Numerous events are planned to welcome students back to campus after move-in weekend on Aug. 24. Stretching all the way through mid-September, Welcome Week events have plenty in store to help both new students become engaged with campus life and the State College area, as well as returning students looking to forge new connections.
Jivaka.net — the recently-released project of C. Pierce Salguero, associate professor of Asian history and religious studies at Penn State Abington — is the product of a years-long survey of Buddhist temples and centers located in the Philadelphia area. Much of the research legwork for the site was completed by undergraduate students working with Salguero.
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 Sept. 6.
Undergraduate students from across Penn State and the world capped off their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs with a research symposium on July 30.
Undergraduate students who are interested in learning more about undergraduate research and creative inquiry and how can they get involved can attend workshops scheduled throughout the fall 2019 semester. Students don’t need to have any previous experience with research, and there are no prerequisites for attending.
Lara LaDage, associate professor of biology at Penn State Altoona, has joined Undergraduate Research for a one-year faculty fellow appointment.
A signature program of Invent Penn State, the Summer Founders Program is a 13-week accelerator that provides teams $10,000 in funding, resources and mentorship to accelerate their ideas over the summer. Teams work full time on their startup, attend weekly dinners and meet regularly with advisers throughout the summer. The program does not take ownership or equity in participants’ businesses or nonprofits. All that’s asked is participants commit to working hard on their project for the summer and making an impact in their community.
Several new startups launched by community and student entrepreneurs recently graduated from the Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank FastTrack Accelerator. Their ideas spanned acne treatment; a better way to find a tech dream job or sublet an apartment; and a Smoke Shield System that increases the amount of time someone trapped in a fire can survive while waiting to be rescued.
While graduate students and faculty are known for their research work, undergraduates also make significant contributions to the Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering’s research portfolio. Some examples can be found in the Artificial Heart and Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Lab, headed by Keefe Manning, associate dean of the Schreyer Honors College and professor of biomedical engineering.
Five faculty were added to the Faculty Academy program through the Student Engagement Network at Penn State.
Penn State’s undergraduate application opens Aug. 1 for summer and fall 2020 semester admission. Prospective Penn State students can apply for admission through MyPennState, the Coalition application or the Common App.
The Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Office will change its current customer relationship management tool by the end of July to a new product called Slate.
A Penn State entrepreneurship student majoring in computer science was part of a team that took third place at an Intel AI innovation challenge organized and hosted by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Getting a school ID, staying overnight in a residence hall, and scheduling classes have all been integral parts of New Student Orientation at Penn State since 2013, the first year an overnight orientation program was held. But students in Penn State’s incoming class of 2023 are the first to experience a new addition to NSO: a live musical.
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.
