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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Dr. Fred W. Clothey, a professor in the history of religions with specialization in South Asia at the University of Pittsburgh, will be speaking on "The Importance of Understanding South Asia and its Religious Landscape."
The presentation will be on Tuesday September 18 from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.
This year Penn State Greater Allegheny is celebrating several significant milestones: a new name reflecting its expanded mission, its 50th anniversary at its current location and the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Alumni Society.
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.