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Penn State DuBois Alumni Society to honor three at annual Benefit Celebration

8/7/19

Three individuals will be honored for their accomplishments, as well as their dedication to Penn State DuBois, at the annual Benefit Celebration on Oct. 12. The Alumni Society will present their Alumni Awards during the celebration to Richard Ogden, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award; Anita McDonald, recipient of the Distinguished Ambassador Award; and Craig Hicks, recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award.

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Study shows benefits to changing students' mindsets about learning

8/7/19

A groundbreaking experimental study with more than 12,000 ninth grade students in the United States confirmed that a low-cost online program that takes less than an hour to complete can help students develop a growth mindset — the belief that intellectual abilities are not fixed but can be developed. This finding is important because student motivation often suffers when students have been exposed to the idea that their intellectual abilities can't change.

Purple ribbons hang on the pillars of Penn State Behrend's Metzgar Center.

Sally Metzgar influenced many at Penn State Behrend

8/6/19

Sally Nelson Metzgar, a longtime supporter of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and its students, died July 19, at the age of 83. The Metzgar Center at Penn State Behrend is named for Sally Metzgar and her husband, Bob Metzgar.

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Global Studies major promotes education for peace in Argentina

8/6/19

Flores is the first Berks student to be awarded and to take part in the Cultural Vistas Fellowship, a fully-funded summer internship program specifically designed for students for whom such international opportunities might otherwise be out of reach.

Amanda Mahon

IST student marshal to graduate with three degrees

8/5/19

Amanda Mahon has been selected as the College of Information Sciences and Technology student marshal for the summer 2019 commencement ceremony. Mahon, a Reading, Pennsylvania native, is graduating Cum Laude with three degrees: a B.S. in Information Sciences and Technology (IST), a B.S. in Security and Risk Analysis, and an M.S. in IST, through the college’s integrated undergraduate-graduate program.

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Samantha Scherrer selected as liberal arts student marshal

8/5/19

Samantha Scherrer will serve as the student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts during summer commencement exercises on Aug. 10. A Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Scholar, Scherrer will graduate with bachelor of science degrees in economics and marketing and a minor in English.

Dickinson Law Professor Medha D. Makhlouf

Dickinson Law professor awarded joint appointment with College of Medicine

8/5/19

Medha D. Makhlouf, assistant professor of law and founding director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic at Penn State’s Dickinson Law, received a joint appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine — part of central Pennsylvania’s only academic medical center that also includes Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Children’s Hospital, and Penn State Medical Group.

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