: 1983
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Peanut Butter Swirl
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY:
Derby Days Ping pong champ, with trophies, two years in a row. Excited fans "roared" joyously with the game-winning points!
Secretary Morgan Denault
Secretary Morgan Denault
MAJOR: Human Development and Family Studies
YEAR GRADUATED: 2018
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR:
Bittersweet mint
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY:
first white out game as a freshman and feeling the vibrations from the entire stadium! A feeling i will never forget!
Treasurer Alan Keller
Treasurer Alan Keller
Secretary Morgan Denault
MAJOR: Aerospace Engineering
YEAR GRADUATED: 1974
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Coffee Break
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Getting drenched at a rainy football game. At the time, we all had black umbrellas and all the rain from the person in front of you dumped in your lap. Walking back to dorm/fraternity soaked to the skin.
At-Large Jan Dungan
Treasurer Alan Keller
At-Large Jan Dungan
MAJOR: Business Administration - Marketing
YEAR GRADUATED: 1978
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Bittersweet Mint
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Dancing every Friday night away at Mr. C's-- blacklight, disco and all the finest seventies trends!
At-Large Tom Forrest
Treasurer Alan Keller
At-Large Jan Dungan
MAJOR: Industrial Engineering
YEAR GRADUATED: 1985
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Bittersweet Mint
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Football games against Pitt (when they were good), and almost getting run over by Joe Paterno as he was eating an ice cream cone while driving out of the old creamery parking lot.
At-Large Mike Heckenberger
Ex-Officio Past Pres. Lisa Smith
At-Large Mike Heckenberger
MAJOR: Sp Com-Broadcasting
YEAR GRADUATED: 1980
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Alumni Swirl & Monster Mash
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Summer '78, brothers of Delta Tau Delta went "full HGTV" on the newly acquired shelter at 429 E Hamilton Ave. We knocked down drywall and did all sorts of demolition to prepare to move in Fall '78. After five days of stripping paint and staining wood, it was absolutely beautiful. I remember one of the brother's Mom say, "you guys will make great husbands."
At-Large Shawn Machemer
Ex-Officio Past Pres. Lisa Smith
At-Large Mike Heckenberger
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
YEAR GRADUATED: 2003
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Keeney Beany Chocolate
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Favorite memory is having class in Breazeale reactor facility and seeing the Cherenkov radiation (blue glow).
Ex-Officio Past Pres. Lisa Smith
Ex-Officio Past Pres. Lisa Smith
Ex-Officio Past Pres. Lisa Smith
MAJOR: Communications- Advertising
YEAR GRADUATED: 1980
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Scholar's Chip
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Gaining lifelong friends from across the globe and grabbing a bite or drink at spots like The Train Station, Suzie Wong's and Centre Bank.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2024-2025
Membership
Open Position
Scholarship
Donna Bell
MAJOR: Mining Engineering
YEAR GRADUATED: 1983
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: TBA
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: TBA
Social
Student Involvement
Jessica Palko
MAJOR: International Politics
MINOR: Japanese Language
YEAR GRADUATED: 1995
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR:
Death By Chocolate with Peachy Paterno
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY:
While working in East Halls during the football team's summer practice, Joe Paterno approached me after reading my name tag and asked if I was related to Thom Palko ('69)! He is my Dad, who worked with the football team when he was at Penn State in the first years of Paterno being head coach.
Student Involvement
Student Involvement
Student Involvement
Becky Burley
MAJOR: Secondary Education Social Studies
YEAR GRADUATED: 2003
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR:
Peachy Paterno
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY:
Favorite memory involves Blue Band where I played clarinet... the PSU victory over Nebraska in 2002 in Beaver Stadium was one of my all-time Blue Band memories.
Community Service
Student Involvement
Community Service
Tom Forrest
MAJOR: Industrial Engineering
YEAR GRADUATED: 1985
FAVORITE BERKEY FLAVOR: Bittersweet Mint
FAVORITE PENN STATE MEMORY: Football games against Pitt (when they were good), and almost getting run over by Joe Paterno as he was eating an ice cream cone while driving out of the old creamery parking lot.
