During an employee event held on Dec. 15, Penn State Schuylkill honored faculty and staff with years of service awards and announced winners of the campus' annual faculty and staff awards.
Seven Penn State campuses have created the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, a network that will inventory trees and plant life while sharing research and teaching resources, with the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the University's 24 campuses.
Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has introduced the inaugural Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee for the 2023-24 academic year. The committee will play a pivotal role in guiding TLT and University IT in integrating technology into teaching and learning practices at Penn State.
Penn State Schuylkill students presented original research at the campus' fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium on Nov. 29. Twenty students from a variety of disciplines presented on topics that ranged from synthesis of chemical compounds to the use of artificial intelligence in a 3D environment, as well as on cultural and societal issues.
During finals week, Penn State University Libraries offers stress-reducing games and activities to help students relax as they study for finals and complete end-of-semester projects.
Penn State Schuylkill recently partnered with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue to offer continuing education units (CEUs) to state employees training in an efficiency program known as Lean Six Sigma. Participants are trained in the eight step problem solving methodology, which prepares them to streamline business processes.
Aylah Campos, a second-year student pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing at the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Schuylkill, won first place in the college-wide art contest. The competition tasked nursing students with considering the "Three Cs" of nursing — caring, compassion and communication — as inspiration to address the political, social and practical challenges of providing nursing care with art.
At an event held on Oct. 31, leaders from the Student Philanthropy Network announced that the class of 2024 has voted to create the University Park Undergraduate Association Basic Needs Endowment as their class gift. The fund will provide sustained support for students facing hardships in pursuit of their degree.
Two Penn State professors are taking a closer look at alcohol consumption among students at rural colleges. Nicole Ryerson, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and Jessica Saalfield, assistant professor of psychology and assistant coordinator for the honors program at Penn State Schuylkill, were awarded an early career grant for their research from the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park in April. This semester, both were invited to join the center as faculty affiliates.
