The Pennypacker Experience is a scholarly and diverse living/learning community. Its main goal is to create a supportive educational and social environment for incoming freshmen while simultaneously promoting diversity in gender, race and ethnic background. Bunton-Waller students are housed together in Pennypacker Hall, along with students from the FISE House (FirstYear in Science and Engineering) Program, creating one of the most culturally diverse residence halls on campus. The unique feature about Pennypacker Hall is the availability of specially trained Program Assistants (PA), in addition to the Resident Assistants (RA), who look to the educational needs of the students.

The program provides healthy student-faculty interaction through functions such as luncheons, award ceremonies, “Take a Professor to Lunch” program, etc. Students generally take the same courses their freshmen year, allowing them to live, learn and study with those who have similar interests.

The Pennypacker Experience staff is comprised of the Advisory Board members, Resident Assistants (RAs), and Program Assistants (PAs). A contact page is available if you click the link on the menu to the left labeled: Who Do You See If You Have a Question? Please feel free to contact them at any time if you have any questions. The PAs work with the residents, the Advisory Board, and RAs in organizing activities and managing the House. They also serve as role models and mentors to the freshmen students living in FISE House. Feel free to approach them with any of your academic concerns.