The Center for Global Studies at Penn State will host Srdja Popovic, activist, global thinker, and founder and executive director of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies, on Feb. 26 at University Park. Popovic will deliver a lecture titled “Laughtivism: The Power of Humor in Nonviolent Struggle” at 4:30 p.m. in the Lewis Katz Auditorium.
Ryan Morris, a first-generation college student who was a race car driver before attending Penn State Berks, has won a Schwarzman Scholarship, which will enable him to pursue a master’s degree in global affairs from the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Six members of the Penn State Berks graduating class received their Schreyer Honors Medals at the Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony held on Sunday, April 22.
Vidur Mishra, a Schreyer Scholar majoring in information sciences and technology, will spend his summer living with monks at the Tushita monastery in India. His experience will advance his undergraduate thesis research which explores differences between how the eastern and western worlds perceive the mind.
Penn State’s second annual Human Library has been rescheduled for Friday, April 20, at various locations in Paterno Library and Pattee Library. The event encourages participants to engage in conversations that challenge stereotypes. Difficult questions will be expected, appreciated and answered.
Satirist Bassem Youssef, dubbed the “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” will visit University Park in November to speak at two separate events hosted by the Center for Global Studies. Youssef will deliver a lecture titled “The Joke is Mightier Than The Sword” at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3 at the Nittany Lion Inn. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 4, he, along with the film’s director Sara Taksler, a senior producer of "The Daily Show," will participate in a discussion following the film screening of "Tickling Giants."
The Student Engagement Network's Engagement Space opened on Monday, Oct. 9, in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park. Penn State students are invited to explore opportunities and chat to student interns to expand upon their experiential education.
Three Penn State Schreyer Honors College Scholars will participate in a public oral presentation to be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 4 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park. Aviva Doery, Samuel Lapp and Alexander Walsh have the opportunity to win $1,250 as the top prize for the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award.
The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering held its annual banquet on Friday, March 31 and presented awards to outstanding students, faculty and alumni.
Penn State's honors program received top marks among its peers according to an independent evaluator.
Penn State has named Kathleen J. Bieschke, head of the Department of Education Psychology, Counseling and Special Education, as interim dean of the Schreyer Honors College, effective June 1.
Penn State and Schreyer Honors College Scholar alumnus Jared Edgar McKnight was presented with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Associates Award, the highest award given to an individual associate AIA member who best exemplifies professional and civic leadership.
Penn State architecture and Schreyer Honors College alumnus Jared Edgar McKnight, who graduated in 2011 with bachelor's degrees in architecture and international studies, has received the American Institute of Architects National Associates Award for 2016, presented on May 19 during the AIA National Convention in Philadelphia. McKnight is an architectural designer at the integrated design firm of Wallace Roberts & Todd.
Schreyer Honors College recognized the winners of its four annual awards and the winner of the Outstanding Thesis Award at its Senior Awards Reception on May 6.
Schreyer Honors College presented the members of its Class of 2016 with their Scholar medals on Friday, May 6 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
