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Comunications Student Video Featured on Penn State Live

Penn State Greater Allegheny Communications major Lindsey Santora is currently being featured on the student video section of Penn State Live. Santora was a member of the Fall 2007 Orientation Committee and led a student team that produced an introductory video for the new students. She has also worked on several new media projects as part of the Communications curriculum.

Brown presents paper in Paris

Dr. Kathleen Taylor Brown, assistant professor of communications, presented a paper this summer in Paris, France at the Fifth International Conference on the Humanities. Dr. Brown's paper was entitled "Applied Communication Theory: Representing World of Warcraft, Participatory Culture, and Learning."

Orientation 2007 Events Announced

Penn State Greater Allegheny is ready to welcome all new and transfer students during our "Something New...Something Great!"  Orientation program, August 24 and August 25, 2007.

Hepner, Pritchett and White Join PSUGA Faculty

Penn State Greater Allegheny has hired three new faculty to supplement its teaching staff.   Joining the PSUGA faculty ranks in 2007-08 are (in photograph left to right): James Pritchett, Instructor in Mathenmatics; Lori Hepner, Assistant Professor of Integrative Arts; and Johnathan White, Instructor in History. 

International Travel to Ireland in 2008

One of the six great Celtic nations, land of saints and poets and craggy coasts, Ireland is the destination for the 2008 Penn State Greater Allegheny educational travel experience. This educational trip will be led by Dr. Ellie Higgins, Dr. Cliff Manlove, and a full-time EF Educational Tours director. This eleven-day tour will visit five locations—Dublin, Cork, Galway, Derry, and Belfast—and will pass through New Ross, Donegal, and Armagh. Walking and guided tours will take place at each location.

Philosophy Faculty Member Lectures in China

Dr. Irene Wolf spoke to students and faculty at the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, China, on "How to Live the Good Life," a discussion of virtue in Western culture.  She was introduced by Professor Yafei Wang,  a past visitor to Penn State.  Dr. Wolf was assisted with the interpretation by Enguang Wang with the International Cooperation and Exchange Department at Northeastern University in Shenyang. 

Psychology major wins research award

Applied psychology major Lacey Richards has won a 2007 Student Research Poster Session Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA). The entry, "Adolescent Social Networking On-Line: Birds of a Feather?," is part of a collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Mazur, associate professor of psychology. Richards will present the poster and receive the award at the June 29 meeting of the PPA in Harrisburg.

Spring Commencement Celebrated

Spring commencement was celebrated at Penn State Greater Allegheny on Saturday, May 19 in Wunderely Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided. Baccalaureate degrees were conferred upon 49 students. Student marshals for the campus baccalaureate degrees were Andrea Mirro (Business), Leslie A. DeZorzi (Communication), Aaron D. Mazek (Information Sciences & Technology), and R. Kumar Palepu (Applied Psychology). Student marshals carry the highest GPA of all graduates within that degree program.