Patrick Mather, a Penn State alumnus and the Richard E. Garman Dean of Engineering and professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University, has been named the dean of Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College, effective Aug. 16.
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Dean Peggy Johnson of Penn State s Schreyer Honors College plans to retire Aug. 15, 2021, and the college named a new educational equity scholarship in her honor, according to a Thursday release.
The Dean Peggy A. Johnson Educational Equity Honors Scholarship will be awarded to students entering the honors college who need financial support to meet tuition costs and students whose backgrounds and identities contribute to the diversity of the college.
According to the release, the scholarship will be funded by donations from the Schreyer Honors Collegeâs External Advisory Board, the Scholar Alumni Society Board and the Schreyer Parents Council. External donations can also be contributed to the scholarship.
Penn State Schreyer Honors College seeks candidates for dean
The Schreyer Honors College seeks a candidate who can lead effectively and manage a college that is a multidisciplinary, multi-campus center of undergraduate academic excellence.Image: Pat Little
Penn State Schreyer Honors College seeks candidates for dean
February 04, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State has launched a national search for a new dean of the Schreyer Honors College.
Peggy A. Johnson, dean of the college and professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, will retire from the University on Aug. 15.
Reporting directly to the executive vice president and provost of the University, the dean of the Schreyer Honors College is responsible for planning, budgeting, student recruitment and retention, fundraising, and the quality of teaching and learning experienced by students in the college and the Presidential Leadership Academy. The dean is a member of the University’s Acad