PROGRESSIVE
PROFILE: YVONNE LINDSTROM
How
do you mark the passage of time? Yvonne Lindstrom has her own maternal
method.
DEAN'S
MESSAGE
STEM
Education: Penn State is making University-wide efforts to strengthen
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education, at both
the K-12 and the postsecondary levels.
DIVERSITY
SKITS TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS
Local
theater group "Next Stages" will enact various working and
learning situations in the College via skits, with a focus on social
climate, for faculty and staff, sponsored by the Diversity and Community
Enhancement Committee.
RACKLEY
RENOVATIONS LARGELY COMPLETE
New
classrooms, program work space, faculty office and entrances highlight
the final phases of the Rackley Building renovation project.
BRITISH
HEAD TEACHERS INSTITUTE
The
new collaborative international outreach initiative brings British teachers
into local school districts and seek new insights into professional
development and school improvement with Penn State faculty.
PDS
WINS ZIMPHER AWARD AS NATION'S TOP COLLABORATION
The
Professional Development School (PDS) partnership between the College
of Education and the State College Area School District has won its
second national award.
TRIPONEY
HIGHLIGHTS FEMALE LEADERSHIP
New
Penn State Student Affairs chief Vicky Triponey highlighted female leadership
in higher education at a HESA Brown Bag seminar.
ROSE
WILL ENCOURAGE TAKING CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIVES
Ellen
Rose will discuss ways of controlling technology use in your life at
a lecture on Feb. 19, sponsored by the American Center for the Study
of Distance Education.
PROFESSOR
SOTO VISITS ALUMNI IN TAIWAN
Lourdes
Soto travels to Taiwan to attend a conference and meet with Bilingual
Education alumni.
