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Welcome to Connections! We are pleased to bring you news and profiles and College faculty, staff, students and programs, including many new awards. Above, Humphrey Fellows and German educators participating in a Fulbright program participate in an educational exchange. Send news and comments to Suzanne Wayne at EdRelations@psu.edu.

Quick Links: Lourdes Diáz Soto Profile, Dean's Message, German Fulbright, Waterbury Forum, Xavier, Cotterill Award, U.S. News Rankings, Blume Award, UCEA Award, RIG Awards, Student Awards, Rothwell Award, Moore Award, Nelson Award, Presentations, etc., Congratulations, PDK Luncheon, SangHoon Bae

PROGRESSIVE PROFILE: LOURDES DIAZ SOTO

Building a heritage of educational leadership in bilingual education, Lourdes Diáz Soto is proud of the legacy she has already inherited.

DEAN'S MESSAGE

The University is set to open a new Center for Science and Mathematics and the Schools within the College of Education.

FULBRIGHT GERMAN PROGRAM WELCOMES GUESTS

German educators learn from College of Education faculty and participate in cultural exchanges.

WATERBURY FORUM TACKLES CONTEMPORARY MEDIA

Media critic Dick Hebdige will present the lecture "Unimagining Utopia: America after 9/11" on Thursday April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in 101 Chambers Building.

MARY DUPUIS WINS COLLEGE'S COTTERILL AWARD

Dupuis is the fifth recipient of the Cotterill Award, given to expand the knowledge and experience of a faculty or staff member.

GLEN BLUME WINS UNIVERSITY'S BARASH AWARD

Blume is honored for his outstanding and beneficial work in the community.

COLLEGE ESTABLISHES EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH XAVIER UNIVERSITY

This exchange program is helping to provide growth opportunities for students from Xavier, a historically black university, as well as additional diversity in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

READING PROGRAM WINS UCEA AWARD

Summer reading program honored for its role in filling a national need.

RIG GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED

Research Initiation Grants will help faculty and students begin new research in their disciplines.


Students Eric Cummings and Nuria Rodriguez win separate awards, and SangHoon Bae takes third prize at the Graduate Exhibition.

Phi Delta Kappa to hold luncheon at the Toftrees Ballrooms A & B on April 23 at 11 a.m.

Click for honors received by William Rothwell, Michael Moore, Patricia Nelson and more news in our Congratulations section.

U.S. News & World Report releases latest graduate school rankings.

Click here for the latest faculty/staff presentations, publications, grants and grant proposals.

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