Four new members were accepted this year into the Faculty Academy, which provides funding for educators to create engagement opportunities and models for students on the local, regional and national level.
Senior Bryce Starner spent his summer in the Dominican Republic as an intern for the Kansas City Royals. The triple major — comparative literature, Spanish and corporate innovation and entrepreneurship — utilized his language skills to communicate with the players and locals in Santo Domingo.
Penn State will be well-represented at the 2018 Conference and Expo of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) on Oct. 2–5 in Pittsburgh.
The Penn State Smeal College of Business student career services center, formerly known as Career & Corporate Connections, has changed its name to the Business Career Center.
Sisters Alison, Aileen and Erin Barrett, all valedictorians of their respective classes at Scranton High School, will reunite in the Schreyer Honors College this fall.
Penn State alumni William and Kathryn Donato have made a $250,000 gift — which the University matched 2:1 for a total of $750,000 — to create the Donato Family Open Doors Honors Scholarship, which will support Schreyer Scholars who meet financial requirements for need through the Complete Penn State program.
Tina Hay, editor of The Penn Stater magazine for the past 22 years, announced today (July 18) that she will be leaving her role, effective Oct. 1, to begin a phased retirement from Penn State.
Lisa Conway, vice president of sustainability for modular flooring manufacturer Interface Americas, has agreed to serve on the Penn State Smeal College of Business Sustainability Advisory Board.
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.
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.
The Penn State Smeal College of Business recently hosted the 8th Annual Marketing Academic Research Colloquium (MARC) in the Nittany Lion Inn and Business Building on the University Park campus.
The Penn State Smeal Executive MBA Program ranks No. 26 overall and No. 7 among programs from public institutions in the Economist’s 2018 latest assessment of top global EMBAs, which was released July 2.
