A crowd of 225 alumni, friends, students, faculty, and staff gathered in the campus' Student Community Center on Saturday, November 10, 2007 for the Advisory Board of Penn State Greater Allegheny's fourth annual "All That's Jazz" scholarship fundraiser. In just four years this event has raised more than $158,000 for student scholarships.(View photos from the event.)
At the close of the evening, Master of Ceremonies Sheldon Ingram of WTAE-TV announced that the event had raised $46,870.
Lori Hepner, assistant professor of integrative arts, has two large photo installation pieces in the 97th Annual Exhibition of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. The show is at the Carnegic Museum of Art in Pittsburgh until January 21, 2008.
One of the two pieces, "Nebulous: Spasm: I," is the winner of the Leon A. Arkus Memorial Award. The work consists of 12 separately framed prints, spanning an area 100 X 90".
The second is called "Fallacious: Effigies." Its 12 separately framed pieces cover 140 X 42".
Dr. MaryEllen Higgins, associate professor of English, introduced the campus to her new book, the Historical Dictionary of French Cinema, during a book signing and reading in Kelly Library on November 13. The book, which Dr. Higgins co-authored with Dr. Dayna Osherwitz from Southern Methodist University, was published by Scarecrow Press.
Harish Saluja, director of the film The Journey, will conduct a Q and A session with Dr. MaryEllen Higgins and her students on Thursday November 15Â from 1:35-2:50 in Main 101.
This presentation is part of the campus focus this year on South Asia.
Penn State Outreach for Fall 2007 has an article about the partnership between the campus and a local company.
The article features both the successful internship program for Greater Allegheny baccalaureate engineering students and the associate degree program in partnership with the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC).
The interns worked on site for two semesters and also took courses in management, resulting in a credit certificate in Precision Manufacturing Management.
World renowned classic jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and Pittsburgh's own Joe Negri will headline Penn State Greater Allegheny's fourth annual All That's Jazz scholarship benefit on Saturday, November 10, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in the campus' Student Community Center.Proceeds will be added to the Penn State Greater Allegheny Scholarship Fund.
During the Fall 2007 semester, one of the common readings chosen for Teaching South Asia was "Good Girls Are Bad News," by Subhadra Sen Gupta. A student contest was designed around the interpretation of this story.
Penn State Greater Allegheny qualified to host a chapter of Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology. The chapter was installed on Monday October 22, 2007 and the first students were inducted into the chapter.
Inducted and also assuming office were Jessica Rybar, President; Erika R. Thornton, Vice President; Elyse N. Walsh, Secretary; and Theodore J. Werner III, Treasurer. The other students inducted were Tiffany K. Ball, Todd J. Berta, Ramesh K. Palepu, Lacey J. Richards, and Stefanie H. Vigar.
Dr. Veronica Montecinos, chair of the Teaching International committee, has organized a visit by students and faculty to the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center on October 25th.
Among the events planned for the visit by the center are a talk on "The Relevance of the concept of Nonviolence in Theravada
Buddhism In the Current Context of a Violent World" by The Venerable
Pemaratne Thero, and a demonstration of Theravada Buddhist meditation and chanting by the five Buddhist monks in residence.
Galen Grimes, Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was recently published in the Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the journal of the ACM, an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, engineering and application of information technology.