Thirteen students from three campuses observed National Nutrition Month in a fitting way: traveling to Honduras for a spring break service learning trip through Healthy Niños Honduras, a Pennsylvania-based organization that focuses on helping children with malnutrition.
Along with their professors and instructors, 35 Penn State Lehigh Valley students got to see new parts of the world and expand their learning and understanding of course material during a short-term study abroad program over spring break.
The lush greens and earthy tones transfixed the faculty and students who decamped to Ireland as part of a semester-long study of the creation of art in response to a place, in this case the Emerald Isle.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Honors students in Great Britain are learning the significance that the establishment of the prime meridian and precise time-keeping have to economics and trade.
Penn State undergraduate students from all campuses and fields of study who are interested in expanding their knowledge beyond the classroom through engagement experiences are encouraged to apply for a Student Engagement Network grant by March 15.
A Penn State Abington student leaped into her study abroad experience in Spain with support from the campus' Global Programs unit. Charlena Frank returned with new perspectives that she believes will open up new opportunities.
“Quiet Sundays,” which focuses on die-hard NFL fans in England and was produced by students in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, will screen at 7 p.m. Friday, March 15, at Campbell Sports Center in New York City as part of the Inwood Film Festival.
Many lawyers dream of one day working on a high-profile international criminal case. For two Penn State Dickinson Law students, that dream became reality last fall. Third-year Dickinson Law students Malcolm McDermond and Olivia Phillips completed internships at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in The Hague, The Netherlands, as part of the Law School’s International Justice Program.
When Paulina Oleinik, a senior in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, started her college career at the University's Altoona campus, she had no idea that one day she would call a horse barn her home.
Paul and Beverly Perreault, of Park City, Utah, have made a generous commitment of $1.08 million to establish the Perreault Fellows Program and Scholarship in Global Programs, which will provide international internship opportunities to talented undergraduate students interested in becoming global leaders in their fields.
Scholarships made it possible for PSU-LV alumna January Misero to travel abroad, get paid internship experience and learn from world-class professors.
Fariborz Ghadar, Penn State Smeal College of Business professor of finance, William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Management, Policies and Planning, and director of the Center for Global Studies, supported Smeal's #GivingTuesday initiatives with what was the biggest gift to the University on that day.
Penn State Abington received a $20,000 grant from the Penn State Bookstore, which is operated by Barnes & Noble College, to help provide underrepresented students with access to transformative international experiences.
For students who haven't yet reaped the benefits of international learning -- and even for those who have -- Penn State's Office of Global Programs will showcase education-abroad opportunities during Study Abroad Week, slated for Jan. 14-18 at various times and locations on the University Park campus.
Offered through University Libraries and the University Fellowships Office, the seven-week program runs from Feb. 5 to March 26 with sessions scheduled every Tuesday evening from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with dinner to be provided. There is no cost to students.
