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Firefighters battled a controlled blaze on the tarmac at Penn State's University Park Airport on May 23 during a full-scale emergency exercise. The exercise was designed to provide real-time training and recertification for emergency response personnel from around the Centre Region.

University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise

A moment of levity: Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates celebrated with the Nittany Lion after commencement ceremonies, held May 5 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012

New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Spring commencement 2012 under way

A Moroccan farmer taught Penn State students about the properties of vetiver grass, including its ability to clean wastewater. The grass could be used as part of a solution to water-quality problems being experienced in Assoul, Morocco, where students spent time recently.

Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together

Anjelica Fortunato, left, and Jeffrey Lu reviewed for their Anatomy 129 final exam on May 1 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus. Penn State students are preparing for and taking final exams throughout the week as spring semester 2012 comes to a close.

Finals Week Spring Semester 2012

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Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

Did They Get It Right? - RedTails

Did They Get It Right? - RedTails

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

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Penn State introduces online master's degree in health administration

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The first of the 76 million baby boomers turned 65 this year. As this generation ages, it will place significant demands on an already strained health care system. To meet this challenge, medical and health services managers -- an occupation projected to grow 16 percent in the coming years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- will need the latest knowledge and skills. Penn State's new master of health administration degree, delivered online, can help working adults prepare for health care management careers. (more)

Health Administration students reach semi-finals at case competition

Thursday, October 28, 2010

A team of four Penn State Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) students was among the semi-finalist teams competing in mid-October at the 15th annual Everett V. Fox Student Case Competition in Memphis, Tenn. The competition was sponsored by the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE). (more)

Student steps up to a full plate of academics and athletics

Lutz is juggling the pursuit of a master's degree with finishing his final year of eligibility as co-captain of Penn State's baseball team.
Thursday, April 22, 2010

David Lutz knows a little bit about squeeze plays. While pursuing his bachelor of science degree in kinesiology at Penn State, he still found time to play baseball for Penn State. After receiving his degree in May 2009, he enrolled in the master of health administration (M.H.A.) program. His hectic schedule of academics and athletics will not change much this year, as Lutz is finishing his final year of eligibility as co-captain of the baseball team. (more)

Health administration students place third in case competition

from L to R: Jeff Knorr, Quint Studor (famous health care author and speaker), Kara Vass and Jessica Havern
Monday, February 22, 2010

Three Penn State students in the Master of Health Administration program (M.H.A.), received third place in the annual Health Administration Case Competition hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on Feb. 11, 2010. In the competition, 24 teams of health administration students from universities across the country were challenged with developing solutions to the same real-world dilemma. This year, the competition centered on hospital and physician alignment. (more)

Student awarded prestigious Winston Fellowship

Devon Trolley
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Devon Trolley, a recent graduate of the Master of Health Administration program, has been awarded a prestigious David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship. She is spending one year as a fellow in Washington, D.C., where she will visit national health policy centers and pursue a personal interest project with the guidance of key policy makers from the private and public sectors. (more)