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.
As part of his honors thesis, Penn State mechanical engineering student and Schreyer Honors Scholar Juan Munoz Valdez used data collected from unmanned aircraft to analyze the inventory of Christmas tree farms.
The Academy of Management, the largest global association devoted to management and organization research, published a new study recently that found the success of female CEOs can be influenced by their mostly male predecessors. Under specific conditions and by leveraging their own status and power within an organization, predecessor CEOs can be a formidable force in facilitating the subsequent success of female CEOs.
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.
The Penn State Berks student marshals, chosen from the students graduating with the highest grade point averages in each of the three academic divisions, have much in common. Not only have they made the most of their four years of college, taking advantage of opportunities to conduct research with faculty members and making friends and memories that will last a lifetime, but they all plan on using their education to serve others.
Erika Exton, daughter of Ralph Erik Exton and Debra Exton, both of Horsham, Pennsylvania, will be the Health and Human Development college marshal for the spring 2018 commencement ceremony.
Dan Henderson is a student with a lifelong passion for science and he's engineered his future plans to relay that passion through the profession of teaching.
Eberly College of Science student and Schreyer Honors Scholar Benjamin Piazza will study nanomaterial science in Japan as part of the Nakatani Research & International Experiences for Students Fellowship for U.S. students.
Hannah Elizabeth Kohler is the College of Education’s student marshal for Penn State’s spring 2018 commencement ceremony, which will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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.
Although spring 2018 student marshal Anna Miller didn’t begin her Penn State career in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, she honed her technical skills to become a standout IST student.
Penn State’s Enterprise Networking and Communication Services turned to engineering students to help improve the unit’s service to the University community by sponsoring capstone projects through the Learning Factory.
Penn State undergraduate students Brendan Bernicker, Fanta Condé, and Alice Greider have been honored for leadership and advocacy as recipients of the Rock Ethics Institute’s 2018 Stand Up Award.
At the College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 5, Candice Crutchfield will represent criminology as its student marshal. Crutchfield is a Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Honors Scholar and is graduating with degrees in criminology and communication arts and sciences.
Jayme Rhoads has been chosen to represent Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese during the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 5. The State College native has managed to complete four majors while holding down three jobs.
