Congratulations to Rand Alkhunaizi, our spring 2026 Sociology major marshal! 🎓🎉 Rand is the daughter of Tayseer Baqir Alkhunaizi and Sabah Abdulwahed Abuaziz of Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia. She is graduating with bachelor of arts degrees in Sociology and Psychology. As an international student, Rand found her community and academic home through pennstate_pfp. The program's honors courses pushed her academically, created the close-knit environment she was looking for, and opened a pathway to psushc. Now, as a member of the Paterno Fellows Student Advisory Board, she helps guide other students through their own journeys. As a Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) fellow, she spent two months in Mexico City collecting data on second-language speech perception, working under Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics Matthew Carlson in the MultiGrammar Lab. She also conducted research in the Newman Depression and Anxiety Lab with Professor of Psychology and Psyc...