Several members of the College of Health and Human Development Philanthropy Council have established new scholarship endowments as part of Penn State’s Open Doors Scholarship Program, a component of “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” the University’s current fundraising campaign.
The LGBTQA Student Resource Center offers multiple scholarships and awards to students and faculty who are interested in and have shown a commitment to the Penn State LGBTQ+ community. On April 12, the center presented its scholarship and award recipients for the 2019-2020 academic year.
About 100 family members, friends and regional business leaders gathered in the Multipurpose Activities Center at Penn State Mont Alto on April 12 to honor Mike and Donna Ross and join in the establishment of a Renaissance Fund Scholarship. Together, they raised $60,190 that will support academically talented Penn State students with financial need in perpetuity.
Melina Czymoniewicz-Klippel, assistant teaching professor of biobehavioral health, is a recipient of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. Her project will involve analysis of online written assignments of students, to examine the impact of immersive experiences on student engagement and learning.
A Penn State Altoona student with a passion for the character industry was the University’s nominee for the Beinecke Scholarship.
Penn State alumna Sandra Schlicker Renfro has established a scholarship in the College of Health and Human Development with a gift of $100,000. The scholarship will benefit students in the Department of Nutritional Sciences with financial need.
Two students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are the recipients of the Guyton Award, a global learning scholarship established recently by Bill Guyton, an agricultural economist and internationally recognized expert in sustainable development.
The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The statewide program awards a limited number of one-year scholarships to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time at an accredited Pennsylvania college or university.
Offered through University Libraries and the University Fellowships Office, the seven-week program runs from Feb. 5 to March 26 with sessions scheduled every Tuesday evening from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with dinner to be provided. There is no cost to students.
The Bernstine family has made a $30,000 family contribution to Penn State University to establish the Sam, Pam, Aaron, Ilia and Dierks Bernstine Open Doors Scholarship at the Shenango campus. The donation is part of the University-wide campaign “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence” and will leverage a 2:1 University match, increasing the fund to $90,000.
In an effort to help as many students as possible participate in valuable educational experiences, the College of Education’s participation in #GivingTuesday this year will target the college’s general scholarship fund, which is used to help students who need financial assistance to be able to participate in these impactful, out-of-classroom experiences.
Bruce and Lori Herold have created the Herold Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship in the School of Hospitality Management (SHM) in the College of Health and Human Development. The scholarship will go to SHM students with financial need who demonstrate evidence of experience and passion for the hospitality industry.
Voith Hydro Inc. has awarded scholarships to students enrolled in the Women in Engineering Program. The company, which traces its American hydropower manufacturing roots back 140 years, set up the annual scholarship as a way to give back to the community that supports it.
Penn State Greater Allegheny hosted its biggest scholarship benefit of the year, "All That’s Jazz," on Oct. 6 — raising $75,000 to help students succeed.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1 million to Penn State's Eberly College of Science as part of its Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM).
