On Tuesday, April 3, more than 130 students from six area high schools attended Penn State Beaver's seventh annual Communications Day, which featured a theme of "A World Away. A Message Apart." The event was designed, organized and implemented by students in the Introduction to Public Relations and the Public Relations Methods courses taught by Juliette Storr, associate professor of communications. (more)
From the perception of people with tattoos to assessing the value of a liberal arts education to the viability of nuclear energy, students at Penn State New Kensington explored a variety of issues during the fall and spring semesters. The results of their research will be unveiled publicly at the 10th annual Research and Creative Exposition from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the campus Athletics Center. (more)
Penn State York students will have the opportunity to network with business professionals in a variety of career fields during a networking event on Thursday, April 5 as part of a week-long series of events to help students connect with alumni and learn about careers through networking. The networking event begins at noon in the Conference Center of the Main Classroom Building. (more)
The public is invited to attend a free information session about available careers with Homeland Security agencies, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, in the Lodge of the Penn State Beaver Student Union Building. The program is sponsored by the Beaver campus Office of Continuing Education. Employment opportunities open in a variety of agencies will be presented, including the Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Citizenship Immigration Service, Customs and Border Protection, and the United States Coast Guard. For more information, contact the Office of Continuing Education at 724-773-3700 or BeaverCE@psu.edu. (more)
For the second year in a row, employers surveyed by Bloomberg Businessweek have ranked the Penn State Smeal College of Business as having the best undergraduate business program in the country. The magazine surveyed 257 corporate recruiters as part of its 2012 ranking of the best undergraduate business programs. The recruiters were asked to identify which schools have the best graduates, most innovative curricula, and most effective career services. Smeal's overall ranking this year rose three spots to 22nd out of the 142 programs eligible for the ranking. (more)
Students at Penn State New Kensington will present their research in a public forum at the tenth annual Research and Creative Exposition on Tuesday, April 17, and Thursday, April 19, in the campus Athletics Center. Also, in conjunction with the expo, the campus hosts the fourth annual Career Day from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. during the Tuesday portion of the two-day event. The exposition provides students, under the guidance of a faculty adviser, with the opportunity to conduct research, draw conclusions and present their information in a public setting. Last year, 62 students researched projects that were exhibited in a poster format or delivered orally. Career Day complements the Expo by creating new opportunities for the students and faculty to build stronger contacts with local industries through sharing of career information while also highlighting the campus' many research and creative activities. Students and graduates can learn about career paths in their majors, and make connections for internship and job opportunities. The event is open to current Penn State students and recent graduates and admission is free. (more)
Statistical skills are in increasingly high demand and being applied to an incredibly diverse set of exciting problems, said Penn State professor of statistics Naomi Altman. In short, noted Altman, "there are few areas of our lives in which statistics is not being used." (more)
The Office of Career and Corporate Connections at the Penn State Smeal College of Business has deemed October to be Careers that Make a Difference Month and is working with local and national organizations to highlight career options with nonprofits and other ways to leverage one's career for the greater good. Sponsored by the Smeal student group Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations, the monthlong celebration of careers that make a difference culminates on Oct. 25 with a nonprofit career fair in the Business Building Atrium. For more information, visit ugstudents.smeal.psu.edu/careers/difference. (more)
Bethany Snyder of Thomasville, Pa., was just 13-years-old when she attended Pathways to Your Future: Exploring STEM Careers, a program to encourage young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at Penn State York in 2003. No one is more surprised than she is that at age 20 and a science major at Penn State York, she will be helping to present one of the workshops when the 15th annual program takes place at 8:45 a.m. Friday, May 6, in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at the campus. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
"When I was in seventh grade myself I participated in this program; it is so nice to see it go full circle for me." Snyder was selected to attend the program back then as one of attendees from Dover Middle School. "I was naturally good at science and that's why I was one of the girls selected to attend. I wasn't always interested in science but the program was exciting and I remember feeling very special to be on a college campus for a day when I was in seventh grade." (more)
Penn State Beaver junior and senior communications students will host the sixth annual Communications Day from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, March 24. Programs will be held in the Student Union Building and the Michael Baker Building on campus. Beaver hosts the event for local high school students to introduce them to potential career paths in television, radio, print journalism, special event planning, social media, public relations and marketing. For more information about Penn State Beaver's Communications Day, visit Facebook and search for "Communications Day 2011" or contact senior Ted Froats at tlf5118@psu.edu or 805-757-1414. (more)
