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Lineup set for Engaged Scholarship Symposium

3/4/14

Organizers of Penn State's Engaged Scholarship Symposium have assembled an all-star lineup of speakers for the event, which will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus. Registration for this free event will remain open until March 18.

Students build greenhouse

Symposium puts spotlight on engaged scholarship

2/11/14

Penn State's inaugural Engaged Scholarship Symposium provides an opportunity to learn more about engaged scholarship and how it enriches student learning. The symposium, planned for March 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus, is open to faculty, staff and students from all Penn State locations. For more information and to register for the conference, visit http://goo.gl/iv1tW2 online. Those unable to attend in person can register to view a live stream.

Dr. Tom Hogan and Student

Sustainable Communities Collaborative celebrates kick off of spring projects

1/29/14

The State College Borough and the Sustainable Communities Collaborative had a kick-off celebration at the municipal building Jan. 22. Speakers at the event included Tom Fountaine, borough manager; Denice Wardrop, director of Penn State’s Sustainability Institute; and Penn State Vice President and Provost Nicholas Jones.

Markea Dickinson looks out over Peru from a spot in Machu Picchu.

Study abroad experiences broaden perspective, says supply chain senior

1/22/14

In December, the Penn State Smeal College of Business International Programs Office sponsored a photo contest, providing students an opportunity to share photos of their experiences abroad. Markea Dickinson, senior supply chain and information systems major, won the contest with her photo from Machu Picchu in Peru.

Consumer behavior class presents marketing plans for Arts Fest events

12/18/13

Several groups of Penn State Smeal College of Business undergraduates put their marketing creativity to work this semester developing marketing plans for BookFestPA, a literary event of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (CPFA), and First Night, a CPFA-sponsored New Years Eve celebration.

HESE Greenhouse project

Students solve real-world problems through social entrepreneurship

12/9/13

Penn State student Yixin Sun’s life changed when she began working with the University's Humanitarian Engineering Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) program last year. The program opened her eyes to what social entrepreneurship could accomplish, and it also helped put her daily life into perspective. Today hundreds of students, about half of whom are engineering students, work with community partners to identify challenges and develop solutions through HESE.

Hazelwood Library site perspective

Landscape architecture students bring new eyes, ideas to Pittsburgh neighborhood

12/2/13

Fourth- and fifth-year Penn State landscape architecture students are wrapping up their experiences in the Pittsburgh Studio, a 5-credit class that puts them in target communities in the city of Pittsburgh and surrounding urban areas and charges them to create conceptual designs that can help people imagine what their hometowns could become.

Student holds up American and German flags in Berlin

New WPSU-FM series to showcase outstanding students 'Beyond the Classroom'

11/19/13

Stories of exceptional student involvement will be broadcast across WPSU-FM’s airwaves in a new occasional radio project, "Beyond the Classroom." Premiering on Nov. 21 on WPSU-FM during NPR’s Morning Edition (weekdays 5-9 a.m.), "Beyond the Classroom" explores the experiential learning that happens outside the university walls, and the students who go above and “beyond” normal expectations.

Inaugural Penn State Engaged Scholarship Expo set for Nov. 20

11/18/13

The Council on Engaged Scholarship will host its first Engaged Scholarship Expo at 5 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Foster Auditorium of the Paterno Library. Students, faculty and staff are invited to learn more about the scope and potential of engaged scholarship and connect with others who are passionate about the topic. Twelve engaged scholarship pioneers will present on their efforts, including the Sustainable Communities Collaborative, The Learning Factory, and the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program, among others.

Two students pull weeds from rain garden

Penn State students help rebuild stormwater systems in Philadelphia

10/7/13

The Water Blues, Green Solutions Stormwater Management Project -- an initiative coordinated by Penn State Cooperative Extension, Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture and Penn State Public Media -- brought together Penn State students, staff and community volunteers to revamp two green infrastructure sites in the heart of Philadelphia.

Students, posing in front of a giant Vespa motorcycle, learned about the urban mobility market at the Piaggio Museum.

Smeal summer course in Italy examines marketing of luxury brands

9/30/13

Over the summer, 22 Penn State Smeal College of Business students spent six weeks in Florence, Italy, learning about marketing in the context of Italian luxury brands with Lisa Bolton, associate professor of marketing, and Carolyn Todd, instructor in marketing.

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