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Smeal College of Business to partner with Barron’s in Education

9/5/18

The Penn State Smeal College of Business has announced a new partnership with the Barron’s in Education Program from Dow Jones. Wealth advisory firm PagnatoKarp, based in Reston, Virginia, has sponsored a two-year site license to Barron’s, one of the nation’s premier financial resources, that allows free access for Smeal students, staff and faculty.

David and Margaret Gray

David and Margaret Gray endow graduate scholarship

8/29/18

David Gray, a Penn State senior administrator, and Margaret Gray, a Centre County government leader, have made a commitment of $210,000 to create the first graduate scholarship in Penn State’s new master of public policy program in the College of the Liberal Arts.

Voith Scholarship

Voith sponsors $25,000 Women in Engineering scholarship

8/29/18

In a targeted effort for a broader representation of women in engineering professions, Voith Hydro Inc., whose U.S. headquarters are located in York, Pennsylvania, is sponsoring $25,000 in annual scholarships, which will be awarded to mechanical engineering students enrolled in the Penn State College of Engineering’s Women in Engineering Program.

Retired mathematics professor creates scholarship at Penn State Shenango

8/28/18

John R. Garell, who taught mathematics at Penn State Shenango for 33 years, has recently continued his efforts in support of local students. Garell was one of the original six faculty members of the then-Penn State Shenango Valley campus, teaching mathematics, computer science and statistics, as well as running the Computer Lab from 1965 until his retirement in 1998. Through a gift of $30,000, he has created the John R. Garell Renaissance Scholarship at Penn State Shenango.

Bill and Monica DeGrandis

DeGrandis create named professorship with $500,000 estate gift to Liberal Arts

8/16/18

Bill and Monica DeGrandis recently made a $500,000 estate commitment to support outstanding Penn State liberal arts faculty. The gift is being matched dollar-for-dollar by the college’s Tracy and Ted McCourtney Endowed Professorship Matching Gift Program, which allows the college to activate the endowment immediately to establish the William and Monica DeGrandis-McCourtney Early Career Professorship in the College of the Liberal Arts. Upon receipt of the DeGrandis’ estate gift, the early career professorship will be converted to the William and Monica DeGrandis McCourtney Professorship, a fully endowed named professorship.

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