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Alumni Spotlight: Sydney VanDyke Ellison '22
Sydney VanDyke Ellison graduated from Pitt-Greensburg in 2022 with a BS in theoretical mathematics and philosophy.
What brought you to Pitt-Greensburg?
I enjoyed the entire Pitt system as a community.
Were you a commuter or a resident? Resident
What activities were you involved with as a student?
- Math Club
- AMCURS
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Chess Club
Did you have a favorite professor, staff member, coach, or mentor that really impacted your life?
Dr. Benjamin Espinoza was instrumental in my success.
Of all the classes you took, what is the one class you would recommend everyone take? Who taught the class? Why would you recommend it?
Mathematical coding. I liked being able to explore different allies of coding.
What do you remember most vividly from your time at Pitt-Greensburg?
My time with the Math Club committee. We had some truly special times.
What have you been up to since graduation?
I work in mental health now.
How did your experiences and education at Pitt-Greensburg prepare you for life after college?
I feel my experience at Pitt led me to my role in mental health, albeit different than what I studied.
As an alum, how do you support Pitt-Greensburg?
I frequently check in on University social media pages for events.
What advice do you have for your fellow Bobcats?
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Leave that to everyone else.
For fun:
What song do you always sing along to? This Love – Maroon 5
List 3-5 fun facts about yourself that most people probably wouldn’t know.
- I’ve been classically trained on piano since I was two-and-a-half-years-old.
- I attended and graduated from a performing arts high school, where I majored in Music
on clarinet and piano. - I’m divorced and have been living the time of my life ever since.