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Global Connections offers interactive, intercultural, educational events

6/8/18

Members of the international community, as well as globally-minded Americans and immigration advocates, will have many opportunities to expand their knowledge through free summer Global Connections events. Workshops and discussion panels will focus on topics such as immigrants’ rights while interacting with law enforcement; culture shock and reverse culture shock; and traditions and beliefs related to death and dying across three unique cultures.

Program highlights advancing equality in corporate America

6/8/18

Undergraduate and graduate students from Penn State Harrisburg were able to network with women and men from a number of companies at the recent Network of Executive Women’s (NEW) Greater Philadelphia regional committee meeting hosted by the Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration.

The Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education Lab

Researchers receive grant to manufacture metal parts for naval applications

6/8/18

Penn State researchers have received approximately $535,000 to install a state-of-the-art, “super-finishing lab” for 3D-printed metal parts. The new lab will complement the existing subtractive processing technology in the Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education Lab within the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

EMS academic and alumni leaders create Open Doors Scholarships

6/7/18

Lee and Michelle Kump have always felt compelled to help students with financial need, so when they learned about the RaiseMe program, which intersects with the University’s Open Doors Scholarship Program, they saw the perfect opportunity to make an impact. They have since done just that with a $30,000 commitment ­­to create an Open Doors Scholarship with a preference for students in RaiseMe.

Alumni pose outside a restaurant in Pittsburgh

Penn State to celebrate National PSHRS Day

6/7/18

The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society, an affiliate program group for alumni of the Penn State School of Hospitality Management and predecessor programs, will celebrate the third annual National PSHRS Day on June 21 across the country.

Abington boat sculptures

Ship ahoy! Abington students sail sculptures inspired by iconic films

6/7/18

A group of first-year art majors at Penn State Abington literally sailed into summer. Enrolled in a foundational sculpture course, the students constructed 6-foot replicas of iconic ships and submarines, which they launched on the campus duck pond for their final exam.

Neha Sharma

IST alumna bridges tech and business backgrounds through Smeal graduate program

6/6/18

As the College of Information Sciences continues to grow, so do the opportunities for its students and graduates — especially women. Neha Sharma, a 2017 graduate, is the first female from the college to complete the new Smeal College of Business Management and Organizational Leadership master’s degree program.

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