14 Penn Staters honored with Alumni Fellow Award
9/14/18
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 3 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
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Earth and Mineral Sciences alumnus Dowling named Alumni Fellow
12/12/17
Edward C. Dowling Jr., a graduate of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was awarded the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Association earlier this fall. The Alumni Fellow Award is the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association.
14 Penn Staters honored with Alumni Fellow Award
9/6/17
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 4 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
Video: 2016 Alumni Fellow Award acceptance speeches
11/15/16
The Penn State Alumni Association honored 24 outstanding alumni in October with the Alumni Fellow Award, the highest award given by the Alumni Association. Watch their acceptance speech videos online, and hear how graduating from Penn State impacted the honorees’ lives and careers.
Career pivot launches alumnus to rarefied heights of professional acclaim
11/2/16
For more than a decade, Jay Kovacs, an alumnus of the Graduate School at Penn State, has managed and collaborated with engineers and scientists on the development of Earth-observing spacecraft, deep space missions to investigate scientific theories about the universe, and scientific missions to study the moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Pluto, and the sun.
Baroness and Penn State alumna Joanna Shields to share life story with students
10/14/16
The Baroness Joanna Shields, a 1984 Penn State graduate, is returning to University Park Oct. 24-26 to share her life’s journey with students and discuss how technology is challenging sociopolitical systems and security. During her visit, Shields, who is the U.K.'s minister of internet safety and security, will also be recognized as an Alumni Fellow and participate in Penn State Women: Leaders of Today and Tomorrow.
Alumni Fellow and leadership expert Craig Pearce to speak at Penn State DuBois
10/11/16
All members of the Penn State DuBois community are invited to a special presentation by 2016 Alumni Fellow and leadership expert Craig Pearce. The event is planned for 12:05 p.m. Oct. 28 in Hiller Auditorium at Penn State DuBois. Pearce's presentation focuses on his concepts of shared leadership in business.
24 Alumni Fellows recognized for distinguished careers
9/26/16
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 24 graduates in October with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
Alumnus authors book about Afghanistan's 'Romeo and Juliet'
2/16/16
Award-winning journalist and Penn State alumnus Rod Nordland has written a nonfiction book about Afghanistan's "Romeo and Juliet," who risked everything to be together.
Heard on Campus: Alumni Fellow Steve Richards
10/22/15
Penn State Altoona Alumni Fellow Steve Richards spent some time on campus visiting and speaking with students.
Video shows Keegan-Michael Key's thoughts on fame, failure and meeting Obama
10/28/14
Keegan-Michael Key, star of Comedy Central's "Key & Peele," was on the University Park campus in early October to receive the Alumni Fellow Award, the Penn State Alumni Association's highest honor. During his visit, he attended several theater classes to discuss his career and his approach to comedy.
Clips from Q&A with Keegan-Michael Key
10/14/14
Keegan-Michael Key, star of Comedy Central's "Key & Peele," was on campus in October to receive the Alumni Fellow Award, the Penn State Alumni Association's highest honor.
Heard on Campus: Charles Figley at the Penn State Forum
3/19/13
"I have seen, time and time again -- most recently with a study with the Army in studying combat medics -- that there is amazing transformation as a result of these adversities, that there is every reason to believe that everyone can overcome a traumatic event. So the notion of this adversity isn't a horrible, bad thing without some advantages."
-- Charles Figley, Paul Henry Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and founding member of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy at Tulane University. Figley spoke at the Penn State Forum luncheon today (March 19) at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the topic, "The Trauma Paradox: Lessons of Adversity and Transformation."
Penn State honors 24 as Alumni Fellows
10/7/11
Twenty-four Penn State alumni were honored Oct. 5 for their outstanding professional accomplishments and given the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. Since the award was established in 1973, only 689 alumni have been honored with the title of Alumni Fellow, designated as permanent and lifelong title by the Penn State Board of Trustees. This represents one-eighth of one percent of all 557,000 living Penn State alumni.
Vincent J. Intrieri is Penn State Erie's 2011 Alumni Fellow
9/30/11
Erie native Vincent J. Intrieri, senior managing director of Icahn Capital Management and 1984 Penn State graduate, has been named the 2011 Alumni Fellow at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.