Representatives from the American Red Cross will be on campus to help individuals donate to two important causes: donated blood needs and THON. For every person to complete a blood donation, the American Red Cross will donate $4 to our campus' contribution to THON.  Â
As part of the Teaching International 2009-2010 theme of East Asia and the environment, Catherine Bae will deliver a presentation titled, Hell on Earth: The Experience of the Atomic Bomb in Japanese Popular Memory, on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 12-1:30 p.m. in Frable 117.
Qualified students planning to return to Penn State Greater Allegheny next fall are encouraged to apply for the following scholarship opportunities recognizing leadership and scholarship.
The Student Government Association (SGA) at Penn State Greater Allegheny has partnered with the Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF) to support the relief efforts following the recent earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti.
The annual Road Scholars spring tour for Penn State faculty, hosted by President Graham Spanier, is accepting reservations for its May 10-12 trip across southeastern Pennsylvania. The tour offers new and newly tenured faculty several dynamic opportunities to learn about Penn State and Pennsylvania as they travel to several University campuses and tour businesses and popular historic sites. In addition, the tour provides an excellent opportunity for faculty to establish relationships with colleagues across the University, while the itinerary connects them with Penn Staters and residents of the Commonwealth.
Dr. Elizabeth Mazur, associate professor of psychology, and Lauri Kozarian, former Penn State Greater Allegheny student, had their research on adolescent blogs published in the Journal of Adolescent Research (2010, vol. 25, pp. 12-144).
Graduates of the fall 2009 class were conferred degrees by Curtiss E. Porter, chancellor of Penn State Greater Allegheny at commencent ceremonies held in the Wunderely Gymnasium on Thursday, December 17.
Teaching East Asia at Penn State Greater Allegheny ended the fall 2009 semester with a field trip to The National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C.
The exhibition, "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor," featured treasures from China's first emporer, Qin Shihuandgdi and the tomb complex including 15 life-size figures, weapons, armor, coins and more. Students and faculty on the trip also visited the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery, which has an extensive Asian art collection (see photo on right).