PROGRESSIVE
PROFILE: IAN BAPTISTE
Ian
heads an initiative that is improving people's lifestyles in some parts
of the world.
DEAN'S
MESSAGE
Parallels
between education and another profession make for an interesting read.
BUGMOBILE
CRAWLS TO MARION-WALKER
The
BugMobile from Penn State's College of Agriculture visited Marion-Walker
Elementary School and 19 Penn State student teachers, under the supervision
of Kate Sillman, for a mini-bug fair.
STUDENT
JOSH KIRBY HONORED FOR SAVING A LIFE
Training
Kirby received on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout helped him save
a person's life in an emergency situation.
A
TECH MECCA IN A VERY RURAL SCHOOL
Penn
State alumnus Dennis Bruno has made the once computer-poor school a
place where tech learning abounds and where other schools and community
businesses house their own Internet traffic.
WILLIAMS
DISCUSSES ALUMNI INVOLVEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
At
a brown bag luncheon sponsored by the Higher Education Student Association,
Roger Williams, Education alumnus and executive director of the world's
largest dues-paying alumni association here at Penn State, talked about
the importance of maintaining a strong alumni body.
PENN
STATE TO HOST INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES CONFERENCE
Scholars
from around the world will meet at Penn State to discuss how global
and local knowledge systems can enable people to interact with each
other and their natural world beneficially.
GREEN
DESIGN CALL FOR POSTERS
The
Green Design Competition, held in conjunction with Penn State's Clean
Energy Expo April 2-3, gives designers a chance to showcase their green
design work around this year's question: “What is design?”.
