Margaret Signorella, professor of psychology and women's studies at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been awarded fellow status in the American Psychological Association (APA.) This designation recognizes Signorella's outstanding contributions in the field of psychology and to Division 35 (Psychology of Women).
Much of Signorella's research has focused on the development and consequences of gender stereotyping. She is currently an associate editor for Sex Roles, and is co-editing a special issue of that journal on single-sex education.
The winning entries from the Fall 2010 Student Research Conference have been announced. Commendations were given in the categories of honors and Teaching International.
Projects at November's Student Research Conference featured a topics that focused on Penn State Greater Allegheny's Teaching International theme of Eastern Europe. Videos and posters made by students working both individually and in groups from a variety of different fields and courses were on display in the Ostermayer Room on November 18. The following features just a sample of the Eastern European themed projects from the conference.
During December 6-10, students will be selling THON T-shirts with a different color representing each day of the week. The committee is also planning a dodge ball tournament and other activities.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Players will be presenting a Children's Theatre production of "Eastern European Tales," as part of the Teaching International Project. There will be a special PEPP (Penn State Educational Partnership Program) preview show at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, in the new Fitness and Cultural Center. Subsequent performances at the Fitness and Cultural Center will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 2, and at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3 and 4.
The production will include the following three stories, adapted for children's theater:
Verónica Montecinos, professor of sociology, and four students from her sociology class recently attended Amnesty International's Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh. The event celebrated the organization's accomplishments upon this, its 50th anniversary, with a hopeful view for the next 50 years.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society will host the twenty-second annual "Breakfast with Santa," on Saturday, December 11, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Penn State Greater Allegheny will host its fall commencement on Thursday, December 16, at 7:00 p.m. in Wunderley Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter will preside as diplomas are conferred to 30 individuals receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees. Keynote speaker will be Daniel H. Simpson.
Penn State Greater Allegheny students will highlight their research projects this week at the campus Student Research Conference. Student work will be displayed in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday November 18.
Over 30 projects will be on display, representing many disciplines. The assignments also relate to one or more campus programs: Teaching Eastern Europe, Greener Allegheny, Honors, and Civic Engagement.
James Jaap, assistant director of Academic Affairs and senior instructor in English, did some short distance running in high school and after college, but running wasn't a passion back then or the "addiction" he calls it now. When neighbors approached him in 2006 and asked him to join them for the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington, D.C., he thought, "Why not?" That was the beginning.