Students in the summer STEM bridge program at Penn State Greater Allegheny prepare solar panels as part of a group project. The program's cost was defrayed by grants from the Pittsburgh-based EQT Foundation and the National Science Foundation. During the month of July, incoming freshmen at Penn State Greater Allegheny honed their academic skills in engineering, mathematics, English composition and physics as part of The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) summer bridge program.
On Thursday, August 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. college-bound veterans are invited to an information day in the Admissions Office, Frable Building. Lunch will be proved between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Participants will receive a Penn State Greater Allegheny T-shirt for attending.
The day provides a one-stop opportunity for veterans to move forward with plans for college. While on campus, veterans can:
A joint research paper, based on a research project of Penn State Greater Allegheny students Sheng Wei and Xuerong Xiao under the direction of mathematics professor Zhibo Chen, was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. The refereed research journal, for mathematicians and mathematics educators, provides a medium by which new ideas and experience in mathematical education can be presented.
Penn State Greater Allegheny focuses on a region of the world each academic year, to provide a common inspiration for teaching and scholarship. The Teaching International Program, which began in 2004, added a theme to the regional emphasis in 2008.
For the 2011-2012 academic year, the campus will study the Middle East, with a theme of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society will partner with The White Oak Animal Safe Haven to support their open house on Saturday, June 25, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The White Oak Animal Safe Haven is located at 2295 Lincoln Way in White Oak.
"This is a new beginning for our shelter," said Ina Jean Marton, founder and director of the no-kill animal shelter. "We have renovated the facility and added space, including new dog runs."
On May 21, a crowd of nearly 250 came out to honor Sam Zabec, Residence Hall Coordinator, Delta Kappa Phi member, adviser, and well-known and loved computer science and engineering instructor at the Greater Allegheny campus from 1968 until his retirement in 2004.
The purpose of the evening was to "roast" the good-natured Zabec and wrap-up a fundraiser for the Sam Zabec Scholarship. The $107,000 raised for this Trustee Matching Scholarship will support students studying the sciences.
The Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference recently announced its 2010-11 Academic All-Conference teams, and Twenty Penn State Greater Allegheny student-athletes earned honors. Student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher or have 3.0 GPA during their respective season to earn the conference honors.
Jordon Pruett and Alydia Thomas, two of seven Penn State Greater Allegheny students, plus three more students from other campuses, left for a month-long trip to China on May 8, 2011. Students, along with five chaperons, will travel to the Guangdong Province and then on to Beijing and Shanghai. They will return to Guangdong before departing for home.
In his latest entries, Jordon describes, among other events, a train ride to Guangzhou, and visits to a community center in Beijing, the Great Wall, the zoo and the Forbidden City.
Penn State Greater Allegheny is pleased to announce the approval of an adult residential licensing program scholarship. This scholarship will allow eligible personal care homes to send an individual for training at no charge. Additional details can be found at http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/ucmprd/groups/webcontent/documents/document/s_002179.pdf
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Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter, Ph.D., conferred degrees on 35 students at Penn State Greater Allegheny's spring commencement on Saturday, May 14, in the Wunderley Gymnasium. Diplomas were awarded in a number of areas, including organizational leadership, political science, business, communications, applied psychology, and information sciences and technology.
Chancellor Porter also gave the commencement address, as he marked the end of his 12th year leading the campus.