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Smeal Executive MBA immersion provides insight into global business
6/23/14
Earlier this year, second-year students in the Penn State Smeal Executive MBA Program traveled to Prague for a weeklong immersion into the business environment and culture of the Czech Republic.
Student projects provide local area businesses with fresh marketing perspectives
5/21/14
Penn State Smeal College of Business students enrolled in Marketing 422 Advertising and Promotions Management this spring gained real-world experience through developing integrated marketing plans for local small businesses.
Penn State comes out on top at inaugural DOE Collegiate Wind Competition
5/12/14
A team of Penn State students nabbed first place at the inaugural U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Collegiate Wind Competition May 5 to 7 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Erickson Discovery Grant Program established to assist student academic pursuits
5/9/14
The Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant Program, with a first phase goal of $1 million and with private gifts of $500,000 already pledged from University trustees, administrative and academic leaders, and leading volunteers, has been established to award stipends to benefit the studies of undergraduate students. The endowment is being established as one of several tributes to President Erickson to recognize his impact on Penn State over his 37 years of service.
Engineering Leadership course expands, fosters international collaboration
5/5/14
An ongoing effort that gives Penn State students the opportunity to work in international virtual teams has expanded to include another school, Taibah University in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Student Stories: When in Rome … CED major interns at U.S. Embassy
5/2/14
As an economic intern for the U.S. State Department at the American Embassy in Rome, Penn State senior Eleanor Polley attended conferences and conducted research.
Energy engineering students help local companies save on energy costs
4/23/14
A group of Penn State energy engineering students recently teamed with the University’s Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) to conduct on-site energy audits for two Pennsylvania businesses as part of a senior research project. The audits are being used to help the companies save money by identifying ways to conserve energy and reduce waste in their industrial facilities.
Student Stories: Wildlife major camps in Serengeti during semester abroad
4/21/14
To junior Rob Ritson, African wildlife was the stuff of books and documentaries, not college experience. But a semester in Tanzania turned the exotic ecosystem into a place where he could bring his education from the classroom to the field.
Students to display art work in Pittsburgh
4/21/14
More than two dozen Penn State undergraduate and graduate students will contribute artwork to the visual art exhibition “Digital Hand” at 709 Penn Gallery in Pittsburgh. The student artists will fill the entire gallery with their work from April 25 to May 25.
Landscape architecture student shares spring break experience in Panama
4/16/14
Landscape architecture student Stephen Zimmerer, a sophomore in the Schreyer Honors College, spent his spring break in Panama City with Penn State's Global Brigades chapter constructing greenhouses alongside the indigenous Piriati Embera community. He shared his experience in this article.
Honors students to present Literary London videos
4/15/14
Students in Barbara Cantalupo’s Honors English literature course are scheduled to present video memoirs of their trip to London at Penn State Lehigh Valley on three upcoming dates. On April 23 and 28, students will present their videos at 1 p.m. in Room 135. On April 29, they will present at 12:15 p.m. in Room 220. This event is free and open to the public.
Engineering students lend expertise to Apparatus X; crowdfunding campaign begins
4/4/14
A student effort to build a mobile workshop to aid victims of natural disasters recently launched a campaign to complete the project. Dubbed Apparatus X, the project is a recreation vehicle converted into a mobile workshop, tool trailer, design studio and micro-living unit designed to be self-sustaining and independent from the grid.
Out of Africa: Thesis research takes Schreyer Scholar to Madagascar
3/28/14
After working in an archaeology lab her first semester on campus, senior Kate Thompson conducted her thesis research on lemurs in Madagascar this past summer. Unlike other travels abroad led by a Penn State faculty member or in the company of other students, Thompson went to Madagascar first with her professor and then alone in collaboration with the Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership. Once there, she assembled a team to assist her with her research.
State of State conference founder eyes the political landscape
3/26/14
While studying abroad in 2013, Patrick Boynton came up with an idea that has become the basis of one of his major endeavors during his senior year at Penn State: the creation of a student-run conference called State of State.