Undergraduate students who are interested in learning more about undergraduate research and creative inquiry and how can they get involved can attend workshops scheduled throughout the fall 2019 semester. Students don’t need to have any previous experience with research, and there are no prerequisites for attending.
Tessa Sontheimer and Geoff Merz, graduates of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, have been named recipients of Fulbright Study Awards.
For just the second time in Penn State history, all four University candidates to the Goldwater Scholarship program were named as awardees.
Penn State students and alumni will travel to all corners of the globe for the 2019-2020 school year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
A Penn State Altoona student with a passion for the character industry was the University’s nominee for the Beinecke Scholarship.
There is still time for students to submit an application for the Undergraduate Exhibition and even more time to prepare for the exhibition itself.
The Penn State University Fellowships Office earlier this academic year nominated three outstanding students for the highly competitive Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
Undergraduate juniors and seniors can now apply for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell and Churchill scholarships. Interested students must first participate in a University evaluation process and receive a nomination in order to apply directly to the scholarship bodies.
The University Fellowships Office and University Libraries will continue no-cost workshops through March that focus on helping undergraduate students learn about research opportunities. Students don’t need to have any previous experience with research, and there are no prerequisites for attending.
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.
Penn State undergraduate Ryan Morris is headed back to China — this time through the competitive Schwarzman Scholars program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Two people were recently appointed to director positions within the Office of Undergraduate Education at Penn State, with Caitlin Ting taking the post at the University Fellowships Office, and Kerry Newman in the Office of Communications.
The Boren Awards offer scholarships for undergraduates and fellowships for graduate students to study languages identified by the federal government as critical. On Nov. 5, students, faculty and staff are invited to attend an information session led by Kyle Cox of the Institute of International Education from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in 232 Katz Building. Students also can attend remotely through Zoom.
Students in STEM fields interested in applying for fellowships are encouraged to attend information sessions scheduled this week with the University Fellowships Office, either in person or by Zoom.
Penn State students in their second year are now able to apply to participate in the Spark Program, which offers workshops and one-on-one mentorship focused on successfully applying for fellowships.
