We are entering that wonderful time of year when we can experience some of the many benefits of living in a climate with four seasons. Those who enjoy skiing and snowboarding are anxiously looking at hilltops in the expectation of seeing some beautiful white powder. However, to fully enjoy our participation, we should remain mindful of injury prevention, advises the latest edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Students from a variety of disciplines presented their work relating to the campus international regional focus for this year, Latin America and the Caribbean, on November 19, 2008. Many of the students also emphasized the theme of food security. Student work was displayed in a variety of formats.
Penn State Greater Allegheny honored the life of former student and basketball player Anthony Rivers on Nov. 19. Rivers was shot and killed on August 5, 2008. He was considered an ambitious and hardworking student by both faculty and staff members who knew him during his time at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
A Penn State Greater Allegheny associate professor of business administration received a Fulbright Scholar award to lecture at the University of Malta in Msida, Malta during the Spring semester of the 2009 academic year.
Dr. Jay Breckeridge's PSUGA Players (the Theatre 282/282H class) will be presenting a Children's Theatre production of "Latin American Folk Tales," as part of
the Teaching International project.
The students will present at the Carnegie Library in McKeesport, for their "Story Hour" and on campus for elementary school children in the PEPP program.
The campus and community presentation will be on Sunday, December 7, 2:00pm in the Ostermayer Room
Lori Hepner, assistant professor of integrative arts was honored by the Silver Eye Center for Photography. Hepner is one of 10 photographers whose work received an honorable mention and will be exhibited from December 10, 2008 - March 7, 2009.
More than 200 alumni, friends, faculty, staff and student volunteers gathered Saturday to help raise money for the Penn State Greater Allegheny Student Scholarship Fund at the fifth annual "All That's Jazz" event. By the end of the evening, the final tally was $56,060, which brings the overall total raised in just five years to more than $214,000.
Many areas of Pennsylvania already have seen the first significant snowfall of this winter season, and others saw a preview of what is to come. Soon winter will officially be here and bad weather will be playing havoc with schedules. Other situations may arise that affect the ability of the campus -- students, faculty and staff -- to function normally. In those situations, it is critical that the University be able to reach as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. The PSUTXT text-messaging system is a key tool by which Penn State can communicate directly with the University community in these situations. Don't be caught uninformed. Sign up for PSUTXT, and have messages sent directly to a cell phone when bad weather delays or cancels classes, or if another emergency situation arises. To register, visit http://live.psu.edu/psutxt online. For information, contact Annemarie Mountz at [email protected].
Local Tango Dance and Musical Group, Tangueros de Ley, coming to Penn State Greater Allegheny as part of the Teaching International Program Event free and open to the public
As part of the Teaching International curriculum at Penn State Greater Allegheny, Tangueros de Ley, a local musical and dance group whose repertoire includes all the most popular tangos, milongas, and valses, will perform on November 11 at 6 p.m.
Greater Allegheny baseball team sweeps Fayette in home finale Penn State Greater Allegheny swept Penn State Fayette, winning 4-3 and 2-1, in its final home games of the fall season. In game one, Fayette scored three runs in the first inning. Greater Allegheny would respond with three runs in the bottom of the second, capped off by freshman Andrew Hershberger's (Mantua, Ohio/ Crestwood) two-run double.