On Oct. 12, Penn State Global hosted a multi-campus synchronous Day of Service aimed at getting students involved in sustainability work in their communities. More than 80 students from five campuses – Abington, Berks, Brandywine, Great Valley and University Park – participated in four service experiences, which conclude with the Global Sustainable Action Conference on Nov. 16-17.
The Pennsylvania Council for International Education honored Nicole Stokes, a mid-career faculty and administrator at Penn State, with its lifetime achievement award.
Kimberley Hemmings-Jarrett, assistant teaching professor of business and social science at Penn State Abington, recently integrated two Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) projects into her embedded course on social media analytics and inclusive leisure last fall. The EDGE program, a global virtual exchange initiative rooted in project-based learning, draws inspiration from the Collaborative Online International Learning program established at the State University of New York. Since 2022, Hemmings-Jarrett has leveraged the EDGE program in her teaching efforts.
Penn State Global has announced the 2023-24 recipients of its annual awards that recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and academic programs at Penn State who have helped to advance the University’s global engagement goals.
Keisha Johnson originally traveled to Ghana for 10 days with Penn State Abington faculty to support students enrolled in an embedded course — and ended up helping young women and girls who live 5,000 miles away from her Philadelphia home.
A newly awarded $1 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant will allow a group of multidisciplinary researchers at Penn State, in collaboration with Georgia Tech, to develop an early warning system for identifying and responding to emerging substance use threats such as the rise of fentanyl overdoses in our communities.
Saul Flores, the son of undocumented immigrants who walked 5,000 miles from Latin America to North Carolina, told Penn State Abington students that discovering the community they were meant to serve can lead to immense change.
Zhanel DeVides, assistant professor of accounting at Penn State Abington, is in Finland this semester researching how the gender of corporate executives influences market expectations for future earnings.
Aneesah Smith, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Penn State Abington, will deliver a hybrid lecture, titled "Fostering a Sense of Belonging to Improve Campus Culture," on June 15 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Foster Auditorium at University Park and via Zoom.
