JeAnna Durnell-Roman Earns Albright College Alumni Association Award
Reading, PA (04/26/2023) — JeAnna Durnell-Roman, Reading, Pa., was honored during an April 2023 Alumni Weekend awards ceremony at Albright College in Reading, Pa. - receiving the college's Young Alumni Achievement Award.
The Young Alumni Achievement Award recognizes Albright College graduates, who are 35 years or younger when nominated, demonstrating outstanding professional or volunteer achievements.
A first-generation college student graduating with a degree in psychology from Albright College in 2012, JeAnna Durnell-Roman has since worked to help others access college.
Durnell-Roman began working at a college access program, Attollo, for first-generation college-goers in Lancaster, Pa. There she developed a strong middle school program and ran their intensive onboarding program, which required students to show up at 5:30 a.m. before school for six weeks of personal development work.
After obtaining her M.S.Ed., in educational entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania she began working at The Stone Independent School as the director of user experience. She currently teaches the school's entrepreneurship courses in addition to being the admissions director and leading the school's data management.
In addition to her work at Stone, she ran her own after school program, called Monocle, for an elementary school in Lancaster, Pa. The program focused on using entrepreneurship as a vehicle to prepare students with the right mindset, skills and confidence necessary to take their education head-on.
Named a top national college by Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, Albright College (founded 1856) is home to a diverse community of learners who cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience. Through learning experiences that engage a student's creative and innovative capacities across all disciplines, both inside and outside of the classroom, an Albright College education guarantees that each student learns how to engage the world, understand the world, and is prepared to make an impact on a rapidly changing world. Located in Reading, Pa., Albright is home to undergraduate students, adult learners and graduate students.
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JeAnna Durnell-Roman, Albright College class of 2012, has been named the college's 2023 Young Alumni Achievement Award winner.