The campus-wide international emphasis this year will be on East Asia. In addition, the theme to accompany the region is the environment.
Events planned include speakers, films, hands-on art experiences, and field trips (East Asia calendar).
For more information, contact any member of the Teaching International executive committee.
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University Park, Pa. -- In a special meeting on July 17, Penn State's Board of Trustees ratified an administrative recommendation to institute the lowest tuition increase in the school's recent history. The figures range from an increase of 3.7 percent to 4.5 percent for undergraduate students depending on campus location and residency status.
In a letter to the University community, Penn State President Graham Spanier explains the current budget situation at Penn State, the difficult decisions being made related to costs and the reasons behind recent actions taken by the administration and Board of Trustees.
Each of five major child injury hazards -- motor vehicles, drowning, burns, falls and poison -- can be found in the back yard during the summer. Riding mowers, inflatable pools, home playground equipment and even natural vegetation and sunlight require a few simple precautions. All of the safety guidelines you apply to sports, playgrounds and swimming apply to those activities in your own back yard, says this week's edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
If every on-campus student at University Park reduced his or her time in the shower by just five minutes, Penn State would save 100,000 gallons of water each school year. That is enough to fill five swimming pools and lower the University's carbon footprint by 18,980 pounds every year.
For such a small island, Malta is amazingly rich in history. It's likely a worldwide contender for the greatest density of historical importance per square kilometer! Malta is home to the oldest man-made structures on earth - the megalithic temples; it's tremendously significant as the centuries-old home of the Knights of Saint John; the importance of Malta in WWII can't be underestimated in terms of geo-political impact; and Malta is one of the few places in the world that is directly and verifiably discussed in the Bible.
Seventeen Penn State Greater Allegheny student-athletes have been named to the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) All-Academic Team for the spring 2009 semester. To be eligible for the team the students must earn a 3.0 grade point average or better during the current semester.
Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter, Ph.D., conferred degrees on 41 students at Penn State Greater Allegheny's spring commencement on Saturday, May 16, 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.
Researchers at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania are studying the effects of weight loss on the ability to conceive in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and have been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. This study is the first to test the effects of preconception weight loss in a controlled clinical research study, according to the latest edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. While weight loss is generally consistent with an improvement in health quality, it is unknown whether weight loss just prior to pregnancy improves outcomes, as stored energy in fat may be helpful for a pregnancy. This study will attempt to answer the bigger question of whether fat is a friend or foe to pregnancy in these women.
The past two weekends were particularly busy ones for Penn State campuses statewide, as the University held nearly three dozen commencement ceremonies, including roughly a dozen on the University Park campus. Penn State Altoona and the Dickinson School of Law got things started, as both held commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 9. The rest of the campuses and Penn College held ceremonies May 15, 16 or 17. In all, the University awarded approximately 10,875 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 588 associate, 8,627 baccalaureate, 1,083 master's, 131 medical, 212 law and 234 doctoral degrees. While not all Penn state campuses or colleges were able to provide photos of their commencement ceremonies, quite a few have sent them to Penn State Live. In addition, Penn State Public Information photographer Andy Colwell made it to several commencement ceremonies at University Park.