Starting with the spring 2020 semester, Penn State will eliminate the Information Technology Fee as a separate line item on the student bill and instead incorporate the fee as part of the tuition rate. This action will not impact overall cost.
Five faculty were added to the Faculty Academy program through the Student Engagement Network at Penn State.
Cynthia Lightfoot, director of academic affairs, has been named interim chancellor of Penn State Brandywine, effective Aug. 1. Lightfoot will take over for Chancellor Kristin Woolever, who will retire on July 31 after leading the campus since 2014. A national search to identify the campus’ next chancellor is in progress.
Joe Cullen, chief investment officer for the Montana Board of Investments, has been named Penn State’s new chief investment officer, following a national search. Cullen will begin his appointment at the University on Sept. 16.
Penn State Scranton honored its existing Ridge View Society members and inducted new members into the society at a special celebratory dinner last month. Each year, the Ridge View Society Dinner recognizes donors who have committed more than $10,000 to Penn State Scranton.
The Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Office will change its current customer relationship management tool by the end of July to a new product called Slate.
Valerie Henne-Hallman, human resources strategic partner for Penn State Berks, Penn State Lehigh Valley and Penn State Schuylkill, is the recipient of the 2019 Ray T. Fortunato Award for Excellence in Human Resources for her contributions to human resources at Penn State.
A new strategic partnership between Penn State and the University of Freiburg in Germany will propel the development of a new class of engineered living materials with potential applications in sustainable infrastructure, robotics technologies, and next-generation medical care.
Penn State and the University of Freiburg have signed an agreement for a large-scale joint venture to support research in living materials — embracing biological principles to develop infrastructure for a more sustainable society. The signing took place during Penn State President Eric J. Barron’s visit to Freiburg, July 22-25.
The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the renaming of Oak Building on the University Park campus in recognition of a $4 million gift by the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.
Alumni, friends and colleagues have created the Dr. William Blair Leadership Fund to honor William Blair, outgoing director of the Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State.
UGI Utilities Inc. has made a long-term commitment to Penn State Scranton through its recent establishment of a $100,000 Open Doors Scholarship for campus students.
The Penn State Board of Trustees voted to approve the 2019-20 operating budget and tuition and fees schedules during its full meeting July 18 at Penn State Brandywine. The $6.8 billion budget includes no tuition increase for all Pennsylvania resident undergraduate students for the second year in a row.
The Penn State Board of Trustees voted to re-elect Mark H. Dambly as chair and Matthew W. Schuyler as vice chair during its meeting today (July 18) at Penn State Brandywine.
The College of Health and Human Development community mourns the deaths of devoted alumni, volunteers and donors Jane Mason Tewksbury and Thomas W. Tewksbury, who both will be remembered at an upcoming memorial service.
