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Penn State minor prepares students to work with children

12/3/18

Students in human development and family studies, biobehavioral health, education, nursing, psychology, and other degree programs are benefiting from a minor that delivers critical training to those who want to work with children.

Nick Jones

Are land-grant universities still 'democracy’s colleges?'

12/3/18

University systems around the country face funding cuts from their respective states and a growing anti-intellectual sentiment from constituents. Executive Vice President and Provost Nick Jones discusses these issues on the latest episode of the Democracy Works podcast.

Paterno Fellows essay contest on ethical values open to students

11/30/18

Any Penn State undergraduate student interested in exploring and writing about ethical values and intercultural issues can enter the sixth annual Collegiate Laws of Life Essay Contest, sponsored by the Paterno Fellows Program and the College of the Liberal Arts. Essays are due by Jan. 11, 2019, and monetary prizes will awarded.

Daniel Zahn in Bassila, Benin

Paterno Fellow completes language research in Africa

11/26/18

With the help of financial support from the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network, Daniel Zahn, a junior majoring in English, philosophy, and communication arts and sciences, participated in a linguistics research project in Bassila, Benin. The experience gave him the opportunity to see how linguistics plays out in real time.

Liberal Arts student establishes Youth Enterprise Program in South Africa

11/21/18

Senior psychology and global and international studies major William Okrafo-Smart spent the past summer interning with a nonprofit in Cape Town, South Africa. He used his liberal arts education to establish a program that introduced local youth to entrepreneurship. Through the program, the children set up informal businesses to help their community.

Shannon Monnat

Rural American families focus of 26th annual family symposium

11/21/18

The strategies needed to maintain family economic stability, health and general well-being of rural families was the focus of the 26th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues, held in October at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State’s University Park campus.

CAS Award Winners 2018

National Communication Association honors several Penn Staters

11/15/18

Penn State’s Department of Communication Arts and Sciences was well-represented at the National Communication Association’s Awards Ceremony last week, as faculty and students from the department received six of the organization's 23 annual awards and five additional division awards.

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