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.
Journalism student crafts multifaceted internship experience in France
During his first week in France, and between time spent on his internship, Sébastien Kraft was able to visit the Louvre Museum and see the Mona Lisa.Image: Photo Provided
Journalism student crafts multifaceted internship experience in France
June 02, 2021
(Editor s Note: This is the first in a series of stories about Bellisario College students completing summer internships.)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. There’s a not-so-secret route to success for many students in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and Sébastien Kraft knows it well.
Kraft asks questions and persists. He’s assertive, seeks out opportunities and relentlessly networks making connections with alumni, faculty, staff and communications professionals at every possible turn.
College of Education students among Presidential Leadership Academy participants
Valarie Hibbard, left, will start her three-year experience with the Presidential Leadership Academy this fall. Ashley Griffith, center, visited the Grand Old Opry as part of her PLA experience. She will enter her final year of the PLA this fall. Maude Tarbox, right, and other PLA members went to Baltimore in 2018. She graduated from the College of Education this spring.
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College of Education students among Presidential Leadership Academy participants
Annemarie Mountz
May 24, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Each spring, 30 first-year students on the University Park campus learn they have risen to the top in a highly competitive selection process to become part of the next class of sophomores in the Presidential Leadership Academy (PLA).
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“It’s like we’re laying out a welcome mat,” said Rodriguez, a sophomore who co-led the initiative while serving as the student government’s Justice and Equity Committee chair and College of the Liberal Arts representative. “The banners will be a physical representation of our University values to create a welcoming and inclusive community for all, and to promote the idea that Penn State is a family and a home for every student.”
What started a few years ago as a “You Are Welcome Here” banner initiative by UPUA in collaboration with the Borough of State College to welcome international students to campus and community has now expanded to offer a broader message of belonging and support for those from historically underrepresented and marginalized groups, according to Lexy Pathickal, immediate past vice president of UPUA and Penn State senior, who collaborated with Rodriguez on the project.