The Penn State Greater Allegheny Lady Lions will travel to take on Penn College of Technology on Tuesday, March 4 in the opening round of the PSUAC playoffs. Tip-off from Williamsport is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PSUGA and Penn College finished tied in the conference with Penn College winning the tie breaker. They defeated PSUGA on December 1st, 64-49. The winner will take on the winner of the Penn State Schuylkill on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park.
Hope Finds A Way: THON 2008
THON 2008 was a huge success! Penn State Greater Allegheny recently took part in a 46 hour no sleeping-no sitting dance marathon to help raise money for kids with pediatric cancer. The Penn State Greater Allegheny campus collected $11, 233.15 of the total $6.6 million raised. We would like to thank the surrounding community of Penn State Greater Allegheny for all donations and support.
Penn State Greater Allegheny awarded two Research Development Grants (RDG) for the 2007-08 academic year.
Assistant Professor of Integrative Arts, Lori Hepner, was awarded an RDG for her proposal, Code Words Project.
Sophomore Ashlee Wygonik (Agriculture major; Port Vue, PA/ South Allegheny) has received national recognition for her efforts on and off the basketball court. Wygonik, who led the Lady Lions Basketball team in scoring and rebounds, was named to the USCAA's All-American and National All-Academic teams. Wygonik is the first Penn State Greater Allegheny student-athlete to receive these awards. For more information, visit http://www.theuscaa.com/.
Congressman Mike Doyle will speak to a strategic business planning class at Penn State Greater Allegheny on Monday, March 3, 2008 at noon. The topic of his discussion will be "The Democratic Election Strategy and the Role of the Super Delegates."
Dean Henry Foley, Dean of the College of Information Systems and Technology (IST), visited Penn State Greater Allegheny on February 21. Accompanied by the College's Associate Dean, John Yen, and Associate Professor of IST, Gerald Santoro, Dean Foley met with campus administration, IST students and faculty during his 3 1/2 hr. visit to the campus.
Verónica Montecinos, professor of sociology, will be honored by International Programs in March with a Spirit of Internationalization Award. Dr. Montecinos is one of six women who will be presented with this award in honor of International Women's Day. The award was established to "honor women with international interests who have shown extraordinary strength of character and commitment to the cause of internationalization." (http://www.international.psu.edu/index.html).
Do you love Penn State Greater Allegheny? Then show us!
In fact, if you 'Show Us Your Penn State Greater Allegheny'
by creating a 2 minute video, you can enter to win a $1,000 Scholarship Award.
Jay Breckenridge, professor of theatre arts at Penn State Greater Allegheny will be appearing as Doc Marlowe, a pitch man for a miracle medicine, in the upcoming Heritage Players' (Bethel Park Community Theatre) production of "Jabberwock. " As tech director, Breckenridge also designed and built the set.
Following is a listing of events scheduled at Penn State Greater Allegheny in honor of African American History Month.
Theme for week three: "The Fight for Equality"
-- Feb 18: Monday Night Movie -- "Remember the Titans," 9 p.m.