The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh has named Penn State Greater Allegheny Baseball Coach, Jim Chester its second Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year. Chester will be honored during the fifth annual Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year event at 6 p.m. on Nov. 19, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

The Penn State Greater Allegheny Women's Volleyball Team is hosting a coed volleyball tournament to raise funds to benefit breast cancer awareness. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Wunderley Gymnasium, 4000 University Drive.

Lion Ambassadors to host the Merit Badge University, along with Troop 338 of the Laurel Highlands Council on Nov. 12 and Dec. 10. The purpose of the event is to provide Boy Scouts of America an opportunity to earn merit badges.

Linda Patterson Miller, Penn State Laureate for 2011-12, will be a guest at Penn State Greater Allegheny on Wednesday Sept. 28. Drawing upon her research and writing on American literature and art, particularly of the 20th century, Miller incorporates vintage photographs and primary documents to explore a range of topics.

Fourteen students and their assigned mentors, members of the Greater Allegheny faculty and staff, will meet for the first time in the coming weeks to begin the Penn State Greater Allegheny Fast Start Mentoring Program. Incoming freshmen were mailed information about the program over the summer and 14 new students decided to join up and give it a try. The goal of the program is to provide students with a "go-to" person who can help them get acquainted with college life. Over the next several month students will have an opportunity to meet with their mentors at some planned events, including a pizza party, art gallery visit, coffeehouse event, and by working together on a community service project. "We're hopeful that the program will get students connected to the campus quickly, have them feeling comfortable with college life and on to making the most of their college experience," said Glenn Beech, director of Student Services and facilitator of the program.

Lori Hepner, assistant professor of integrative arts at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was profiled in Time Magazine's Lightbox. The article discussed Hepner's technique for transforming tweets into art.

A joint research paper, based on a research project of Penn State Greater Allegheny students, Sheng Wei and Xuerong Xiao, under the direction of mathematics professor Zhibo Chen, was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. The refereed research journal, for mathematicians and mathematics educators, provides a medium by which new ideas and experience in mathematical education can be presented.