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Welcome to Connections! We hope you continue to enjoy news from our College in this electronic format. If you have news you would like to see covered or people/programs you would like to see profiled, please contact us using the address at the bottom. (Pictured above are Jason Lane, doctoral candidate in higher education, and Roger Williams, a graduate of that program, at a reception for higher education alumni last month.)

Quick Links: Keith Wilson Profile, Dean's Message, Waterbury Forum , ESC, Leah White Profile,
Dept. Town Meeting, Bob Casey, Brenda Khayat's Presidential Award , Baker/LeTendre Fulbrights, Faculty/Staff News, Announcements

PROGRESSIVE PROFILE: KEITH WILSON

Keith Wilson brings an upbeat personality to Rehabilitation Services as the current professor-in-charge.

DEAN'S MESSAGE

How the College is addressing the "at-risk" learner theme.

WATERBURY FORUM: ADVERTISING & THE END OF THE WORLD

Advertising is a propanda tool that seeks to perpetuate a kind of hyper capitalism that is driving America's consumer culture, according to Sut Jhally, Waterbury Forum guest lecturer.

EDUCATION STUDENT COUNCIL SHAPES STUDENT LIFE

Students who take part in ESC have an opportunity to impact the educational experiences of all education students.

STUDENT PROFILE: LEAH WHITE

Honors scholar Leah White conducts research and volunteers her time to help people with disabilities.

AUDITOR GENERAL CASEY ADDRESSES SPENDING ABUSE

Auditor General Bob Casey, Jr. says fiscal control begins from the top down—from the governor in government or the superintendent in a school district.

C&I DEPARTMENT HOLDS TOWN MEETING

As part of an ongoing effort to improve the College, the Curriculum and Instruction department discusses issues in a town meeting.

CLICK HERE for news on Bellefonte High School Book Fair, the College's UCEA Award, the HEPAC Reception/Meeting, and an opportunity to Pen Pal with students in Taiwan.

CLICK HERE to read about prestigious Fulbright Scholarships won by faculty Gerald LeTendre and David Baker.

CLICK HERE to read about Brenda Khayat's Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.

CLICK HERE for news on five new faculty awards. This page also contains the latest Publications, Presentations, Grants Awarded and Grant Proposals submitted.

 

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