A big "Thank you!" to everyone who submitted entries for the Penn State Today pet photo contest. This spring's contest was the most popular to date, with more than 200 submissions. It was a difficult task to whittle down so many wonderful photos to a Top 10 list, but here are the winning entries:
— Geddy, hamster, submitted by Colleen Ganzelli, former student at Penn State Altoona
— Henry and Penny, French bulldogs, submitted by Justin Ingala, 2006 alumnus
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its annual Research Week April 18 through 20. The event celebrates the creative and scholarly accomplishments of faculty and students.
Stand for State, Penn State’s bystander intervention initiative, recently asked students, faculty and staff at all Penn State campuses to explore what connects us as part of an interactive event called “All That We Are.”
Melissa Jones (second from the left) and Kevin Scharlau (second from the right), Capital Area Writing Project Co-directors, celebrate literacy with Rose Cappelli (left) and Lynne Dorfman (right) at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in St. Louis.
The Office for General Education has announced this year’s seed grants to support the development of Integrative Studies courses. The awarded proposals are representative of a wide range of academic disciplines, and include proposals from faculty at Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth.