“Your Brother ‘Bud,’ Photographs by John H. Gebhardt” will be on exhibit until Thursday, Sept. 5, in the Sheetz and the McLanahan Galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. There will be a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
A $100,000 gift from Penn State Altoona alumnus Stephen Pace and his wife, Rita Pace, has endowed a new scholarship for students in the College of IST. The Pace Family Scholarship will support full-time IST undergraduate students who have demonstrated a financial need and are transitioning from a Penn State campus to University Park.
Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was the featured poet on the June 30 episode of “Rattlecast,” a national podcast sponsored by Rattle magazine.
Clockwise, top left: Lisa Chewning, associate professor of corporate communication, Penn State Abington; Timothy Smalarz, college registrar, Penn State Abington; Kelly Munly, associate professor of human development and family studies, Penn State Altoona; Ike Shibley, associate professor of chemistry, Penn State Berks; Alison Bonner, assistant teaching professor of mathematics, Penn State Lehigh Valley; Debbie Gaydos, assistant teaching professor of mathematics, Penn State Greater Allegheny; Timothy Lawlor, professor of physics, Penn State Brandywine.
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the third year of Penn State's Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was awarded the Judge Emma Shannon Walser Medal of Patriotism for her decades of contributions to Liberian Literature. The award was presented to Wesley by the Liberian Institute for Growing Patriotism (LIGP) and the Angie Brooks International Centre (ABIC) for Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace, and Security. The award was established in 2013 to honor the memory of the country’s first female judge and recognizes Liberians who have contributed greatly to the nation.
