Angela Linse, executive director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and associate dean for teaching in the Office of Undergraduate Education at Penn State, has been elected president of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education.
There is still time for students to submit an application for the Undergraduate Exhibition and even more time to prepare for the exhibition itself.
The Lion's Pantry will host an open house on March 20 and Canstruction on March 27-28. Both events are free and open to the public.
An innovative new course is designed to make entrepreneurship relevant to people who traditionally have been outside of entrepreneurial careers, and also to create "Schoolhouse Rock" types of educational videos on the topic.
Penn State Berks Startup Week features entrepreneurial workshops; networking events; a student pitch competition on WPSU’s “The Investment”; and presentations from startup founders and corporate innovators, including many Penn State alumni.
The first March webinar from the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center will focus on the time value of money, which is the idea that money at the present is worth more than the same amount in the future due to its potential earning capacity.
Penn State University Libraries invites submissions for the eighth annual competition for the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award. The competition aims to find the best research by a Penn State undergraduate in consultation with his or her adviser. The winner will receive $1,250, and awards of $750 and $500 will be presented to the second- and third-place recipients, respectively.
The Penn State University Fellowships Office earlier this academic year nominated three outstanding students for the highly competitive Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
Undergraduate juniors and seniors can now apply for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell and Churchill scholarships. Interested students must first participate in a University evaluation process and receive a nomination in order to apply directly to the scholarship bodies.
“Just how small is this?” was just one of a myriad of questions Natalie Cummings, a sophomore in materials science and engineering, had to field from competition judges and other passersby during her research presentation at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences 7th Annual Undergraduate Poster Exhibition.
The University Fellowships Office and University Libraries will continue no-cost workshops through March that focus on helping undergraduate students learn about research opportunities. Students don’t need to have any previous experience with research, and there are no prerequisites for attending.
After Natasha Ferguson, a Penn State junior majoring in industrial engineering, became a part of Empower Orphans, she worked with the Student Engagement Network to take her involvement from Penn State all the way to Uganda. Taylor Graham, a Student Engagement Network intern, recently spoke with Ferguson about her experience and how it has affected her career plans.
Proposals are now being accepted for the 18th annual Division of Undergraduate Studies Conference, this year scheduled for Sept. 26 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
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.
Neil Sharkey, vice president for research, shared the impact Penn State research activities continue to have today throughout the University, across the Commonwealth and beyond in a presentation to the Board of Trustees at its Friday (Feb. 22) meeting.
