Fayyaz Vellani, College House Fellow, Hill College House

Hill Fellow named Co-Director of Penn First Plus

Hill College House Fellow Dr. Fayyaz Vellani has been named the co-director of the Bozza Family Penn First Plus program, which provides resources and support for FGLI students at Penn.  In addition to many years of work as a Fellow at Hill and his leadership in the College House Undergraduate Research Program, Dr. Vellani has also lectured in critical writing and led the Critical Writing Center at Penn. Congratulations Fayyaz!  See the announcement in Almanac here.


Stouffer RA named Udall Scholar

Joey Wu, a 3rd year bioengineering and environmental science student and Stouffer RA, has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation. His work in environmental stability and sustainable agriculture let him to be selected from among nominees from 192 colleges and universities to receive this award.  Congratulations Joey!  You can read more about this award at PennToday.


CHAS Gala Program

CHAS celebrates a successful year

College Houses and Academic Services celebrated the end of the 2023-24 academic year with its annual CHAS Gala, a recognition event honoring the RAs who made it a successful year. Awardees were recognized for creativity and innovation, excellence in service, and other categories at this fun-filled banquet. Awardees and pictures from the 2024 event are here.