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Interviews and internships shape IST senior's future

6/14/18

Students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology are required to complete one internship to graduate. Senior Ryan Feng has exceeded that requirement, holding an internship every summer since beginning his college career.

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Retherford, Washington earn 2017-18 Big Ten Medal of Honor

6/13/18

Seniors Zain Retherford and Haleigh Washington, members of the University’s wrestling and women’s volleyball teams, respectively, have been selected as Penn State’s recipients for the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor for 2017-18.

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Couple creates Penn State World Campus scholarship that will total $3 million

6/13/18

Richard and Claudia Fischer have donated $1 million to the University to create the Richard and Claudia Fischer Open Doors Scholarship in Penn State World Campus. Through the Open Doors Scholarship Matching Program, the University will provide a permanent 2:1 matching contribution of $2 million. The Fischers designated the scholarship to give priority to Penn State World Campus students who are participating in Smart Track to Success, RaiseMe, Complete Penn State or additional programs created by the University under its Open Doors initiative.

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Journalism student works with big-name clients during summer internship

6/13/18

Katie Rowley believes in following and exploring her interests wherever they take her, even if it’s outside of her major. As someone looking to work in sports marketing, she never imagined she would be working with big-name entertainment clients such as the Food Network, Lionsgate, Paramount and Warner Bros. as part of a summer internship.

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ICIK names 2018 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award winners

6/13/18

Penn State graduate students Marie Louise Ryan, Johann Strube and Megan Griffin have been recognized with the 2018 Whiting Indiginous Knowledge Research Award to help fund their research pursuits. The award is funded by the Marjorie Grant Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge and supported by Penn State’s University Libraries and the Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK).

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Nutritional sciences faculty member recognized for outstanding mentorship

6/12/18

Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition at Penn State, is the recipient of the 2018 Dannon Institute Mentorship Award from the American Society for Nutrition and its foundation. This award is given for outstanding mentorship in the development of successful nutritional science investigators.

Penn State Behrend's Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Club took first place in the International Supermileage Challenge, held June 7-8 at the Eaton Corporation’s Marshall Proving Grounds test track in Michigan.

How’s this for fuel efficiency? 3,013 mpg

6/12/18

Penn State Behrend’s SAE Club team finished first in this year’s International Supermileage Challenge, held June 7-8 at the Eaton Corporation’s Marshall Proving Grounds test track in Michigan. The competition challenges teams to create vehicles that squeeze the most mileage out of a single tank of high-octane gasoline. The Behrend vehicle traveled 3,013 miles on one gallon of gas, which was a new United States record.

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Penn Staters lead, attend 2018 AUPHA Annual Meeting

6/12/18

Penn State alumnus Keith Benson is wrapping up his year as board chair of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration as the organization holds its 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

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Registration open for 7th annual Child Maltreatment Conference

6/11/18

Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network will hold their seventh annual conference, “Strengthening Child Safety and Wellbeing through Integrated Data Solutions," Sept. 27 to 28, at the Nittany Lion Inn, University Park, Pennsylvania.

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Students benefit from staff-led 'Fuel for the Future' fund

6/11/18

In 2016, the Penn State Shenango Staff Advisory Council (SAC) introduced a new fundraising initiative to support students at the Shenango campus. The program, titled “Fuel for the Future,” was designed to provide financial assistance to a student or students who are participating in an internship program or working on their clinical outside of the campus.

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IST doctoral student earns third place in wireless innovation competition

6/11/18

Doctoral student Eric Obeysekare recently helped a team of innovators place third in Vodafone Americas Foundation’s Wireless Innovation Project. His team created a mobile application that provides simplified bookkeeping and data collection tools for financially illiterate micro-entrepreneurs.

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