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Melissa Leaym-Fernandez

Judy Chicago Art Education Award invites submissions

12/5/18

Through the Flower, a non-profit art organization, invites artists, scholars, and educators to apply for the 2019 Judy Chicago Art Education Award. The award, named in honor of one of the Feminist Art Movement’s key founders, is awarded annually and is accompanied by a $1,500 prize along with a certificate signed by Chicago. Application deadline is June 1, 2019.

Kelly Rosinger

Rosinger awarded William T. Grant Foundation funding

12/5/18

Kelly Rosinger, assistant professor of education in the Department of Education Policy Studies, is a recipient of one of five research grants awarded by the William T. Grant Foundation for research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes.

TOME grant funds available for Penn State open access monographs

12/5/18

Penn State is among the first universities to commit funds to an initiative designed to support the peer-reviewed, open access monographs known as Toward Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME). $45,000 in funding is to be split among up to three subvention grants to support publishing open access monographs each year for five years (2018-2023). Each grant will be contributed directly to a press participating in the program for an open access publication of an eligible Penn State faculty-authored work.

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Pre-service teachers show off portfolios, but in electronic fashion

12/5/18

Prospective teachers in Penn State's College of Education preparing to do their student teaching during the 2019 spring semester put their ePortfolios on display for people to see in a recent Krause Studios for Innovation showcase titled "Making our Learning Visible."

Alan Sam, environmental coordinator for State College Borough, speaks with students about their Sustainable Communities Collaborative project at the Fall 2018 Sustainability Expo

Sustainability Expo highlights Penn State’s leadership in engaged scholarship

12/4/18

Nearly 300 Penn State faculty, staff and students along with local community members turned out for the biannual Campus and Community Sustainability Expo on Nov. 29. The expo celebrated students working on 18 projects with the Sustainable Communities Collaborative this fall to provide background research and design ideas for 11 municipal, campus and non-profit community partners.

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