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Fifteenth Road Scholars tour to visit eastern Pa., Penn State sites

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.

Photos from fall commencement ceremonies

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 field trip to The National Geographic Museum

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).