Penn State Greater Allegheny is ready to welcome all new and transfer students during our "Something New...Something Great!" Orientation program, August 24 and August 25, 2007.
One of the six great Celtic nations, land of saints and poets and craggy coasts, Ireland is the destination for the 2008 Penn State Greater Allegheny educational travel experience. This educational trip will be led by Dr. Ellie Higgins, Dr. Cliff Manlove, and a full-time EF Educational Tours director.
This eleven-day tour will visit five locations—Dublin, Cork, Galway, Derry, and Belfast—and will pass through New Ross, Donegal, and Armagh. Walking and guided tours will take place at each location.
Dr. Irene Wolf spoke to students and faculty at the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, China, on "How to Live the Good Life," a discussion of virtue in Western culture. She was introduced by Professor Yafei Wang, a past visitor to Penn State. Dr. Wolf was assisted with the interpretation by Enguang Wang with the International Cooperation and Exchange Department at Northeastern University in Shenyang.
Applied psychology major Lacey Richards has won a 2007 Student Research Poster Session Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA).
The entry, "Adolescent Social Networking On-Line: Birds of a Feather?," is part of a collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Mazur, associate professor of psychology.
Richards will present the poster and receive the award at the June 29 meeting of the PPA in Harrisburg.
Dr. Jay Breckenridge, associate professor theatre arts, and a Penn State Greater Allegheny student will be featured at the International Festival on Saturday, May 26, 2007, at the Heinz History Museum. The museum is open from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The event entitled POP "Power of Pittsburgh" was organized by Dr.
Spring commencement was celebrated at Penn State Greater Allegheny on Saturday, May 19 in Wunderely Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided. Baccalaureate degrees were conferred upon 49 students.
Student marshals for the campus baccalaureate degrees were Andrea Mirro (Business), Leslie A. DeZorzi (Communication), Aaron D. Mazek (Information Sciences & Technology), and R. Kumar Palepu (Applied Psychology). Student marshals carry the highest GPA of all graduates within that degree program.
As part of the campus internationalization efforts, Dr. Porter recently traveled to China with a leadership delegation hosted by the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance (PRA), an affiliate of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
"Opportunity China 2007" was part of the region's long-term strategy to develop partnerships and expand trade with China. In the area of education, there are numerous opportunities for cultural exchanges, recruitment, and academic partnerships.