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Faculty work to develop curriculum for sustainability-focused course

Penn State's Center for Sustainability held a faculty workshop to develop a consistent curriculum for a new course, Foundations of Leadership in Sustainability (Sustainability 200), on Wednesday, May 23. Faculty and staff from seven Penn State campuses were represented at the workshop: Abington, Beaver, Erie, Lehigh Valley, Shenango, University Park, and York.

Ten nurses graduate from Abington's new RN to B.S. degree program

On a sunny morning in early May, 10 nurses walked in their coveted caps and gowns and received their bachelor's degrees from Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler. Quite an accomplishment for these newly minted nurses considering the degree program at Abington campus was launched only nine short months ago, during the fall semester in 2011.

Heard on Campus: Linda Patterson Miller at Penn State Laureate Jubilee

"We're honored to have gathered here all the laureates to-date and also the laureate-to-be, Chris Staley. We take special pride in Penn State's commitment to the laureate program and to its recognition that the arts and humanities matter. We come here today to celebrate artistic collaboration and the great art that such collaboration generates. Art that reveals to us, ourselves and renders life true." -- Linda Patterson Miller, 2011-12 Penn State laureate, professor of English at Penn State Abington and master of ceremonies of the first-ever Penn State Laureate Jubilee held April 24 on Penn State's University Park campus. The public event featured past, present and future Penn State laureates, who came together to celebrate the University's commitment to the arts and humanities. Laureates in attendance were Kim Cook, 2008-09; Anthony T. Leach, 2009-10; Robin G. Becker, 2010-11; Miller, and the newly named 2012-13 laureate, Christopher Parks Staley. For more information about each laureate and the Penn State laureate program, visit http://laureate.psu.edu/.

Transform generational conflict into valuable business results

Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials -- the workforce is comprised of four generations with vastly different work styles and priorities. The synergy created by such diversity can drive organizations to new levels of success, but failure to integrate it can hamper business development and profitability. The free Generational Advantage workshop at Penn State Abington on Friday, May 18, offers solutions to employers seeking to engage veteran employees with younger workers who often prize technology, creativity and flexibility.

Literary Landings: 'Come Celebrate Artistic Collaboration'

Linda Patterson Miller, the 2011-12 Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington, is sharing her thoughts and observations of her laureate experience as she journeys across the Commonwealth aiming to engage people in the beauty of the humanities, specifically early 20th-century American literature and art. "Literary Landings" is a travelogue scheduled to appear periodically during the fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters on Penn State Live and in Penn State Newswires. In her entry "Come Celebrate Artistic Collaboration" Miller enthusiastically invites the college community to the first-ever Penn State Laureate Jubilee on April 24.