For the second year in a row, the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center has been recognized by LendEDU as one of the top financial literacy programs among colleges and universities in the United States.
Penn State student-athletes continue to raise the bar in their academic excellence and achievements, shattering two overall and two semester school records during the 2019 spring semester. Among the marks broken was a 3.17 grade-point average and 58 Nittany Lions earning a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring semester.
The financial experts at the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center are offering a workshop focused on insurance planning from noon to 1 p.m. July 30.
Penn State faculty and staff University-wide who are interested in learning about novel research and practices in the field of academic advising can now register for the 18th annual DUS Conference on Innovative Academic Advising, set for Sept. 26.
Led by 15 students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, a school-record 117 Penn State student-athletes have garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards for the 2018-19 academic year.
More than a dozen Penn State students had a unique opportunity during a visit to Washington, D.C., this past spring to learn about current issues in international agriculture from those working in the sector.
The financial experts at the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center are offering a workshop focused on retirement planning from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 16.
Summer and carnivals are a classic pairing, and a recent carnival at The Dreamery allowed Penn State faculty to learn about researching the process of teaching and learning.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Community and Economic Development Dennis Davin spoke to higher education leaders gathered at Penn State on June 17, praising institutions of higher education like Penn State for their role in driving economic development across Pennsylvania and the United States.
The Penn State Law Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic built upon its reputation and previous experience to engage in more outreach activities and to offer direct counsel to more clients than in previous academic years. The work of the 2018-19 academic year saw the clinic assist 20 veterans from 13 different counties in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nebraska, offering students valuable experience through outreach, advocacy, and client interaction.
Electrical engineering student Lindsey Goodnight has always known she wanted to contribute to the medical field. Now, with the help of a 2019 Erickson Discovery Grant, she is on her way to conducting research that will do just that.
Penn State’s biomedical engineering undergraduate program stresses practical research experience for its students — which is why Penn State was a perfect fit for Atip Lawanprasert, a 2018 Penn State biomedical engineering alumnus and a current Penn State bioengineering graduate student.
Penn State Learning reopened its doors for tutoring on Monday, June 10, at its lab in 220 Boucke Building, with workshops to be held over three days in July.
A team of Penn State faculty, students and local high schoolers took first place at the 2019 EnvironMentors National Science Fair in Washington, D.C. EnvironMentors is a program that pairs university faculty and undergraduates with underrepresented high schoolers who want to gain research experience before college.
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.
