Researchers found that teaching English Learners — students who aren’t fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken — the Latin roots of words helped them problem solve the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Through a unique division within Penn State University Police, students support police officers with various security and traffic control efforts while gaining important experience that prepares them for their career goals. Student auxiliary officers are employed by University Police at Penn State University Park and Altoona campuses.
Senior Bryce Starner spent his summer in the Dominican Republic as an intern for the Kansas City Royals. The triple major — comparative literature, Spanish and corporate innovation and entrepreneurship — utilized his language skills to communicate with the players and locals in Santo Domingo.
Penn State York is offering a 20-hour Spanish course designed to help prepare students to talk with members of the Spanish-speaking community. This noncredit course begins Wednesday, June 6, and continues each Wednesday through Aug. 15, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Three Penn State Berks students received awards in the fourth annual Spanish poetry-writing contest sponsored by the Latin American Cultural Center of Lancaster (LACC).
Penn State York is offering a 20-hour Spanish course designed to help prepare students to talk with members of the Spanish-speaking community. This noncredit course begins Wednesday, Sept. 14 and continues through Nov. 16, from 6-8 p.m.
JoAnne Pumariega, instructor in mathematics and Spanish at Penn State Berks, will be inducted into the 2015 Hall of Fame at Immaculata-LaSalle High School in Miami, FL. She will receive the Saint John Bosco Alumni Award during the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on May 2, at Immaculata-LaSalle High School.
For Belén Rodríguez Mourelo, author of "Encounters in Exile: Themes in the Narrative of the Cuban Diaspora," writing about Cuba is personal. The introduction to her book describes her grandfather’s experience in Cuba over a 40-year span, from 1912–1952.
Penn State Lehigh Valley has expanded the number of spring break travel opportunities offered this year. During spring break (March 9-15), Lehigh Valley campus faculty and staff are leading more than 75 students on trips to Great Britain, Ireland, Mexico, and Peru, as well as Massachusetts and West Virginia.
Penn State Beaver students in the Spanish 1 class celebrated the longtime tradition of Day of the Dead with an exhibit of altars displayed Nov. 2, in the lower lobby of the Student Union Building. The class, taught by Robin Bower, associate professor at the campus, is designed to develop Spanish language skills and provide information about Hispanic culture. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place Nov. 2 in connection with the Catholic holiday All Souls Day.
Robin Bower, associate professor of Spanish and comparative literature and culture at Penn State Beaver, is one of only two University faculty members to receive the 2012 Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching. The award recognizes excellence in teaching and student support among tenured faculty who have been employed full time for at least five years with undergraduate teaching as a major portion of their duties. Bower received the Penn State Beaver Bayer Corporation Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Penn State Beaver Advisory Board Michael Baker Corporation Faculty Excellence in Research Award. She is the campus Honors Program coordinator and chairs the Penn State Beaver Retention Task Force and its subcommittee on pedagogy. Bower can be contacted at rmb29@psu.edu or 724-773-3886.
One of the benefits students have at a major national research university like Penn State is not only learning from faculty in the classroom but also working alongside them -- in the laboratory or the library -- doing research. Undergraduate students like Christine Theberge and Josh Yeh, who are conducting their own undergraduate research, and those who hold research assistant positions have the opportunity to expand their knowledge in areas of academic interest while developing valuable research skills and relevant work experience.
Holly Moncavage, a junior in Penn State Law, will use her labor law fellowship for a summer position at The Workplace Project in New York, helping migrant workers pursue lost wages and unite for better living and working conditions. More than 500 people from 125 law schools applied for the nearly 70 fellowships that were issued by the Peggy Browning Fund.
To get Spanish exposure during a time when the language is a growing part of the agricultural industry, select students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences go to central Mexico for four weeks every summer.
Penn State York's Cultural and Performing Artists series kick-offs with the acoustic guitar sounds of Javier Mendoza on Monday, Sept 19. This free performance is set for 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center at the campus. This series is sponsored by the campus and MediaOnePA. Tickets are not required for free performances.
