The word "impossible" is not in Annette Robinson's vocabulary, but "perseverance," "can-do" and "inspire"? Now those are words that personify her. Robinson, 80, recently donned a cap and gown and accepted her 30-years-in-the-making bachelor of arts degree from Penn State Abington on May 13.
Do you know someone who can literally light-up a room with a bright smile and engaging personality? Someone who can make a stranger feel at home in an unfamiliar place? Penn State Abington was lucky enough to have Angelisa Cataldo, 21, light up the campus for the past four years while she was earning her bachelor of science degree in business. In a recent interview, Cataldo reflected upon her years at Penn State Abington and enthusiastically attributed the campus community with her personal transformation from shy girl to extrovert.
Karen Weaver, director of athletics at Penn State Abington, has been honored with the Penn Graduate School of Education (GSE) Recent Alumni/Early Career Award of Merit. This award recognizes a Penn GSE graduate who has shown outstanding service to the University of Pennsylvania and Graduate School of Education prior to their 10th reunion year and is setting an inspirational example for future alumni of Penn GSE.
In 2007, the sports industry was stunned to discover the illegal gambling conspiracy created by then-NBA referee Tim Donaghy and professional gambler Jimmy Battista. Battista never spoke with federal authorities and much of his role in the scandal has remained a mystery ... until now. In the new book, "Gaming the Game: The Story of the NBA Betting Scandal," Penn State criminal justice expert Sean Patrick Griffin reveals information divulged by Battista himself about the intricate workings of the scheme. Griffin will discuss the book on the next episode of "Conversations from Penn State." The show will air at 9 p.m. this evening (July 14) on WPSU-TV. It also will air at noon on Monday, July 18, on the Big Ten Network, and can be viewed at http://conversations.psu.edu online.
Alexia Hudson, reference and instructional librarian at Penn State Abington, participated in the first presidential Tweetup Town Hall meeting in the East Room of the White House on July 6. President Barack Obama responded to questions posed by Twitter users about the economy and jobs while Hudson and other guests tweeted their thoughts in real-time.
Registered nurses who want to upgrade their skills and prepare for changes in the health-care field are invited to attend upcoming information sessions for the new registered nurse to bachelor of science degree in nursing program at Penn State Abington.
A winning record isn't the only thing the Penn State Abington women's tennis team has to boast about: The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) recently honored them with its 2010-11 female team sportsmanship award.
When the Morena-Lopez family arrived from Spain this summer, they visited popular U.S. tourist destinations: Orlando, New York and... Penn State Abington. So how did a tranquil suburban college campus wind up on an itinerary with Universal Studios and the Statue of Liberty? The family planned to stay with friends in Bryn Athyn for a few weeks. A little research and much discussion with Penn State Abington's Deanna Bosley led them to decide that the campus' Kids and Teen College would help fulfill the underlying goal of their visit: immersing their three children in American language and culture.
Linda Patterson Miller, the 2011-12 Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington discusses the "seductive journey of research" in the video link http://goo.gl/rtYpB. "Doing research with primary documents is an exciting process of discovery when the researcher's open to the unexpected," said Miller. Watch the video and learn how Miller discovered an interesting batch of letters to F. Scott Fitzgerald during her initial research of "America's Lost Generation."
Newly minted Penn State Laureate Linda Patterson Miller, professor of English at Penn State Abington, officially started her laureate duties last month. She will be traveling throughout Pennsylvania talking about her professional area of expertise, America's Lost Generation of the 1920s. Her first excursion will be to the northwest region of the commonwealth, with stops at Penn State's DuBois, Erie, Shenango and Beaver campuses.
To learn more about Miller and stay up-to-date with her travels and literary talks throughout the state check out her travelogue, "Literary Landings," at http://laureate.psu.edu/Linda_Miller online. To watch a short video of Miller speaking about her journey of literary research that she aims to share with audiences this year, go to http://goo.gl/rtYpB online.