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Global Programs announces spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients
7/17/18
Global Programs has announced the spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients. The program supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population. Graduate students may apply for the grants for assistance with travel to international conferences with the goal of promoting and supporting global leadership in scholarship and international engagements.
Penn State's Summer Academy is changing lives -- and attitudes
7/12/18
The Summer Academy for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a three-week program that functions with the help of a not-so-small village. The network of people and organizations that make up the moving parts of the Summer Academy stretches as far as the national level and hits as close as home.
Global Programs announces Penn State/Split 2018 Fund Awardees
7/10/18
The Global Engagement Network is a group of strategic peer partnerships around the world, developed around the natural links between faculty and research interests. Global Programs supports these collaborative research projects through a development fund and has announced the awardees, whose projects primarily focus on long-term sustainability.
Renovations to Chambers Building's science education wing near halfway point
7/9/18
Renovations to the science education wing in Chambers Building are well underway as the fall semester approaches. Since its start in January 2018, construction has moved steadily and is nearly halfway done. The estimated date of completion is December 2018.
Four faculty members join Social Science Research Institute
7/9/18
Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute recently announced four new co-funded faculty members who will join the institute in the 2018-19 academic year: Maithreyi Gopalan, Alexis Santos, Kenneth Shores, and Ericka Weathers.
Career Pathways awarded $540,000 state grant to support adult-learner services
7/3/18
The Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy's Career Pathways Program in the College of Education received a grant of $543,701 supporting its work in Clinton, Centre and Lycoming counties. The grant, announced by the state Department of Education, is one of 32 awards disbursing $22 million in state and federal funds to organizations across Pennsylvania to increase and improve services for adult learners and their families.
Around the College: July 3, 2018
6/29/18
Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.
College Profile: Anita Bowes
6/29/18
Anita Bowes serves as a financial coordinator for the College of Education.
College Announcements: July 3, 2018
6/29/18
Keep up with information about various happenings at Penn State, including study volunteer requests, activities and other opportunities.
Q: How are 4thFest and other activities affecting parking on campus?
6/29/18
A: To accommodate setup for the annual 4thFest celebration to be held on Wednesday, July 4, near the Bryce Jordan Center and Medlar Field, several parking and traffic restrictions will be in place through Thursday, July 5.
Partnership to help South Africa universities redress apartheid legacy
6/28/18
Penn State's College of Education is helping to support and prepare South Africa's next generation of university leadership, funded by the republic's Department of Higher Education and Training.
'Punching up': Students find value in fellowships process
6/28/18
Penn State student Hannah Kohler was in the same position as many other rising seniors: She was thinking about the big questions of the future and wasn’t certain where her path would lead. Students such as Kohler are exactly who Caitlin Ting, interim director for the University Fellowships Office, is looking for.
Penn State announces fixed-term faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2018
6/25/18
The following is a list of fixed-term faculty promotions at Penn State, effective July 1.
Alumni Updates: June 20, 2018
6/20/18
"Alumni Updates" highlights career achievements by College of Education alumni.