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Training produces meaty benefits for local firm, front-line supervisors

1/6/14

David and Michael Israeli, the third generation to lead a Philadelphia manufacturer, recently committed time and funding to customized training for their front-line supervisors. The decision enabled the Israelis to tackle two challenges common in business: developing and retaining key employees, thus avoiding the expense of hiring and training new workers; and helping employees become better decision-makers.

This is where the corporate training experts at Penn State Abington Continuing Education came into the equation and designed a plan specific to the goals of the 60-year-old firm: to provide 10 supervisors with advanced training relevant to their work environment and to do so on site.

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Penn State Behrend economist predicts more growth for Erie's economy

1/3/14

Local workers have won back 10 of every 13 jobs lost in the recession, said Jim Kurre, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie and an associate professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. That might soften the blow when GE Transportation -- the largest employer in Erie County -- eliminates nearly 1,000 positions at its Lawrence Park facility.

State College magazine features Pattee and Paterno Libraries

1/2/14

The January issue of the local magazine "State College" features, as its cover story, Pattee and Paterno Libraries -- What’s in it for you? The eight-page spread, written by Robyn Passante and photographed by Matt Fern with a cover photo by Libraries staff member Wilson Hutton, concludes that Penn State's University Libraries have lots to offer residents, including books, newspapers, movies, educational kits for children and so much more.

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Penn State-run Pennsylvania Space Grant Program turns 25

1/2/14

For 25 years, the Pennsylvania Space Grant College and Fellowship Program has been working to help up-and-coming scientists and engineers pursue careers and dreams in those fields. The program, which is run by the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium at Penn State, is one of 52 across the country that are part of the NASA-run initiative to support educational initiatives in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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.

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Rural Bedford Seminar offers students a glimpse of rural life

12/6/13

The Penn State College of Education is presenting students with a unique opportunity to experience learning in a rural setting. The three-credit course, CI 295C: The Rural Bedford Seminar, spans most of two weeks from May 11-23, during Maymester.

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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 announces fall 2013 commencement events and speakers

12/2/13

This fall Penn State expects to award approximately 5,133 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 263 associate, 3,736 baccalaureate, 919 master’s, 12 law and 203 doctoral degrees, estimates as of Dec. 2. Following is a University-wide compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information.

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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.

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