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Chemistry/mathematics major to be marshal at College of Science commencement

12/5/13

Andrew Hanlon, of McMurray, Pa., will be honored as the student marshal for the Eberly College of Science during Penn State’s fall commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 21, on the University Park campus. Hanlon’s faculty escort for the commencement exercises will be Bratoljub Milosavljevic, a lecturer in chemistry.

Nominations sought for W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Award

12/5/13

Nominations are now being accepted for the University Office of Global Programs' annual W. LaMarr Kopp Award. The awards are designed to recognize those at Penn State who make extraordinary contributions to the advancement of the international mission of the University.

Smeal faculty members to consult on study examining white-collar crime

12/5/13

Two Penn State Smeal College of Business faculty members, Donald Hambrick and J. Edward Ketz, will contribute to a College of the Liberal Arts study on white-collar crime. Hambrick, Smeal Chaired Professor of Management, and Ketz, associate professor of accounting, will serve as consultants on the project, which has been granted funding from the National Institute of Justice.

Penn State Alumni Fellows establish scholarships to support IST students in need

12/5/13

Undergraduate students with limited financial means in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) will soon benefit from scholarships donated by two prominent Penn State alumni. IST Advisory Board members and Penn State Alumni Fellows Mike Laphen and Tony Pensa and their wives have created the Mike and Rosemary Laphen Trustee Scholarship in the College of IST and Tony and Carol Pensa Trustee Scholarship in the College of IST, respectively. Each scholarship was created with a $100,000 gift from each couple.

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Transportation conference will draw industry experts, debut new technologies

12/5/13

The 19th annual Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference will be held from Dec. 11 to 13 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. Sponsored by the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, the event includes seminars facilitated by leading experts, opportunities for discussion among participants and a variety of topic-specific workshops.

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Penn State launches new website for current, prospective adult students

12/5/13

Adults age 25 and older are returning to school in growing numbers, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which projects these enrollments will rise 20 percent to 10.7 million through 2020. To help current and prospective students successfully pursue their education, Penn State is launching a new enhanced website.

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Heard on Campus: David Ferriero at the Penn State Forum

12/4/13

"One of the nicest things about being the archivist is sitting as the chair of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, which is a granting agency within the National Archives. So for the first time in my professional career, I'm giving away money instead of begging for it."

— David Ferriero, archivist of the United States, at the Penn State Forum, held today (Dec. 4) at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.

Science Seminars: Dec. 9 to 13

12/4/13

Monday, Dec. 9

“Integrative Genome-wide Studies to Elucidate Regulation of Lineage Choice in Hematopoiesis”
Tejaswini Mishra, Penn State
10:00 to 11:00 a.m., W-257 Millenium Science Complex
Contact: Ross Hardison, 814-863-0113

“Using Competing Magnetic Interactions and Structrual Instabilities to Control Macroscopic Behavior”
Philip Ryan, Argonne National Laboratory
12:00 to 1:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory
Contact: Denise Patton, 814-863-0007

Ten Thousand Villages holiday sale to benefit THON

12/4/13

Springfield FTK, a THON special interest organization, will be partnering with the fair trade company Ten Thousand Villages to bring fair trade products to the HUB-Robeson Center Dec. 2 to Dec. 6.

New service will assist with Recommended Academic Plan conversions

12/4/13

Beginning in January, the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), with approval from the Office of Undergraduate Education, will provide a single Recommended Academic Plan (RAP) template to assist units across Penn State in meeting the University’s AD-69 Web accessibility mandate.

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