Penn State Brandywine's Continuing Education department will hold "How to Start a Business or Market your Existing Business on the Internet: Building an Effective Web Presence," a free seminar being held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on April 14, in room 105 of the Tomezsko Classroom Building.
Gardening for the novice as well as the experienced gardener will be the focus of the 14th annual Home Gardeners School, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 17, in the Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley in Malvern, Pa.
What began as a look back at personal history for a class project has taken recent Penn State Brandywine graduate Dana Gibson on a path to a future she never imagined. Gibson, who graduated in 2009, received the Undergraduate Roundtable Best Undergraduate Essay award by the Mid Atlantic American Studies Association (MAASA) for her thesis "'Am I Your Slave?': William Parker and 'The Freedman's Story.'" The text was judged for quality and contribution to knowledge, according to Gibson's thesis adviser Phyllis Cole, professor of English and American Studies, who encouraged her to submit her paper for consideration.
In honor of National Absolutely Incredible Kid Day on March 18, each Penn State Brandywine student in the Environmental Earth (Earth 100) class wrote a letter with an earth science theme to children at Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. The letters were delivered by the class instructor, Laura Guertin, associate professor of earth and mineral science, to hospital staff, who will choose the recipients.
One student, one faculty member, two incredible women. Professor of English, Phyllis Cole, and senior Carolyn Johnson were both named Woman of the Year at the Penn State Brandywine Women's Commission Annual Luncheon on March 25. The event featured keynote speaker Joanne Gillis-Donovan, who gave a funny, witty and insightful talk to the crowd of more that 100 students, faculty and staff.
A wave of new life sciences innovation and growing demand for health care, coupled with uncertainty about the impact of controlling future costs and doubts around the productivity of traditional pharma development, will be addressed at a special panel discussion, "Health Care Innovation - The Next Opportunities: Personalized Health Care/Medicine," 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley.
Penn State Great Valley will host its first Green IT Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 14, at the Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley. Discussions will focus on helping IT departments become more environmentally friendly.
Penn State Mont Alto's nursing department took their mobile simulation laboratory (mobile sim lab) on the road during a recent visit to Philadelphia high schools. This is not your ordinary college exposure opportunity. Students from the Health Tech program at Cardinal Dougherty High School and the Health Academy at Abraham Lincoln High School had an opportunity to board a 32-foot Winnebago that is a classroom on wheels. The mobile classroom is equipped with iStan, a human patient simulator. The iStan is a state-of-the-art mannequin that moves, breathes, lives and dies realistically to give students as close to a real human experience as possible.
Are we really in an economic recovery? John Mason, associate professor of management at Penn State Great Valley, addresses this question at a free lecture at noon, Wednesday, April 14, Main Building, room 206, at Penn State Great Valley's Malvern campus. By examining unemployment, foreclosures, the banking system and the federal budget deficits, Mason will give his interpretation of current and future economic climates.
Penn State Great Valley Continuing Professional Education Office and the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers present "Improving Energy Performance in the Building Envelope," 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern. The event is designed for architects, building code officials, building owners and managers, contractors and engineers whose responsibilities include improving energy efficiency and performance.
The second workshop of the "Igniting Innovation" series, titled "Hey You, Get Off of My Cloud: Smashing the Barriers of Cloud Computing," will be held 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Friday, April 9, at The Conference Center, Penn State Great Valley. Cloud computing, the process of using distant, interconnected servers and hardware to store data and run applications over the Internet, has become a significant, fast-growing trend for IT professionals. A panel of local corporate leaders will help dispel some misconceptions and share their cloud computing views as they relate to various industries.
The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at Penn State Brandywine raised more than $1,300 and donated more than 1,000 books after its book sale March 6-8 on campus. The money raised will provide educational programming on campus centered on social justice issues and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
Students and members of the campus will read, recite, chant, narrate, rap, sing, croon, intone, declaim or simply cheer and stomp to encourage their friends during Penn State Brandywine's 14th annual LiTapaLooZa Literary Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Lounge.
Martin Zied, a 1974 graduate of Penn State and successful television producer/director/writer was at Penn State Abington on March 2, sharing stories of success in the television field which he attributes to his Penn State connection. Zied told of hard-work, perseverance, focus, the perils of travel, meeting deadlines, dealing with celebrities and taking risks. With five Emmy Award statuettes decorating his Chestnut Hill home, success is definitely his reward.
A live performance event highlighting the poetry of local students and teachers will be held 10 a.m. on March 25, in the Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley in Malvern, Pa. Titled "Open Mic Poetry/Spoken Word," this event is a joint initiative by Penn State Great Valley and the Art Sanctuary to showcase, enrich and inspire area students through poetry performances and evaluation.
