Penn State York honored the academic achievements and service of its outstanding students, faculty, and staff for the 2011-12 academic year during the 41st Annual Academic Awards Program, Sunday, April 22 at Heritage Hills Golf Resort & Conference Center in York, Pa. More than 90 academic and service awards were presented following a 6 p.m. dinner.
Awards were presented by a variety of campus groups and several community organizations including the Rotary Club of York and the York County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association. Highlights of the program were the presentation of the Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award, the James H. Burness Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Penn State York Advising Award, and the Clark E. Fisher Memorial Award.
The Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award, the most prestigious student award of the evening, was presented to Joshua D. Czerski. (more)
Penn State Law students Rachel Keung and Daniel DeCurtis traveled the distance to the Clinton County correctional facility from their office at the Law School's Center for Immigrants' Rights in less than an hour. But representing their client, the American Bar Association's (ABA) Commission on Immigration, required entering the complex world of immigrant detention which was "quite a journey," said Keung, who had never been in a prison before. (more)
Penn State York will honor the academic achievements and service of its outstanding students, faculty and staff for the 2011-12 year at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, during the 41st annual Academic Awards Ceremony. The event will take place at Heritage Hills Golf Resort & Conference Center, 2700 Mt. Rose Ave., York, Pa. More than 80 academic and service awards will be presented during the program. (more)
While many law students spend spring break catching up on rest and relaxation before the end of the semester crunch, eight Penn State Law students traveled to New Orleans and spent their spring break volunteering with AIDSLaw of Louisiana, a nonprofit agency which provides legal services to low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. (more)
Nursing students at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus are working on "Smile for Life," a service-learning project with the mission of educating parents and their children about the importance of dental health. The project originates from Cornerstone Care, Inc., a non-profit network of community health centers and practices serving communities throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. (more)
Penn State Beaver students continued their tradition of taking 'A Day On, Not a Day Off,' as they joined with students from other western Penn State campuses to conduct community services projects on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 16. The day is a holiday for Penn State students, but many of them worked in outreach projects throughout the region. Every year students from Penn State's western campuses come together to conduct outreach efforts in their local communities. This year's primary coordinating campus was Penn State New Kensington. Robin Schreck, Beaver's coordinator of student activities and residence life, took Beaver students to New Kensington to work with them in service projects there, but Beaver students also worked on local projects. For information about the students' activities, contact Schreck at ras62@psu.edu or 724-773-3947, or visit www.beaver.psu.edu. (more)
Three hundred and sixty-seven days is enough time to make a difference and plenty of time to change a community -- just ask anyone who knew Tom Richards.
Tom, a Schreyer Scholar, spent 367 days at Penn State and in that time inspired fellow students through his leadership, mentorship, and compassion. His untimely death at the age of 20 in August 2010 shocked many, but a service organization established in his memory is keeping Tom's ideals about leadership alive and has begun having an impact in this, its first full year of operation. (more)
The public is invited to submit nominees for the Penn State Beaver 2011 Outstanding Alumni Award which will be presented in January at a dinner meeting of the Penn State Beaver Advisory Board and the Penn State Beaver Alumni Society Board of Directors. Eligibility is limited to individuals who have attended Penn State Beaver. The award recognizes campus alumni who have distinguished themselves through professional achievements and/or contributions to society and/or involvement with Beaver campus. To place a nomination for the Beaver Outstanding Alumni Award, visit http://www.beaver.psu.edu/Alumni/32995.htm and submit online or by mail. For more information about the award or nominating process, contact Patterson at dlp25@psu.edu or 724-773-3558. (more)
Due to sharp declines in revenue and steep operating costs, the future of the U.S. Postal Service is uncertain, says economics professor Mark Roberts. "The USPS has faced major changes in the competition for parcel service over the last couple of decades as UPS and FedEx have grown," said Mark Roberts, Penn State professor of economics. "It is now facing large declines in the demand for first-class service as substitute delivery methods -- particularly electronic bill paying and Internet streaming of movies -- have developed." One major challenge, notes Roberts, is the hybrid nature of the USPS as a "quasi-governmental agency." Created in Philadelphia by the Continental Congress in 1775 -- with Benjamin Franklin at the helm as the first Postmaster General of the United Colonies -- the service is neither an entirely government-owned corporation (as Amtrak is) nor an entirely independent business. The USPS is defined as a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be "revenue-neutral," meaning just breaking even, without making a profit. Breaking even it is not. (more)
Penn State's Innovation Park is conducting its fourth annual food drive during the week of Sept. 19. Each year, the food drive benefits a Centre County food bank and this year's contributions will aid the Philipsburg Food Bank. Nonperishable foods including canned goods and boxed items such as macaroni and cheese, Hamburger Helper and cereal, in addition to cleaning and laundry products, may be dropped off at any of Innovation Park's 10 buildings between Sept. 19 and 22. Donations from the entire Penn State Community are welcomed and appreciated. For more information, call Colette Orlandi at 814-865-6277. (more)
