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College of Communications wins Hearst Award

College of Communications repeats as national champion

5/13/13

The College of Communications has captured back-to-back national championships in the overall intercollegiate standings in the William R. Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. The annual competition -- known as "the Pulitzers of college journalism" -- is open to students from the country’s 106 nationally accredited undergraduate mass communication programs.

Kathleen Bieschke

Kathleen Bieschke appointed new department head

5/13/13

Kathleen Bieschke will become the new department head for the Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education (EPCSE) Department in the College of Education at Penn State on July 1. In her new role, Bieschke will oversee two undergraduate, four master’s, and four doctoral programs for the college.

Tapia to engage Schreyers Honors students in crisis informatics discussions

5/10/13

Andrea Tapia, an associate professor in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), seeks to develop information and communication technology solutions that promote better decision-making across all responders in disaster settings. Starting in the Fall 2013 semester, she will have the opportunity to engage students in the Schreyer Honors College in a deeper discussion than what is typically allowed in a classroom setting of how technologies can be used to save lives during a crisis.

Panel picks BIMmaculate Conception as winning team at Stuckeman event

5/9/13

The Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Penn State recently hosted the fifth-year design review and panel discussion, “BIM Scaled to Fit." Integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) are quickly reshaping the working methodologies of design firms where students will end up after graduation. They are also challenging the traditional means of teaching design to future architects, landscape architects and engineers.

Students tour a construction site on campus

Stuckeman school summer camp creates a place for passionate future designers

5/9/13

Conceptual thinking skills? Basic representational skills? Basic design principles of space, scale, and relationships? Assignment: Create a spatial composition defined by planar elements that will then be used to explore the drawing conventions of an axonometric drawing. Does this sound like a summer camp for high school students?

Smeal College of Business recognizes outstanding student organizations

5/9/13

At an annual Penn State Smeal College of Business student organization awards dinner last month, seven groups were recognized for leadership, outreach, corporate partnerships and more. The event also featured keynote speaker Anthony Buzzelli, a 1971 Smeal accounting graduate.

Lizabeth Zlatkus delivered the spring 2013 commencement speech at the Smeal College of Business ceremony on May 5

Smeal commencement speaker urges students to work with integrity

5/9/13

More than 1,100 students received their baccalaureate degrees at the Penn State Smeal College of Business commencement ceremony May 5. Commencement speaker Lizabeth Zlatkus, retired executive vice president and chief risk officer at The Hartford, spoke about seizing career opportunities and learning to love what you choose to do.

Energy business and finance major offers new energy and land management option

5/9/13

Beginning in the fall of 2013, the Penn State John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) will be offering a new energy and land management option as part of the bachelor of science degree in energy business and finance (EBF). Designed in consultation with the American Association of Professional Landmen, this new option will provide expertise in the acquisition of sub-surface exploration rights and enable Penn State students to seek challenging careers as exploration Landmen.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Juliana Mercer is shown on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

World Campus military and veteran student enrollment continues to rise

5/9/13

The flexibility of online education is ideal for many adults who want to learn when and where it's convenient to them, and especially beneficial to active-duty military service members deployed in a war zone or where Internet access is limited. Since Penn State's World Campus launched 15 years ago, enrollment by active-duty military service members and veterans has grown steadily -- and more than 120 percent in the last four years.

Science Seminars: May 13 to 19

5/9/13

MONDAY, MAY 13
"An Analytical Approach for Sustainable Transportation Network Design," Ke han, Penn State, 10 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Adviser: Alberto Bressan, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

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Mercedes Guzman, Jacqueline Busterna and Marion Welp

Master of laws program creates lifelong bond

2/19/13

Seventeen years ago Marion Welp, Mercedes Guzman and Jacqueline Busterna had little in common, except one goal: earning master of laws degree in comparative law at The Dickinson School of Law. One year together in Carlisle forged a friendship of a lifetime, and the trio graduated in 1996.

Lizabeth Zlatkus delivered the spring 2013 commencement speech at the Smeal College of Business ceremony on May 5

Smeal commencement speaker urges students to work with integrity

5/9/13

More than 1,100 students received their baccalaureate degrees at the Penn State Smeal College of Business commencement ceremony May 5. Commencement speaker Lizabeth Zlatkus, retired executive vice president and chief risk officer at The Hartford, spoke about seizing career opportunities and learning to love what you choose to do.

Rachel Thor at New Leaf office

Student, 'Educate: 20/20' founder, sees education as more than means to a job

4/25/13

Rachel Thor, a fifth-year senior from State College, Pa., says her goal upon entering college was to be "fully alive" the whole time. Her senior project in the bachelor of philosophy intercollege program culminated in a monthlong road tour with other education entrepreneurs searching to change the narrative around education.

Man examines bright yellow mushroom

Laetiporus Sulphureus: A Medicinal Mushroom from Ethiopia

2/27/13

Penn State Food Science visiting scholar Ashagrie Zewdu will present "Laetiporus Sulphureus: a Medicinal Mushroom from Ethiopia" from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, in Foster Auditorium, first floor, Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State.

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