Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Janelle Larson, associate professor of agricultural economics and head of the Division of Engineering, Business and Computing at Penn State Berks, will be the keynote speaker at the Penn State University Office of Global Programs fifth annual breakfast in celebration of International Women's Day at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13, in the boardroom of the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. Larson's research interests are focused on international rural development, with work primarily on land and labor markets. Her presentation is titled: "Engaging Universities in International Development: The CYEC-PSU Model." (more)
The Penn State student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-PSU) recently returned from its second trip to Sierra Leone, Africa, where they continued their ongoing projects in the village of Baoma, located nearby to the coastal city of Freetown. Five students, faculty adviser John Lamancusa and two professional mentors made this second trip to Africa over winter break. The group is working on two projects for the people of Baoma: a latrine for the children at the Covenant Preparatory School and a project to improve the quality of the village's water supply. The technical mentor for the latrine project is Rich Kercher, a project manager at Gannett Fleming, and the technical mentor for the water project is Mark Ralston of Converse Consultants. (more)
Penn State's University Park campus was selected by the U.S. Department of State to host more than 70 Fulbright scholars from 40 developing countries for a four-day seminar Feb. 29 to March 4 that will focus on global food security. (more)
For the second year in a row, Penn State has been ranked 20th on the Peace Corps' 2012 rankings of colleges and universities in the large school category. There are currently 65 Penn State undergraduate alumni serving overseas, an increase from last year's 58 volunteers.
"It's exciting to me that students at Penn State have a strong interest in participating in service opportunities," said Nellie Bhattarai, Penn State Peace Corps recruiter. "Peace Corps takes the skills and personality of an individual and uses it to impact others in a community-oriented manner." (more)
Harold Hongju Koh, chief legal counsel for the U.S. Department of State and professor of international law at Yale Law School, will visit Penn State Law to discuss national security on Thursday, Jan. 26. Koh's presentation, titled "A Smart Power Approach to International Law and National Security," will focus on threats, responses and accountability mechanisms that will define the future national security configuration. (more)
The Office of Global Programs has announced several items pertaining to education abroad and student international programming. (more)
The first chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association in Sub-Saharan Africa was launched in Soweto, the world-famous township near Johannesburg, South Africa earlier this month. It was organized by the alumni and launched as the Southern Africa Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association at a reception in the Soweto Hotel on Freedom Square. Attendees travelled from all over South Africa and some from Botswana to be part of this historic event. (more)
Penn State's University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) awarded Landscape Architecture student Kellie Waksmunski with the First Place Study Abroad Essay as part of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. (more)
Penn State's Sam Richards, senior lecturer in sociology, and Laurie Mulvey, lecturer in sociology, along with a contingent from their "World In Conversation Project" (WinC), will travel to Doha, Qatar, to participate in the UN Alliance of Civilization's Youth Day forum on Dec. 10. The event is expected to attract more than 250 youth from around the world. The mission of the World In Conversation Project is to create dialogues about social and cultural issues that expand perspectives and invite greater understanding between people, locally and globally. (more)
Penn State is ranked seventh nationally for the number of students studying abroad and 15th for its international student enrollment, according to the Institute of International Education's annual Open Doors report released in November. (more)
