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2019 Outstanding Alumni award recipients

2019 Penn State Schuylkill Alumni Dinner

From left to right: Jeffrey Vrabel, chair, Schuylkill Alumni Society; Darryl P. Gordon, 2019 Outstanding Alumni award recipient; Patty Shoener, alumni relations and stewardship officer; William Terrill, Ph.D., 2019 Outstanding Alumni recipient; Patrick Jones, chancellor, Penn State Schuylkill.

Open Access Reception

2019 Open Access Reception

Provost Nicholas Jones (left) celebrates with faculty members Lee Silverberg, associate professor of chemistry at Penn State Schuylkill (center), and Jiro Yoshida, associate professor of risk management in the Smeal College of Business (right), at the Open Access Week event held Oct. 24 in the Collaboration Commons at Pattee Library.

Michael Gallis stands in front of a white board with fractions written on it as he points to a projection screen showing the physics of an amusement park's pirate ship ride.

Schuylkill professor and team aim to revolutionize physics education

Michael Gallis, associate professor of physics, has been working as part of a global team of 18 individuals on the Open Source Physics Project, which aims to provide high-quality, computer-based curricular resources to engage students in physics, computation and computer modeling. The team’s work has earned them the 2020 Excellence in Physics Education award from the American Physical Society.