Patty Nordstrom was born in Western Pennsylvania and grew up in Beaver County. She attended Penn State and majored in agronomy with a specialty in crops and soil. Patty went on to use this degree working for a lawn service outside of Pittsburgh after college for some time.
Patty returned to Penn State in 1990 with a mission to get more involved with the State College community. She achieved this goal by working year-round to help plan The Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts. Patty worked on planning the Arts Festival for six years in a row and had a marvelous time in the process. "It was great to see the results of all of my work on the thousands of happy faces walking around State College during Arts Fest weekend. It's an overwhelming sense of accomplishment," Patty said.
During her time with the Arts Festival, Patty began working on her Master's degree in Agricultural and Extension Education. She explains her experience as a form of e-learning before computers really started to kick in. This gave her an exciting glimpse of what the future had in store and how essential computers would soon be. After receiving her master's in 1995, Patty became a project assistant in Penn State's Dairy and Animal Science department and worked on several Pennsylvania Department of Agricultural Department research projects.
Patty started working with Information and Technology Services in 2010, continuing her work as an instructional designer. Patty feels that for Penn State to be most effective with technology usage, ITS needs to listen to the needs of faculty and staff.
Patty's hobbies include caring for her adopted shelter dog, Iko. She also loves school and learning, in general, and she is currently going for her D.Ed. in instructional systems.
Patty returned to Penn State in 1990 with a mission to get more involved with the State College community. She achieved this goal by working year-round to help plan The Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts. Patty worked on planning the Arts Festival for six years in a row and had a marvelous time in the process. "It was great to see the results of all of my work on the thousands of happy faces walking around State College during Arts Fest weekend. It's an overwhelming sense of accomplishment," Patty said.
During her time with the Arts Festival, Patty began working on her Master's degree in Agricultural and Extension Education. She explains her experience as a form of e-learning before computers really started to kick in. This gave her an exciting glimpse of what the future had in store and how essential computers would soon be. After receiving her master's in 1995, Patty became a project assistant in Penn State's Dairy and Animal Science department and worked on several Pennsylvania Department of Agricultural Department research projects.
Patty started working with Information and Technology Services in 2010, continuing her work as an instructional designer. Patty feels that for Penn State to be most effective with technology usage, ITS needs to listen to the needs of faculty and staff.
Patty's hobbies include caring for her adopted shelter dog, Iko. She also loves school and learning, in general, and she is currently going for her D.Ed. in instructional systems.
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