The list of 2018 Erickson Discovery Grants has been released, and 72 students from Penn State campuses will have their work bolstered by a $3,500 grant from the Office of Undergraduate Education.
Each year, the Commission for Women honors individuals who have shown notable leadership and who are accomplished in their fields, have supported the University’s diversity efforts and promoted equal opportunity, and/or have contributed to human causes and public service activities.
The Financial Literacy and Wellness Center at Penn State can help students make the most of the precious dollars they earn over the summer, as well as prompt deeper questions about attitudes toward money and building a life of financial security.
Seth Wilcox, a secondary education major with a passion for computer programming, was recently awarded a 2018 Erickson Discovery Grant. The grant will allow him to partner with a researcher in the College of Information Sciences and Technology to explore how artificial intelligence and crowdsourcing can be used to extract keyphrases from scientific publications.
Penn State announced April 18 that it has joined the American Talent Initiative, partnering with top-performing institutions to commit to the collective goal of enrolling 50,000 additional talented, low- and moderate-income students at colleges and universities with strong graduation rates by 2025.
This year, two students at Penn State Berks received the University’s prestigious Erickson Discovery Grant for summer 2018, through the Office of Undergraduate Education.
The 2018 Undergraduate Exhibition this year promises more than 340 posters, presentations and performances from some of Penn State’s best and brightest. The event will be held on April 18 at the HUB-Robeson Center.
During an address titled “Key Trends, Key Decisions,” Penn State President Eric Barron examined shifting student and faculty demographics, as well as trends impacting finances and research in higher education.
The Office for General Education has announced this year’s seed grants to support the development of Integrative Studies courses. The awarded proposals are representative of a wide range of academic disciplines, and include proposals from faculty at Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth.
The “Entrepreneurship as Advocacy” concentration is the newest addition to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) minor. The new concentration is a nine-credit cluster that allows students to utilize entrepreneurship in applicable ways to their area of study.
Two students of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, have been selected to receive the 2018 Erickson Discovery Grant awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Education at University Park.
The Student Engagement Network is currently seeking interns for summer 2018 to support the advancement of student engagement at Penn State. The internship program is open to all undergraduate students at University Park, specifically those interested in helping their peers enhance their out-of-classroom learning.
