Penn State Greater Allegheny has received a $12,500 grant from the United States Steel Foundation to create the United States Steel Program Fund for Engineering, Business and Technology Projects. The fund will support students and faculty in the development and execution of service-learning projects and internships that provide support to area non-profit organizations and businesses.
Over the past few years, Penn State Greater Allegheny Associate Professor of Sociology, Dr. Verónica Montecinos, has spearheaded initiatives to internationalize the curriculum. Since 2004, the campus has instituted international programs focused on Haiti, Africa, and India to advance the understanding of global trends through the education of its undergraduate students. Speakers, art exhibits, films and other cultural programming have been scheduled at the campus to expose our students to economic, social, cultural and historical issues.
An article co-authored by Dr. James Stewart, a member of Penn State Greater Allegheny's faculty, has generated world-wide interest.
The article, "The globalization of the labor market for health-care professionals," focuses on the growing shortage of doctors and nurses throughout the world and the migration of health care professionals from underdeveloped to developed countries.
Funded through a grant from the Africana Research Center, Dr.
ABSENCE: Penn State Greater Allegheny's Art and Literary Magazine, is accepting work for its Spring 2007 submission period from faculty, staff, and student members of the campus community. Deadline for submissions is Friday, February 23. The magazine, organized several years ago by the Penn State McKeesport English department, is an annual publication which showcases campus talent.
ABSENCE advisors, Dr.
Two Penn State Greater Allegheny faculty members will be attending the Eastern Communications Association (ECA) meeting in Providence, Rhode Island thanks, in part, to a teaching enrichment travel grant provided by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
Amelia Mitchell, Instructor in Biology at Penn State Greater Allegheny, is conducting research on the differences in death rate and survivorship among wood frogs with genes and groups of genes structured for enzymatic proteins when exposed to copper.
One of the goals of Ms. Mitchell's project is to find a marker which can be used to evaluate the extent of the impact of copper and other heavy metals on the bodies of water where the frogs are located.
The first speaker this semester in the Teaching India series will take place next Tuesday, Jan. 30th, at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the SCC.
The speaker will be Girish Godbole, whose talk is entitled, "India: A Land of Booming Economic and Business Opportunities" - With a population of over 1 billion, India, the world's largest democracy, is fast emerging as a global economic powerhouse. This presentation will focus on India's importance as a key partner to U.S. and Pennsylvania businesses.
Please allow me to make this historic announcement: As of 1:45 p.m. on January 19, 2007, the Penn State campus formerly known as Penn State McKeesport became PENN STATE GREATER ALLEGHENY.
University Park, Pa. -- Penn State's presence in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport will be taking on a new name: Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Approved Jan. 19 by the University's Board of Trustees, the name change is intended to support the campus' regional presence, facilitate an expanded vision and evolving mission for the campus and raise general awareness of the campus.