At any university, it is common to see faculty and staff working with students. After all, it is part of most job descriptions. But oftentimes, faculty and staff go above and beyond their job descriptions in what they do for students.

Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.

In the College of Education, the Diversity and Community Enhancement Committee (DCEC) works to promote an "all-in" atmosphere and provide opportunities so that all members of the college may be personally and professionally successful.

Name: Staci Lynch
Title: Administrative Support Assistant
Department: Learning and Performance Systems
Phone: 814-863-0805
Email: sml91@psu.edu
Office address: 409J Keller Building
Directory entry: https://ed.psu.edu/directory/sml91

Elementary education majors enrolled in CI 497: The Creative Child will host Creative Child at Discovery Space. The event, to be held at Discovery Space on North Atherton Street, kicks off from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 25. A second session will take place 1:45-2:35 p.m. April 26.

It's not easy being the new kid in school. It is especially difficult when you have a disability. But being the new kid — and the new kid with a disability — is something Seria Chatters, assistant professor of education (counselor education) at Penn State, experienced more than a dozen times throughout her childhood and adolescence.