A policy change is set to take effect this summer outlining how Penn State intervenes when students encounter academic difficulty, with the hope of providing better routes to recovery.
Penn State researchers Christian Connell, Glenn Sterner, Mary Shenk, Stephanie Lanza, Max Crowley, Michael Donovan, Ericka Weathers, Maithreyi Gopalan, and Evan Bradley met with U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson, center, during the COSSA Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
Penn State researchers recently attended the Consortium of Social Science Association’s 2019 Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., taking part in a full schedule of events to bring awareness to social and behavioral sciences.
Nichola D. Gutgold, professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley, co-wrote a book with Abigail S. Kennedy, lecturer in English at Penn State Abington, titled “Madam President: Women Who Paved the Way.”
The North Eastern Athletic Conference has named a Penn State Abington student-athlete as its Pitcher of the Year, and several baseball players were included on all-conference teams.
Thomas Hyers, a criminal justice instructor at Penn State Abington, believes that introducing students to the real world is a critical component of high-impact teaching. He recently escorted a group of students to Washington, D.C., to explore sites related to the course CrimJ210: Policing in America, with the National Law Enforcement Museum as the centerpiece of their visit.
