MaryEllen Higgins, associate professor of English at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was recently interviewed about her forthcoming book, "Hollywood's Africa after 1994," on the radio station WBEZ in Chicago.
Milos Stehlik, host of the series "World View," discussed the myth of Africa as portrayed by Hollywood in the post-apartheid era, and conducted the interview with Higgins, in cooperation with WQED's studio in Pittsburgh.
Penn State Greater Allegheny's annual academic convocation will be held on Friday, Aug. 24, in the Wunderley Gymnasium. Members of the faculty and staff of Penn State Greater Allegheny will welcome first-year students and their families to campus during the annual event, which begins at 11 a.m.
Steel artifacts that have been transformed into sculptures of steelworkers are set to make their way to their new home on Pittsburgh's South Side. Eric Lipsky, assistant professor in engineering at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was a participating artist and consulting engineer on the project.
Teaching International began in 2004 to promote greater awareness of global trends and civic engagement and to broaden students' understanding of intercultural and international issues. This academic year the focus is on the Celtic Nations, which we are defining as Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Isle of Man, and Cornwall.
The Greater Allegeny baseball team is set to host an alumni game, and is inviting all former players to play against the incoming freshman class. The game is set for Saturday, September, 8 at 1:00 p.m. and will take place at Helen Richey Field in McKeesport.
For details and more information, please contact head baseball coach, Jim Chester, at [email protected] or at 412-675-9460.
When customers drive into the Green Grocer Wholesale Produce parking lot on O'Neil Blvd., in White Oak, Pennsylvania, the first person that they are greeted by is Stephen Bamiduro. Always smiling, always talking with the customers, Stephen is a college student at Penn State Greater Allegheny who is happy to be working outdoors and saving some money for his next semester at Penn State's University Park campus.
Twelve faculty members from Duy Tan University in Da Nang, Vietnam, arrived in Pittsburgh on June 21 for a four-week stay on campus at Penn State Greater Allegheny. The visit is part of a partnership between Penn State Greater Allegheny and Duy Tan University launched in the summer of 2010.
Penn State Greater Allegheny alumnus, Jim Crowley grew up loving photography. In fact, since the age of 10, he started taking photos in what he refers to as a "snapshot documentary" style. He would photograph activities of his life - including family, friends, and events. As he grew older, his wife and three children have helped to expand his repertoire of subjects and the events from his life's journey. These days, he "hardly goes anywhere without some type of camera," said Crowley.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has been named the 2012 Gold Winner in the College/University division of The Pittsburgh Tribune Review's Readers' Choice Award. Readers of the Tribune Review newspaper voted for Penn State Greater Allegheny as their top choice in the college/university category.
For three weeks in May, four Penn State Greater Allegheny students led by Professors MaryEllen Higgins and Douglas Charles traveled to Vietnam as part of a campus embedded study abroad program. Supported by a Global Programs and campus grant, the group visited Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue, Cham Islands, and Hoi An.