For Assistant Professor of Psychology Jacob Sawyer, there is no doubt that higher ed and teaching students at Penn State Mont Alto is exactly where he's supposed to be.
The top six Penn State student startup teams have been selected for the 2021 Inc.U Competition and will compete on WPSU’s Shark Tank-style TV show “The Investment” for a chance at a share of up to $30,000 in funding for their startup.
Twenty Penn State teams with students from seven different colleges and six campuses, including Penn State World Campus, will each be awarded $500 to compete in the Prototype Phase of the 2021 Nittany AI Challenge. Teams were selected based on their potential for positive impact on the world, all using AI for Good to develop solutions that address real-world challenges in education, environment, health and humanitarianism.
Penn State is planning a phased return over the summer semester to a full on-campus learning environment for fall 2021. The University’s priorities continue to be the health and well-being of its students, faculty, staff and local communities, and the plans for expanded in-person classes have the flexibility built in to quickly respond to changing pandemic conditions, if necessary.
Christopher Sabol, a forest ecosystem management major in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, recently received the John Mabry Forestry Scholarship from the Railway Tie Association.
Penn State Mont Alto continues its focus on diversity and inclusion with its Race, Equity, and Action series, funded by a grant from Barnes & Noble Education.
Penn State has decided to delay the start of in-person classes and transition to a fully remote learning environment for the beginning of the spring 2021 semester at all campus locations. This decision was made following extensive analysis and scenario planning given worsening virus conditions nationally and across the state indicating predictions of rising hospitalization rates in the coming weeks.
As part of National First-Generation College Celebration, the Student Success Center is pleased to highlight stories of several first-generation students who, with support from Complete Penn State, overcome obstacles to earn their Penn State degrees and achieve their academic goals.
The Penn State University Libraries’ “Ask a Librarian” online service instantly connects users to a Penn State librarian via live chat. Every day, “Ask A Librarian” serves numerous visitors and offers assistance with locating books and documents that are not available online, uncovering and accessing online information that may require an expensive subscription, untangling complex questions, and connecting researchers with the Penn State information specialist who can best address a specific inquiry.
