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Stephanie Springer history student marshal

Paterno Fellow selected as history student marshal

5/3/18

When Stephanie Springer saw the Liberal Arts student marshal posters hanging in the hallways of Sparks Building each year, she had always hoped that she would be selected as one as a senior. This year, that dream came true when Springer was selected to represent all history majors as the department’s student marshal.

cropped image of book cover "My Favorite Thing is Monsters"

'My Favorite Thing is Monsters' wins 2018 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize

5/2/18

“My Favorite Thing is Monsters” by Emil Ferris, published by Fantagraphics Books, has won the 2018 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year. Penn State University Libraries sponsors the juried annual award and its administrator, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book. The jury, composed of Penn State faculty, alumni and students with graphic novel expertise, also named two honor books.

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Blue Band member selected as student marshal

5/1/18

Neil Shook has been selected as the student marshal for Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and will represent his peers at the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 5.

Graduate student excellence celebrated at awards luncheon

4/27/18

Penn State President Eric Barron presented 11 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon, held April 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Fourteen graduate students receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award

4/27/18

Fourteen graduate students received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award and Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal in recognition of their outstanding professional accomplishments and achievements in scholarly research in any of the disciplinary areas of arts and humanities; social sciences; physical and computational sciences; life and health sciences; and engineering.

International students and student leaders prepare to depart for the Leadership Experiences at Liberal Arts (LELA) retreat.

Inaugural liberal arts retreat hosts student leaders

4/27/18

Four years ago, in an interview for her current position at Penn State, economics adviser Nimisha Thakur proposed an idea to help international students transition to life at an American university. A couple weeks ago, this idea became a reality at the inaugural Leadership Experiences at Liberal Arts retreat.

Student Marshals Spring 2018

Six selected to serve as Bellisario College student marshals

4/26/18

Six accomplished Penn State seniors have added to their achievements as they were selected to represent the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications as student marshals during commencement exercises Saturday, May 5, at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Geography students recreate Maya ruins in Belize

Geography students use virtual reality to recreate Mayan ruins

4/24/18

Ancient Mayan civilization in Central America, which collapsed around 1,000 years ago, is being brought to life in a new Penn State project. Two doctoral students in geography, Jiawei Huang and Arif Masrur, have recreated the Mayan ruins of Cahal Pech, in Belize, using virtual reality.

Vidur Mishra at an Indian monastery

IST Schreyer Scholar to further philosophy, tech research at Indian Monastery

4/23/18

Vidur Mishra, a Schreyer Scholar majoring in information sciences and technology, will spend his summer living with monks at the Tushita monastery in India. His experience will advance his undergraduate thesis research which explores differences between how the eastern and western worlds perceive the mind.

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