Penn State Shenango will offer a continuing education workshop for health professionals titled “Dealing with Behaviors and Modifications for the Dementia Patient” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Shenango campus in downtown Sharon, Pa. The fee for the five-hour course is $50.
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.
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.
The following is an opinion piece collectively authored by seven Pennsylvania university presidents, including Penn State President Rod Erickson. Each of these leaders believe Pennsylvania is on the verge of a reinvention of its manufacturing segment through science, engineering and innovation.
With that knowledge in mind, these seven presidents are embarking on an unprecedented collaboration and are asking other institutions to join them in supporting entrepreneurial efforts to make Pennsylvania a manufacturing powerhouse, and in doing so, create high-wage jobs.
Brian Orland is Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture.
Penn State Hershey and PinnacleHealth have entered into formal discussions to broaden their existing strategic relationship. The goals of the potential relationship are to improve access to care and increase the quality and breadth of health care services available to people throughout central Pennsylvania. Any collaboration would also strengthen the teaching and research missions of both organizations.
More than 30 Smeal College of Business students from the Penn State undergraduate and MBA chapters of Net Impact, a national organization focused on sustainability in business, attended the organization’s annual conference held at the end of October in San Jose, Calif.
Undergraduate students looking to launch their own products have the opportunity to win up to $15,000 in seed money at the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Boeing Innovation Competition.
Khanjan Mehta, director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) program and assistant professor of engineering design, will discuss his book "The Kochia Chronicles: Systemic Challenges and the Foundations of Social Innovation" during a brown bag luncheon at noon Dec. 2 in 217 Willard.
Penn State honored General Electric (GE) as its Corporate Partner of the Year at an event on Friday, Nov. 22. University President Rodney A. Erickson presented the award to GE in celebration of the company’s longstanding philanthropic commitment to Penn State.
The Center for Global Business Studies (CGBS), part of the network of research centers at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, will host a one-day conference, “Global Implications of U.S. Self-Sufficiency in Oil and Gas,” from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in 124 Business Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.
Kenneth Womack’s latest book, "Made to Order: The Sheetz Story," is now available for purchase.
Penn State's GridSTAR Center is excited to introduce the Smart Grid Technical Workshop Series that will consist of new and engaging workshops for energy industry professionals.
Penn State President Rodney Erickson delivered the following remarks during the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, held Nov. 22 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus:
Good afternoon. As Keith Masser mentioned, we have a very tight schedule this afternoon, so I’ll keep my remarks brief. However, there’s always time for a little good news. First, Moody’s gave Penn State’s bond rating a boost by revising the financial outlook to positive. Moody’s cited Penn State’s "rapid and effectively executed improvements to its governance, best practices and management over the past year." The Aa2 rating with a positive outlook reflects a high-quality credit profile, as well as Penn State’s significant liquidity, limited financial leverage, and rapid response to challenges over the last year. The rating agency's report also referenced the resolution of most of the settlement claims with the victims of Jerry Sandusky in its rationale for revising the outlook.
Kristin Woolever, president of Prescott College in Arizona, has been named chancellor at Penn State Brandywine. Woolever succeeds Sophia Wisniewska, who accepted a position as regional chancellor at the University of Southern Florida in St. Petersburg in March 2013.
“Dr. Woolever will bring strong administrative and strategic planning experience, as well as a deep understanding of the beneficial partnership between the academy and the community. She has a history of creating positive change,” said Madlyn Hanes, Penn State vice president for Commonwealth Campuses. “We are pleased to welcome her leadership to Penn State Brandywine.”
