The Commission for Women, the Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity, and the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Equity are accepting appointment nominations through July 16.
The President’s Commissions for Equity at Penn State will see changes to their activities and memberships to better reflect their original charges as advisory bodies. Beginning this summer, the commissions will refocus their work as advisory bodies to the president and President’s Council to address specific equity-related topics that support the University's Strategic Plan.
Third-year Dickinson Law student Erin Varley was named “Law Student of the Year” for the Northeast region by The National Jurist. Varley is one of 20 future lawyers recognized nationally and the only law student from Pennsylvania.
The Penn State Commission for Women will hold its 12th annual awards luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. April 13 in Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center to honor this year’s recipients of the Rosemary Schraer Mentoring and Achieving Women awards.
The Commission for Women is seeking nominations for the Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Award. The awards serve to recognize an exceptional mentor in the University community and celebrate women who have shown remarkable professionalism and leadership at Penn State. Submissions are due no later than Feb. 8, 2018.
Penn State will join universities and communities across the nation in celebrating Transgender Visibility Month. This is the second year events will be held on campus and in the community throughout November.
Timothy Ray Brown, the world's first and only person cured of HIV, will discuss his cure during a talk titled "The Personification of Hope" at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 in Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus of Penn State.
Three individuals have received the 2017 Dr. William Henson Diversity Achievement Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, an honor that recognizes distinctive and outstanding teaching, research, extension or creative work that advances diversity in the college.
Through his involvement with the President’s Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Equity at Penn State, Damian Salonick learned that the commission wanted to improve the digital presence of all the LGBTQ organizations at Penn State. With several organizations and events serving their community, they needed a central hub to reach faculty, staff and students. It was a serendipitous moment for the College of Information Sciences and Technology senior, who was looking for such a problem to solve for a class project.
Penn State’s Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity (CORED), with the co-sponsorship of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and the two other President’s Commissions for Equity, the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Equity (CLGBTQE) and the Commission for Women (CFW), created a poster in support of unity across Penn State.
Mechanical engineering undergraduate Nicole Gallegor received the 2017 Achieving Women Award from the Penn State Commission for Women.
Susan Stewart, senior research associate and associate professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, was recently named the recipient of the Penn State Commission for Women 2017 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award.
Deanna Behring, assistant dean and director of international programs for the College of Agricultural Sciences, is the 2017 recipient of the Commission for Women's Achieving Women Award in the administrator category.
Li Li, associate professor of environmental engineering at Penn State, has recently been named the recipient of the Penn State Commission for Women 2017 Achieving Women Award in the faculty category.
In recognition of student, faculty and staff efforts to build an inclusive community at Penn State, the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Equity (CLGBTQE) has announced the recipients of the 2017 CLGBTQE Outstanding Service, Academic Achievement, and Emerging Leader awards.
