Roger Brindley, vice provost for Penn State Global; Andrea Dowhower interim vice president for Student Affairs; and Renata Engel, vice provost for online education, share resources available for individuals who have been impacted by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, as well as ways to help with the rescue and recovery.
A $2.13 million endowment has expanded Penn State Behrend’s James R. Meehl Innovation Commons, a product design and prototyping lab where students have supported more than 240 projects for local entrepreneurs, startups and community groups.
At the conclusion of the University's six-year fundraising effort, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” Penn State Behrend had much to celebrate: The college had raised more than $75 million — an amount well above the original Behrend campaign goal of $52 million.
Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts has partnered with the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses on the new Commonwealth Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Program in the Liberal Arts. The initiative gives doctoral students who have defended their dissertation the chance to apply for a one-year non-tenure-track position at a participating Penn State campus, where they can gain experience teaching in a smaller liberal arts environment while also pursuing their research and working with faculty mentors.
"A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence" concluded on June 30, raising more than $2.2 billion for the three key imperatives of a modern land-grant institution: opening the doors of higher education to students from every background; creating transformative experiences for both students and citizens; and impacting the larger world through research, outreach and service. While the nearly $844.5 million raised for the last imperative advanced a wide range of priorities across the University, the campaign focused attention on three opportunities for impact: economic development, resource security, and human health.
Fourteen Penn State alumni will receive the Alumni Fellow Award, the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association, during a ceremony Sept. 28 at the State Theatre in downtown State College. This year’s award ceremony will be livestreamed for remote viewing.
Hundreds of students have benefited to date from scholarships created by alumni and friends during the University’s recently concluded campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.” Structured around the three key imperatives of a modern land-grant institution, the campaign’s top priority was opening the doors of higher education to students from every background, and Penn State donors rose to the challenge, creating a total of 2,045 new scholarship endowments — an increase of more than 35% over the course of the six-year effort.
A new look and feel will greet visitors to Penn State’s Commonwealth Campus websites beginning June 21. The refreshed websites, which apply to each of the University’s Commonwealth Campuses, are the result of in-depth research on user needs and best practices, resulting in modern, mobile-friendly and engaging sites that highlight the power of Penn State’s campus communities.
Joseph Prischak, a longtime supporter of Penn State Behrend and its students, died May 21 at age 91. "His legacy in the plastics industry, in the Erie community and at Penn State Behrend will last for generations," Chancellor Ralph Ford said.
