FALL2022 | TOWER 11 university accolades Honors Graduate Awarded NSF Research Fellowship Honors graduate Vanessa Maybruck ’22 was an award recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in recognition of her high levels of success in her future academic and professional careers. Maybruck majored in mathematics and secondary education with a biochemistry minor. She is the former president of Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society IOTA chapter, as well as a member of KU Association for Women in Mathematics and Kutztown University Honors Program. During her time at KU, Maybruck won countless awards and honors in the areas of her study, leadership and academic achievement. She is receiving the GRFP fellowship in the category of Mathematical Sciences/Mathematical Biology. This fellowship award provides Maybruck with a threeyear annual stipend of $34,000 as well as a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees. Physics Alumna Receives Highest National Honor Caelan Brooks ’21 was named the 2021 recipient of the American Physical Society’s LeRoy Apker Award, the highest honor awarded to undergraduate physicists in the United States. Brooks won the award for “the discovery of distinct dynamical regimes for coherent ultracold atoms confined in a ring-shaped lattice potential; and for developing a statistical model that depicts the formation of phenotypic patterns associated with bacterial biofilm growth.” The American Physical Society is the world’s premier organization for physics. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students and provides encouragement to students who have demonstrated great potential for future scientific accomplishment. Brooks marks the first student in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to win the award. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in physics at Harvard University. Brooks is the first author on three papers tied to her work and was the recipient of numerous university and state awards. Kutztown University Climbs in U.S. News and World Report Rankings KU was named a “Best Regional University” for 2022 in the U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of U.S. colleges and universities. U.S. News lists KU as No. 123 in the first tier of the Best Regional Universities for the northern region, two spots higher than last year. KU has been ranked in the first tier since 2011. Additionally, KU ranks No. 43 among Top Public Schools for Regional Universities in the North. KU Ranks Fourth in Pa. for Design and Animation Kutztown University’s Department of Art and Design was ranked fourth in Animation Career Review’s 2022 Top 10 Graphic Design School Programs in Pennsylvania. The 2022 list is the Review’s eighth annual ranking compilation for graphic design. More than 700 schools with graphic design and animation programs were considered in preparation for this year’s rankings. KU was one of only two Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education institutions recognized. The criteria used for the animation rankings include academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program faculty, value as it relates to tuition and indebtedness, graduation rate, geographic location and employment data. The KU communication design and applied digital arts programs have the largest number of majors within the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The department attracts students from across the eastern United States as well as China, India, Japan, Iran, Kenya and Germany. Accomplished faculty ensure that students receive a consistent, guided and mentored design education. KU’s Bachelor of Fine Arts is the preferred degree program stipulated by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
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