The Fall 2011 Student Research Conference sponsored by Teaching International, the Honors Program, and Greener Allegheny, was held on November 17, 2011. Sixty posters were displayed and entered into the competition.
The winners are listed below.
Honors category
First Place
"Globalization" by Vallerie Frazier, Cody Scagline, Anthony Tyke, & Yu Wang; Bernie Cerasaro, ECON 104H.
Penn State Greater Allegheny hosted its fall 2011 commencement on Thursday, December 15, at 7:00 p.m. in Wunderley Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided as diplomas are conferred to individuals receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees. Keynote speaker was Margaret L. Signorella, Ph.D.
The Penn State University Greater Allegheny Players will present Arabian Tales in the Fitness and Cultural Center Theater on December 1, at 12:30 p.m. and December 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
The stories in this production have been chosen from a number of Middle Eastern folk tale narratives and then adapted and dramatized for performance as part of the campus Teaching International Program.
Douglas Charles, assistant professor of history, has been in the news recently with the release of the new movie about J.Edgar Hoover (J. Edgar, 2011). Dr. Charles specializes in the history of the FBI, about which he has wrtten two books and several articles.
Alexander Orbach, associate professor emeritus of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on "Creating the Modern State of Israel: The intersection of Jewish life with International Politics."
The lecture will be on November 29 at 12:15 p.m. in Crawford 104.
Professor Orbach's teaching focused on the experience of modern Jewry in the 19th and 20th century in both European and Near Eastern settings.
The eighth annual All That's Jazz Scholarship Benefit, held Saturday, Nov 5, 2011, raised nearly $102,000 and was attended by more than 250 alumni, donors, faculty, staff, friends, and student volunteers. Guests enjoyed fine food, bidding on a vareity of auction items, dancing, and the tunes of the a capella quintet, 42Five.
"The Mortal Cry of a Gazelle," is the title of Angele Ellis's talk on the Ghazal in modern literature. Ellis will be appearing on Thursday November 10 at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.
The campus psychology club, the Psychological Association of PSUGA, is sponsoring a speaker this week on addiction. The talk, entitled "Everything You Have Wanted to Know About Addictions But Were Unsure of Whom to Ask," will be in Main 101 on Thursday November 3 at 12:15 p.m. and is open to the campus.
The revolutions shaking the Arab world are not yet complete and it is unclear what shape emergent new governments will take. Along with questions about domestic developments for each Arab country in political tumult arises another question: what are the implications for Arab-Israeli peace?
Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg will address these issues at the next Teaching International lecture on October 18 at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.
The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh has named Penn State Greater Allegheny Baseball Coach, Jim Chester its second Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year. Chester will be honored during the fifth annual Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year event at 6 p.m. on Nov. 19, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.