Penn State Greater Allegheny conducted its 2010 fall commencement on Thursday, December 16, in Wunderley Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided as diplomas were conferred to 30 individuals receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees. Keynote speaker was be Daniel H. Simpson.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society sponsored its twenty second annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the campus' Student Community Center. The society hosted children from the Mon Valley area.
Rachel Halaszynski has received Honorable Mention status of the week for Women's Basketball with the USCAA. Rachel is a Junior Forward from Penn State Greater Allegheny. Rachel averaged 19.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in three games this past week.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has won the 2010 American Marketing Association (AMA) Award in the Education Category. This award is for the submission of the strategic marketing efforts toward the seventh annual All That's Jazz fundraiser held on the campus on October 16, 2010. This year, All That's Jazz raised over $110,000, more than doubling what was raised last year, to support student scholarships.
The J. Clarence Kelly Library at Penn State Greater Allegheny will host an Amnesty International Write-A-Thon on International Human Rights Day. Join us on Friday, December 10 from 10am-2pm and participate locally in the world's largest letter writing event to take action to assure that human rights are respected and protected around the world.
Margaret Signorella, professor of psychology and women's studies at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been awarded fellow status in the American Psychological Association (APA.) This designation recognizes Signorella's outstanding contributions in the field of psychology and to Division 35 (Psychology of Women).
Much of Signorella's research has focused on the development and consequences of gender stereotyping. She is currently an associate editor for Sex Roles, and is co-editing a special issue of that journal on single-sex education.
The winning entries from the Fall 2010 Student Research Conference have been announced. Commendations were given in the categories of honors and Teaching International.
Projects at November's Student Research Conference featured a topics that focused on Penn State Greater Allegheny's Teaching International theme of Eastern Europe. Videos and posters made by students working both individually and in groups from a variety of different fields and courses were on display in the Ostermayer Room on November 18. The following features just a sample of the Eastern European themed projects from the conference.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society will host the twenty-second annual "Breakfast with Santa," on Saturday, December 11, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
During December 6-10, students will be selling THON T-shirts with a different color representing each day of the week. The committee is also planning a dodge ball tournament and other activities.