Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Ahmed Banya, a doctoral candidate in agricultural and extension education in the College of Agricultural Sciences and a master's candidate in the School of International Affairs, and Jeffrey Lackey, a recent graduate in electrical engineering in the College of Engineering, have been awarded the 2011 W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Award. Banya receives the graduate award, and Lackey is honored as the undergraduate recipient. The award recognizes graduate and undergraduate students who have contributed significantly to the advancement of the international programs of the University. It is named for the late deputy vice president for international programs. (more)
Friday, August 27, 2010
The first episode of "Global Penn State," a half-hour show on the Big Ten Network that showcases service-learning projects by Penn State students and faculty, is now available online. The episode takes viewers to Kenya, where three groups of engineering students apply their education by tackling problems related to health care, unemployment, nutrition and renewable energy in marginalized communities while also providing Kenyans with economic opportunities. (more)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
College students who have studied overseas often return home finding that their experiences transformed them. Many Penn State students' global education focuses on service-learning projects in developing nations. The results of their extended visits have transformed entire villages with improved quality of life. A Big Ten Network series premiering in July highlights several of these dual-benefit service-learning opportunities. "Global Penn State" debuts at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 25, on the Big Ten Network. (more)
Monday, April 26, 2010
Chubby cheeks on all of Kenya's children -- that's what Khanjan Mehta, senior research associate in the Department of Electronics and Computer Services in Penn State's College of Engineering, hopes for the future. By helping to create a program called Mashavu, meaning "chubby-cheeked" in Swahili and regarded by Kenyans as a sign of good health, he is doing his part to help. (more)
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Penn State's Excellence and Entrepreneurship Team, or E-team, Mashavu, participated in March Madness for the Mind on March 20, at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The annual showcase, which is sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, brings together the country's top E-teams to display their inventions at both a public and private exhibition. Penn State was one of 15 teams selected from a list of more than 100 nominees. At the showcase, the team presented "Mashavu," a solution to combat the shortage of medical professionals in rural Africa. (more)
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A team of Penn State students have won $10,000 in an online contest that will help fund their project to aid Tanzanian children. The students, from the Colleges of Engineering, Health and Human Development, Business and Medicine, entered their project on ideablob.com to compete for the best social entrepreneurial idea. The team was pitted against seven other finalists during an online vote in February. According to Khanjan Mehta, one of the team's faculty advisers, the student project - called "Mashavu: Networked Health Solutions for the Developing World" - allows medical professionals to e-adopt children from the developing world through the use of modern communications technology. (more)
