The Penn State Office for General Education has announced the selection of seven Penn State faculty who will serve as new advisers and program leaders and will help to build high-impact teaching and learning practices in general education across the institution. The seven new members will serve three-year terms as part of a team of 16 general education faculty scholars.
The competition provides an opportunity for students to take their business ideas from the concept phase through a feasibility study/market analysis to a business plan, and ultimately to a full venture.
Penn State students, faculty and staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and those who have not shared with the University that they are fully vaccinated will be required to test weekly for COVID-19 throughout the fall semester, or until they share with the University that they have been fully vaccinated.
Nine students from across all four of Penn State Altoona's academic divisions participated in the first cohort of the Altoona Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.
Students will sample fun and tasty mocktails, get information about alcohol and drug awareness, participate in DUI and impaired simulation activities, and win prizes.
In a move designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 on Penn State campuses, the union representing about 2,600 technical service employees, has agreed to follow University requirements for mask-wearing, regardless of vaccination status. The agreement goes into effect immediately.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was a featured speaker for the University of Wah in Pakistan's Lecture Series of Foreign English Professors webinar. Her poem, "The Year of Insanity: to 2017," was nominated for a Best of the Net Award.
Trained students will serve as peer advocates to offer a supportive listening environment with drop-in hours. Students can attend to discuss concerns about stress, relationships, the future, courses, feelings of being overwhelmed, or just to talk.
