Dr. Margaret Signorella, professor of psychology and women's studies at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was recently awarded an associate editorship with the research journal, Sex Roles.Sex Roles is an interdisciplinary behavioral science publication offering a feminist perspective. As associate editor, Dr. Signorella will work to review developmental research submissions to the journal. Gender schemas and development has been a focus of Dr. Signorella's research since the early 1980's.
Two Penn State Greater Allegheny honors students -- Erick Froede Jr., an engineering major from Budd Lake, N.J., and Anthony Palocaren Sr., engineering major from West Mifflin -- are working with engineering instructor Dr. Eric Lipsky on a class project to determine the loss of energy through the existing windows of the Frable building.
Sophomore Justin Hamilton (Pittsburgh, PA/ Penn Hills) has been named to the PSUAC Men's Basketball All-Conference team. It is the second year in a row that Hamilton has received the award. Sophomore Ashlee Wygonik has been named to the PSUAC Women's Basketball All-Conference team. She was also named to the USCAA All-American team.
Last Day to Apply for Alumni/Burley Scholarships - March 20
Qualified students planning to return to Penn State Greater Allegheny next fall are encouraged to apply for the following scholarship opportunities recognizing leadership and scholarship.
The JoAnne E. Burley Leadership Scholarship
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society is bringing back the Penn State Creamery Ice Cream and Ye Old College Diner Stickie Sale.
The deadline for orders is Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Please download and complete the order form and mail the form with payment to Penn State Ice Cream Sale, 4000 University Drive, McKeesport, PA 15132. Checks should be made out to "Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society."
Communications students had the opportunity to interview Rep. Doyle after he spoke to business strategy students about his upcoming role as a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Rep. Doyle was questioned by senior commmunications major Vince Gibbons and junior communications major Sasha Kaclik, shown at the right with Dr. Kathleen Taylor Brown, assistant professor of communications.
On Tuesday, March 25th Teaching South Asia Speaker Series presents Aziza Shad, MD, chief, Georgetown University Hospital's Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplantation at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Under the joint direction of Michael Manojlovich, Instructor in Information Sciences and Technology, and Sara Ahrens, Community Engagement Coordinator at Penn State Greater Allegheny, students in the IST 421: Advanced Enterprise Integration: Technologies and Applications and IST 440W: Information Sciences and Technology Integration and Problem Solving classes have entered into partnerships with two community service organizations.
Penn State Greater Allegheny is hosting an Engineering Speaker Series for students in the Introduction to Engineering Design Class (EDSGN 100) during the 2007-2008 Fall and Spring semesters. Initiated by Dr. George Crawford, senior instructor in engineering, and Dr. Eric Lipsky, instructor in engineering, the series is meant to acquaint PSUGA students with professional engineers employed by local companies.
In a mock primary conducted on March 3-4, the clear winner was Barack Obama, one of the contenders for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Senator Obama received 47 votes, followed by Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain, tied at 21.