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Awaly Diallo

Liberal Arts student leads commemoration committee honoring MLK

1/22/19

Entering its 34th year, the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration student planning committee has been hard at work gearing up for a week full of events. Awaly Diallo, a junior and Paterno Fellow majoring in sociology and African American studies, serves as the executive director of the committee and hopes to inspire social justice across Penn State's University Park campus.

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Filling a need: A look back at the founding of IST’s annual career fair

1/21/19

Next week the College of Information Sciences and Technology will hold the annual Future Forum career fair for IST students. It was alumna Alison Flanigan who pitched the idea for the first IST career fair back in 2004. "“What I wanted to do was help fill the gap between IST’s internship requirement for students and the industry partners who were in need of this talent," she said.

Martin Luther King poster contest winner announced

1/21/19

Molly Goehring, undergraduate student in the letters, arts, and sciences program in the School of Humanities, was selected as the winner of Penn State Harrisburg’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee (DEEC) annual Martin Luther King poster contest.

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Experiential internship takes student to the mountains

1/21/19

As an undergraduate in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Caleb Meyer spent four months at Grand Teton National Park, gaining experience and a further appreciation of public land and the work that goes into maintaining it.

A man in his 20s in a blue blazer, blue and white checked shirt, stands in front of Old Main bell tower at Penn State University Campus.

Translational science training programs credited with student success

1/16/19

Scott Graupensperger is making the most of his Penn State education – delving into a number of training programs and experiences to prepare him for a research career. The dual-title kinesiology and clinical and translational sciences doctoral student has been a regular presence at Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, which he credits with preparing him for his current successes and his future endeavors.

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