PROGRESSIVE
PROFILE: ANGIE HUMMEL
They
say everything changes when you have your first child, and for Angie
Hummel, everything changed a bit earlier than expected.
DEAN'S
MESSAGE
The
distinctions between a Ph.D. and a D.Ed. degree are receiving some fresh
debate.
U.S.
NEWS RANKS GRADUATE PROGRAMS HIGHLY ACROSS THE COLLEGE
Penn
State's graduate education programs are nationally ranked in every category
compiled by U.S. News & World Report, according to its
newly released 2006 rankings—one of only two universities in the
nation to claim such recognition.
WATERBURY
COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED
The
committee to choose the new Waterbury Chair professor has been established
with an additional charge of developing a major summit on a contemporary
education issue.
COLLEGE
HONORS SEVEN FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
Three
new or revised categories join four established awards in the College's
awards program this year.
FORMER
PEPP STUDENT NOW A TEACHER
Tia
Grayson started with the PEPP program in 1989. Now, she's a teacher
and PEPP site supervisor.
NEW
PSSC DIRECTOR NAMED
The
College has named Albert Glennon as director of the Pennsylvania School
Study Council, an organization created to provide direct assistance
to Pennsylvania's 501 school districts.
LIFELINK
PSU PROGRAM NOTED IN MAGNA AWARD
Penn
State's LifeLink PSU collaboration with the State College Area School
District receives honorable mention.
FACULTY/STUDENTS
ATTEND CIES CONFERENCE
At
least 20 faculty and students attended and were part of presentations
or papers discussed at the 49th annual conference.
