The campus partnership with Maglev, Inc was featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article entitled "Making their mark at Maglev" (November 22, 2006). The article features the experiences of the baccalaureate engineering students currently interning at the company, and also discusses the upcoming spring program for associate degree students in partnership with CCAC. Both programs were developed by Professor Robert Walters.
In its continuing effort to support student scholars and leaders, the Penn State McKeesport Alumni Society recently pledged $3,000 to Penn State for its endowed scholarship fund.
Dr. Jay Breckenridge's children's theatre classes will be presenting "Folk Tales from India," the adaptation and dramatization of four Indian folk tales.
Penn State McKeesport's third annual "All That's Jazz" scholarship benefit did all that it was supposed to do on Saturday night. At the close of the November 4 event, Master of Ceremonies Sheldon Ingram of WTAE-TV announced that the event had raised $50,500, surpassing the $50,000 fundraising goal established by the Advisory Board. The total continues to rise as contributions are added.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Elizabeth Mazur, was recently published in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research, currently available on SpringerLink, a premier data source for researchers in the sciences.
A developmental psychologist, Dr. Mazur's previous research with children of divorced parents suggested that biased appraisals influence adjustment to stressful life events. In her most recently published article, the focus is on parenting stress and how biased appraisals among mothers of young children predict parenting adjustment.
Penn State McKeesport participated for the first time in the third annual WorldQuest competiton, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. The contest was held in downtown Pittsburgh at the Omni William Penn Hotel.
Dr. Paul Goodman will be introducing a screening of his documentary, The Dabbawallas, on November 9 at noon in Frable 122.
The Dabbawallas is currently being shown nationally on PBS stations. The India documentary captures a 100-year-old work system where each day 100,000 lunches are delivered by 4,000 Dabbawallas (or box persons) from customers' homes to their places of work. This system is as complicated as what Federal Express does, but exists without any technology or modern business practices.
As part of Teaching India, the campus will be hosting several music programs in October.
On October 19 at 12 noon in the dining area of the Student Community Center, Amzad Rahman will performance and discuss the "Evolution of the Music of India from Ancient to Present Times." Joining Rahman will be Anupama Kytham and Dr. Shenaz Choudhury, adjunct mathematics instructor at the campus.
Join us in the Traina Room of the Student Community Center at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, October 9th for the first Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series for Teaching India 2006.
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Penn State's presence in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport will be taking on a new name: Penn State Allegheny.
Approved September 15 by the University's Board of Trustees, the name change is intended to support the campus' regional presence, facilitate an expanded vision and evolving mission for the campus and raise general awareness of the campus.
The new moniker also is expected to give a sense of ownership to campus alumni and Penn Staters living in Allegheny County, and reinforce the campus' position as the only Penn State location in the county