First-year students in the engineering program at Penn State Greater Allegheny are experiencing a fun new way of learning. The campus recently purchased a 3-D printer with funds from a grant called Toys 'N More, which is a National Science Foundation program aimed at increasing the retention of engineering students.
Penn State Greater Allegheny Associate Professor of English Mary Ellen Higgins’ book, “Hollywood’s Africa after 1994,” recently was released. The book is a result of research funded by a research development grant from Penn State Greater Allegheny in 2007.
Penn State Greater Allegheny's spring 2013 commencement was held on Saturday, May 4 at 11 a.m. in the Wunderley Gymnasium on the campus.
Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided as diplomas were conferred to students receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees. President and CEO of MARC USA, Michele Fabrizi, was the keynote speaker.
Penn State Greater Allegheny held its 30th annual Honors Convocation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in the Wunderley Gymnasium on campus. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided. Nearly 100 Penn State Greater Allegheny students received awards for academic achievement and leadership.
ABSENCE: Penn State Greater Allegheny's Literary & Visual Art Review announces its 2013 "Celebration of the Arts: A Reading & Reception for Volume 15," from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center, with a 6 p.m. kickoff by the Campus Band.
As part of this year's Teaching International focus on the Celtic nations, professor of theatre arts Jay Breckenridge's Theatre 208 class will present "Merlin in the Middle: Of the King Arthur Legend" at 7:30 p.m. April 25 to 27, in the Fitness and Cultural Center. The working script includes the appearance of a Druid Chorus to take the audience back in time to the sixth and seventh centuries, when the events of Arthur's and Merlin's story "really" took place.
Dr. Verónica Montecinos, professor of sociology at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has received the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching. She also was named a 2013 Penn State Teaching Fellow.
