Best Friends At Penn State
Photo posted February 27, 2017 in News by Commedia
Most met after they arrived at Penn State's University Park campus. Some have known each other since childhood.
Students in COMM 269, Intro to Photojournalism classes, photographed "best friends" at Penn State and then interviewed them to find out how they met.

Jen Wales, left, a sophomore majoring in kinesiology, poses with her best friend Annelies McCann, a sophomore majoring in supply chain management, in front of the Hintz Alumni Center. Wales and McCann met freshmen year in East Halls and have been roommates ever since. / Photo by Kat Lippincott

Teasia T Stewart, a Penn State junior majoring in science, poses with her best friend Stacy Lynn Jarvis, a Penn State junior majoring International Politics. They became best friends after they met in the LGBT office in September. / Photo by Anqi Wang

Evan Young, a Penn State sophomore majoring in marketing, and his best friend Hannah Kelly, a Penn State sophomore in the Division of Undergraduate Studies, pose outside Thomas Building where they first met during New Student Orientation. Since NSO, the two have been inseparable, and are members of the Penn State Thespians together. / Photo by Madison Myers

Rudi Laudenslager, a senior at Penn State majoring in marketing, left, poses with her best friend, Guojiao (Gloria) Huang, a junior at Penn State double majoring in Japanese and digital art, in front of the Old Botany Building. They were classmates in a Japanese class and later became best friends. / Photo by Jane Huang

Malika Aworet does her best friend Patience Biko's hair at the Retreat in State College. Aworet, a Penn State senior studying petroleum engineering, and Biko, a Penn State alumna who is now working as a nurse, met each other at the university in the African Student Association. Both girls are African, Aworet is from Gabon and Biko is from Cameroon. They have many great similarities, one being their first language,which is French. / Photo by Rose Defino

Gordon Barchet, left, a sophmore at Penn State University, poses with his best friend Corey Forsyth, also a Penn State Sophmore, at thier University Gateway apartment. Barchet and Forsyth were roomates freshman year and have been best friends ever since. / Photo by Olivia Dolan

Jenna Isacowitz, left, 21, and Andrew McCallum, right, 20, show off their Australian flag. Isacowitz and McCallum met in Australia when they found out they were both going to be attending Penn State for Penn State's study abroad program. / Photo by Eleanor Whaley

Bonni Greenwald, left, a Junior in the College of Communications blows bubbles on Penn State Hub lawn with best friend Arianna Vetrano, a sophomore in engineering. Greenwald and Vetrano met during the fall of 2015 inside the Hub when they discovered they would be joining the same sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. / Photo by Catrina Dubiansky

Peter Liu and his best friend, a golden retriever named Ghost, enjoy a game of fetch outside of Willard. Liu, a junior, purchased Ghost his sophomore year. Liu is trying to raise money for an engineering class by trying to see if anyone will pay five dollars to play with his dog. / Photo by Tom Louro

Valerie Buenafe, left, a senior in education and public policy poses with her best friend Christina Benitez, a senior in veterinary and biomedical science, at Old Main. Buenafe and Benitez met freshman year through mutual friends and have been inseparable ever since. / Photo by Emeling Navas

Andrew Hill, a senior majoring in marketing, and Kate Landis, a junior majoring in music education, joke around outside the Blue Band Building. Hill, a member of the trumpet section, and Landis, a member of the clarinet section, are best friends who first met during band camp for the Blue Band. / Photo by Madison Myers

Alexander Andreades, left, a Penn State junior majoring in advertising, jokes with his best friend Cameron Mothersbaugh, a Penn State senior majoring in economics, during their office hours at The Daily Collegian. They met at The Daily Collegian. / Photo by Chun Wang

Michael Alfaia, a freshman at Penn State majoring in criminology, left, dances with Li-jung (Emily) Lee, a freshman at Penn State double majoring in political science and criminology, in White Building. The two were best friends and later became girlfriend and boyfriend. They met at RAM Squad, a freestyle hip hop dance organization at Penn State University. / Photo by Jane Huang

Penn State seniors Noelle Koonce, bottom majoring in biochemistry, and Alli Winslow, majoring in marketing, practice for judo class at their apartment in State College, Pa., February 22, 2017. They have been best friends since high school and have been roommates since their freshman year at Penn State. / Photo by Kylie Johns

Mike Sitler, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, poses alongside his best friend Nate Rosman, a senior majoring in telecommunications, by the SPA office on the second floor of the HUB at Penn State's University Park, Pa. on February 21, 2017. They met through SPA last year due to their similar tastes in music and love for Taco Bell. / Photo by Stephanie Kovacs

Sophomores Denis Fahley, left, and Jeremy Peisner work on a video together for their COMM 242 class. Denis and Fahley met last semester through classes in their mutual film major, and have been good friends ever since. / Photo by Isabel Carretero

Maeve Berry, left, a sophomore in piano performance, practices with Sadie Spivey, a sophomore in voice performance and acting. The two practice together frequently and collaborate on pieces. "Sadie isn't afraid to be weird when I'm weird," said Berry of Spivey. / Photo by Caela Camazine

Taylor Campbell, left, a junior in supply chain management, spends the afternoon flying a helicopter with her roommate Natalie Guarna, a junior in advertising, on their porch on West College Ave. Campbell and Guarna have been best friends since elementary school and they have been living together for two years in State College. / Photo by Katie Shea

Sammy Blackburn, left, and Isabel Rosenberg eat a snack in their apartment at The Meridian. Blackburn and Rosenberg met their freshman year and frequently watch television together. "When we watched the most recent season of American Horror Story together, we would always scream and our roommates would yell at us to be quiet," said Rosenberg. / Photo by Jessica Cartwright

Ling Li, a Penn State senior majoring in business management, poses with her best friend Jeremy Griffin, a Penn State sophomore majoring in security and risk analysis and Japanese, in front of Old Main at Penn State. They met in an Asian philosophy class. Li helps Griffin with the exam. "Finally in the exam I got 100 and she got 65," Griffin said. / Photo by Yi Rong