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MBA information sessions slated for June 15, July 13

6/8/17

Penn State Berks will hold two information sessions for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program on Thursday, June 15, and Thursday, July 13, at 12 noon and 6 p.m. The sessions will be held in Room 120 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building.

Five Berks students receive 2017 Erickson Discovery Grants

6/8/17

This year, five students at Penn State Berks received the University’s Erickson Discovery Grant for summer 2017 through the Office of Undergraduate Education. The campus had the highest number of recipients of any location outside University Park.

Careers with Math Options hosts 300 female seventh graders

6/8/17

More than 300 female seventh-grade students from 19 schools around Berks County area attended the Careers with Math Options Conference on Wednesday, May 10, at Penn State Berks.

Penn State professor wins Young Professional Award in international agriculture

6/7/17

Melanie Miller Foster, assistant professor of international agriculture in the Office of International Programs, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, received the 2017 Young Professional Award from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development.

Student Elijah Armstrong takes a stand for educational equity

6/7/17

Education and public policy major learns how to overcome obstacles created by epilepsy and becomes strong advocate for others dealing with disabilities or hardship.

EMS Graduate Poster Competition showcases outstanding research across college

6/7/17

Graduate students Natalie Briggs, Joshua Woda and Nathan Smith received top recognition during the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Graduate Student Poster Competition on April 12 at Steidle Building on the University Park campus.

Penn State Shenango Lecture Hall building

There's still time to take a summer course at Penn State Shenango

6/7/17

There’s still an opportunity to take classes this summer at Penn State Shenango. The second six-week summer session begins June 28, and continues through Aug. 9.

James Sellers, professor of mathematics and director of undergraduate studies in mathematics at Penn State

Sellers elected secretary of the Mathematical Association of America

6/7/17

James Sellers, professor of mathematics and director of undergraduate studies in mathematics at Penn State, has been elected secretary of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

Altoona faculty, students hammer out propulsion problems

6/7/17

We may know how to use propulsion but there are still problems to solve. That’s what keeps Penn State Altoona’s Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jeffrey Moore and his students interested.

Journalism major finds voice in the morning newscast

6/7/17

A summer internship in New York City provided valuable experience for determined, driven Penn State journalism major Erik Arroyo.

Professor shares transformative Malta experience with Abington students

6/7/17

A Penn State Abington professor's time in Malta was so transformative that he organized a short-term study abroad course so he could share the experience with his students.

Penn State Behrend launches new entrepreneurship and innovation minor

6/7/17

A new minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will teach students how to advance an original idea by solving problems, recognizing opportunities and learning from failure while launching a start-up or innovating within an existing company.

Praise and plaudits about Jamie Myers come from everywhere

6/6/17

Former students, colleagues have nothing but compliments for retiring professor.

After 40 years, Jamie Myers' teaching career comes to a close

6/6/17

Jamie Myers has decided that 40 years is enough, that he's long enough in the tooth — and beard — and that he and his smiling, unshorn face will depart from his book-filled, Chambers Building office on June 30.

Ag sciences student completes prescribed fire experience at Fort Indiantown Gap

6/6/17

Francis Alvaré, a Penn State forest ecosystem management major with a minor in military studies, assisted the National Guard's forestry department in a series of prescribed fires on training facilities as part of an independent study program in the spring of 2017.

Media Highlights

Philly.com: June 16, 2017
Penn State student to begin astronaut training
She will join four Penn State alumni who are among the nation’s nearly 340 astronauts to date (only 44 are currently active) since the first crew was selected in 1959.
The New York Times : June 16, 2017
Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.4 billion
Law professors who specialize in antitrust said it was unlikely regulators would block the deal.

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Nichola Gutgold, professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley, writes about the 2016 presidential campaign.
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MBA information sessions slated for June 15, July 13

Five Berks students receive 2017 Erickson Discovery Grants

Careers with Math Options hosts 300 female seventh graders

Penn State professor wins Young Professional Award in international agriculture

Student Elijah Armstrong takes a stand for educational equity

EMS Graduate Poster Competition showcases outstanding research across college

There's still time to take a summer course at Penn State Shenango

Sellers elected secretary of the Mathematical Association of America

Altoona faculty, students hammer out propulsion problems

Journalism major finds voice in the morning newscast

Professor shares transformative Malta experience with Abington students

Penn State Behrend launches new entrepreneurship and innovation minor

Praise and plaudits about Jamie Myers come from everywhere

After 40 years, Jamie Myers' teaching career comes to a close

Ag sciences student completes prescribed fire experience at Fort Indiantown Gap

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