Faculty, Staff, and Admin
Noah’s IST Story
IST Courses
Name that Diplomat!
ChatGPT Locations
100

This staff member is the student engagement coordinator and helps runs the IST Diplomat Club

Tyler Estright

100

The popular restaurant chain Noah worked at.

Texas Roadhouse

100

The first level of programming, usually taken during a student's first semester (womp womp data science majors)

IST 140 - Introduction to Application Development 

100

Me!

Noah Youcheff

100

Bright halls filled with dreams,

Tech and minds in sync unite,

Future paths unfold.

Westgate

200

This person has recently gone from interim dean to permanent dean.

Dean Tapia

200

Noah’s hometown

York, PA

200

This course teaches students about concepts such as TCP/UDP, Mac Addresses, and HTTPS

IST 220 - Networking and Telecommunications

200

This diplomat is the current Director of IST Diplomats

Sydney Varrachino

200

A vibrant gathering,

Ideas spark and knowledge flows,

Penn State’s hub of dreams.

HUB

300

This is one of the two undergraduate recruiters for IST, who works closest with the diplomats.

Lauren DiPerna

300

Noah’s previous and current majors.

HCDD and SRA

300

This class is the only 400 level course taken by every student in the college and a requirement to graduate.

IST 495 - Internship

300

This diplomat is the president of IST Undergraduate Student Council

Anatoli Bahdankevich

300

A room of knowledge,

Silent minds in search of truth,

Answers sought with care.

Pollock Testing Center

400

This faculty member is more casually known and referred to as a villain in the spiderman series.

Rosalie Ocker (Doc Ock)

400

The three things Noah said to have “loved” in his presentation.

People, baseball, and bagels

400

This course involves doing math, quietly and in secret (idk I have never taken it)

IST 230 - Discrete Mathematics

400

This diplomats is the President of WIST

Madelyn Tantum

400

A beacon of pride,

Where champions rise and perform,

Heart of sports alive.

BJC

500

IST’s Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Lisa Lenze

500

The fictional pumpkin that appeared in Noah’s IST Story

Spookley the Square Pumpkin

500

One of the two interdomain courses IST offers. This course collaborates with the college of communications to "combine theory and practice to help students develop a rich understanding of the constantly evolving US digital culture"

IST 234N - Digital Culture

500

This diplomat worked a previous internship with microsoft.

Grace Liou

500

Grass bends to swift feet,

A ball soars through crisp fall air,

Goals ignite the sky.

Jeffrey Field