Jordon Pruett and Alydia Thomas, two of seven Penn State Greater Allegheny students, plus three more students from other campuses, left for a month-long trip to China on May 8, 2011. Students, along with five chaperons, will travel to the Guangdong Province and then on to Beijing and Shanghai. They will return to Guangdong before departing for home.
In his latest entries, Jordon describes, among other events, a train ride to Guangzhou, and visits to a community center in Beijing, the Great Wall, the zoo and the Forbidden City.
Penn State Greater Allegheny is pleased to announce the approval of an adult residential licensing program scholarship. This scholarship will allow eligible personal care homes to send an individual for training at no charge. Additional details can be found at http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/ucmprd/groups/webcontent/documents/document/s_002179.pdf
Complete regulations can be found at the Department of Public Welfares web site:
Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter, Ph.D., conferred degrees on 35 students at Penn State Greater Allegheny's spring commencement on Saturday, May 14, in the Wunderley Gymnasium. Diplomas were awarded in a number of areas, including organizational leadership, political science, business, communications, applied psychology, and information sciences and technology.
Chancellor Porter also gave the commencement address, as he marked the end of his 12th year leading the campus.
Staff members JeanMarie Jacob and Dianne Lacock from the Penn State Greater Allegheny Continuing Education Department have been selected to receive the University Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Community of Practice (CaPP) Exemplary Program Award for 2011. This international award recognizes the Penn State Greater Allegheny Personal Care Home Administrator Training Program.
The Spring 2011 Student Research Conference on April 14 featured student posters from many disciplines. Submissions in the categories of Teaching Eastern Europe and Honors were considered for prizes based on the all-campus voting that took place on the same day.
Teaching Eastern Europe
First place:
Luiza Sarbu, Don Shulock, Brandon Diana, Jake Samudovsky; "FluroFlav: Dental Hygiene in Romania;" IB303 Cerasaro
Second place:
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Players presented their spring production, "The Flower Queen's Daughter," on April 28, 29, and 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fitness and Cultural Center.
Opening night featured a reception at 6:30 p.m. with Eastern European delicacies.
The production was supervised by Dr. Jay Breckenridge, professor of Theatre Arts, and is part of the campus Teaching International Program.
ABSENCE: Penn State Greater Allegheny's Literary & Visual Art Review announces its 2011, "Celebration of the Arts: A Reading & Reception for Volume 13," on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, from 7-9 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has been selected as the first institution cleared to offer the new Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, Office of Long-Term Living, 15-hour Assisted Living Administrator training, which is designed to augment the current 100-hour Personal Care Home Administrator Training. The program will include units of study in neurological impairments, infection control, aging in place and the availability of services to support aging in place, person-centered care,and informed consent.
Penn State Greater Allegheny's chapter of Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, inducted new members on April 14. Present for the induction ceremony were Chelsey Angelone, Amber Corpa de la Fuente, and Karry Smith. Also inducted were Brittany Emerick, Aleksandra Evstiounina, Tiara Greenawalt, and Scott Polena.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Honors Program is designed for students to demonstrate academic excellence, to build global perspectives, to research important issues of content and to seek opportunities for leadership and civic engagement. More than 100 Greater Allegheny students received awards for academic achievement and service to the campus at this year's 28th annual Honors Convocation, that was held April 14, in the Wunderley Gymnasium on campus.