Penn State President Eric J. Barron will host higher education leaders from across the country next week as part of the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) 2019 joint summer meeting for the Commission on Economic & Community Engagement (CECE) and Council on Research (CoR).
Schreyer Honors College Associate Dean for Student Affairs Michele Kirsch will retire June 30 after dedicating more than 20 years to Penn State.
Ned Brokloff, a 1982 graduate of the Penn State College of Engineering, has spent the past 36 years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, connecting researchers with engineers to translate science from theory to practice for the U.S. Department of Defense. Now, he will do similar work as the defense-related research liaison for the College of Engineering and the Applied Research Laboratory.
Joan Turns’ relationship with Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center goes back 30 years as a patron, volunteer and employee. She and her husband, Steve, decided to turn that passion into a financial commitment to the center.
PSECU, Pennsylvania’s largest credit union, recently committed $100,000 to support the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center at Penn State. The funding is intended to help the center maintain and enhance its popular online self-study curriculum, which is designed to strengthen Penn State students’ financial capability.
Penn State is one of more than a dozen Pennsylvania institutions of higher education to sign on in support of the “Pennsylvania Values” campaign, which urges the Commonwealth to update the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act of 1955 to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Dr. Kevin Black, vice dean of the College of Medicine’s University Park Regional Medical Campus and the C. McCollister Evarts Chair and Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, has been named the interim dean of the College of Medicine, effective July 1.
On June 18, an update to the two-factor authentication (2FA) system will trigger a new 2FA prompt, increase security, and allow for new features to be enabled.
The Campus Arts Initiative, a project of Penn State’s Strategic Planning Seed Grant program, has announced the first eight artist collaborators, which were selected from the more than 158 applicants who responded to a national open call.
Kimberly Lawless, associate dean for research in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named dean of Penn State’s College of Education, following a national search. Lawless will begin her appointment on Sept. 1.
Christopher Jefferson has been named director for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, effective July 1.
The inspiration behind a person’s philanthropy can come from a variety of sources. For alumnus Dr. Roger Simon, it stems from two places: the Penn State Department of Entomology and his father, Sam Simon.
Cheryl Nicholas, associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Berks, was recently appointed to the Penn State President’s Commissions for Equity. She will serve as co-chair for the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Equity for Penn State, along with Brian J. Patchcoski, director of the LGBTQA Student Resource Center.
The public is invited to the formal dedication of the Barbara O. and James R. Korner Tower Terrace, located under the water tower between the Stuckeman Family and Theatre Buildings, at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 14, at the terrace. The terrace is being named for the Korners in honor of their leadership and commitment to Penn State during their 12 years at the University.
Brent Hales, senior associate dean and chief financial officer of the University of Minnesota Extension, has been named director of Penn State Extension and associate dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences, effective Sept. 3.
