Faculty at any Penn State campus can receive no-cost training at a two-day workshop May 9-10 on bringing an inter-domain course on the Ethics of Climate Change to their campus. The course is open to faculty of any rank at every Penn State campus.
The Office for General Education has launched a new planning tool to help students select courses that satisfy general education requirements. The tool will assist baccalaureate students who started at Penn State in Summer 2018 or later.
Coming from a family of Holocaust survivors, Michael Polgar, associate professor of sociology at Penn State Hazleton, was inspired by family histories to teach the Holocaust from a “pedagogy of hope” — focusing on human strength and endurance. With that focus in mind, he has published his first book, “Holocaust and Human Rights Education: Good Choices and Sociological Perspectives.”
Daniela Martin, associate professor of psychology at Penn State Brandywine, has been named a 2018–2019 General Education Faculty Scholar.
A new general education course at University Park — GEOG 197 — will immerse students in the world of virtual reality, 360-degree video, augmented reality and more.
A new class at being offered this fall at Penn State Lehigh Valley and Penn State Schuylkill is a video gamer's dream — or just the perfect thing if you have ever wanted to design your own virtual realm.
The Office for General Education has announced this year’s seed grants to support the development of Integrative Studies courses. The awarded proposals are representative of a wide range of academic disciplines, and include proposals from faculty at Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth.
Margaret Slattery, assistant dean of the Office for General Education, recently visited Penn State New Kensington to discuss the University's new general education requirements.
The application period is now open for the General Education Faculty Scholars Program, comprised of 16 faculty members representing the various campuses, colleges and general education areas at Penn State.
Faculty of all ranks and administrators at all Penn State locations are invited to participate in the biennial Schreyer Conference, set for 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Oct. 25 at The Nittany Lion Inn. The conference, titled “General Education: Inspiration for Integration,” will focus on moving forward with Penn State’s recently revised General Education program.
A simple electronic device found in nearly every smartphone today is helping students learn about the science of earthquakes in one general education geosciences course, GEOSC 109, Earthquakes and Society. Taught by Charles Ammon, professor of geosciences, the course was designed to give students insight into how geoscientists understand earthquakes — and, more generally, what's involved in conducting science.
Three Penn State Abington faculty received Integrative Studies Seed Grants.
The Integrative Studies Seed Grant Program, offered through the Penn State Office for General Education, will support 71 different course development projects this summer. In response to the large volume of highly qualified proposals, the budget was generously increased by more than 50 percent by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Undergraduate Education.
Penn State's Sustainability Institute (SI) is looking to support the development of courses that develop students’ multidisciplinary sustainability literacy. The Office of the Provost has provided over $400,000 for development of new Integrative Studies General Education courses. The SI is one of 13 collaborating units at the University providing additional funds or wrap-around expertise and resources to assist faculty. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. on Feb. 28.
The Penn State Office for General Education is pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty interested in developing a new Integrative Studies General Education course.
