Penn State Abington Athletic Director Karen Weaver announced last week that 79 student-athletes earned coveted places on the Director's List for academic excellence during the Fall 2011 semester.
As the 2011-12 Penn State Laureate, Linda Miller has been crisscrossing the Commonwealth sharing her enthusiasm for the humanities with a wide variety of audiences, including students, faculty, staff and friends of Penn State campuses. In her travels, Miller, a professor of English at Penn State Abington, shares her knowledge of and passion for American writers and artists of the early 20th century.
One of the joys and challenges of teaching is the process of developing activities for students. This summer, Penn State Abington will offer science educators the opportunity to explore the world of astrobiology while creating engaging projects for their classrooms.
Are Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party losing steam? Does Occupy Wall Street have enough focus to impact the outcome of the next election cycle? With the Republican primary at hand and the general election looming, nearly 60 members of the Penn State Abington community gathered to contemplate the Occupy and Tea Party movements at the campus' first Teach-In last week.
Penn State Professor Emeritus of Integrated Arts Moylan C. Mills will lead a lively discussion about this year's Oscar nominees, interspersed with film clips, during the second annual Oscars at Abington. The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, in Room 112 of the Woodland Building on Abington campus.
Penn State Abington invites the community to spend a thought-provoking evening with Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party and an architect of one of the most important social change movements in American history, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the Sutherland Auditorium.
Seale's discussion, "From the 1960s to the Future," will transport the audience back to the turbulent years marked by civil rights protests and anti-Vietnam War activism and then address similar social challenges it facing America today.
There is no better place this summer for teachers to develop cutting-edge lessons in green chemistry technology than at a leading university in one of the world's greenest cities. Ann Schmiedekamp, professor of physics Penn State Abington, is seeking 10 talented and curious teachers for a nine-day international studies course in England.
Reggie Love will draw from his experiences as a personal aide to President Barack Obama to share "Leadership Lessons From My Time at the White House" with Penn State Abington students at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, in Common Break on campus.
Penn State Abington is reaching out to students who are struggling to find their place in the college community with the formation of two new support groups, according to Donna Monk, director of health services at Abington.