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Abington offers two new support groups for students

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 30, 2012 - 9:03am
Penn State Abington is reaching out to students who are struggling to find their place in the college community with the formation of two new support groups, according to Donna Monk, director of health services at Abington....

More Than 100 Handmade Scarves Donated to Special Olympics

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 27, 2012 - 12:01pm
Since 2003, Penn State Brandywine Student Affairs Specialist Diane Shorter and Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Laura Guertin have led an initiative to create handmade items for nonprofit organizations with an identified need. Again this year, campus and community members came together with knitting needles and crochet hooks to make scarves ...

Penn Staters gather to remember JoePa at Philadelphia area campuses

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 27, 2012 - 11:35am
Students, alumni, community members, faculty and staff came together throughout the Philadelphia region to remember Coach Joe Paterno on Thursday, Jan. 26 as the three area Penn State campuses each live-streamed the two-and-half hour tribute, "A Memorial for Joe," that took place on the University Park campus. ...

Women's basketball head coach earns 100th collegiate win

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 26, 2012 - 11:56am
Penn State Brandywine women's basketball Head Coach Larry Johnson celebrated his 100th career collegiate win on Friday, Jan. 20 against Penn State Beaver....

Get an up-close perspective of van Gogh

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 23, 2012 - 9:59am
Get an insider's perspective of the upcoming Vincent van Gogh exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, 30 E. Swedesford Rd., Malvern. Curator Jennifer Thompson will discuss van Gogh's tumultuous period of feverish artistic experimentation from 1886 until his ...

Abington students 'Learn, Act, Serve' during Discover Service week

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 20, 2012 - 4:51pm
Penn State Abington students launched Discover Service week by making and delivering hundreds of sandwiches to the homeless, writing letters to international leaders, and getting dirty while cleaning up the exterior of a Philadelphia worship center. ...

Abington chancellor expands sexual harassment resource team

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 20, 2012 - 4:47pm
Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler last week fulfilled her promise to expand the sexual harassment resource team at the campus with the appointment of two new members....

Annual 'A Night with the Pride' to raise money for scholarships

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 20, 2012 - 9:55am
Penn State Brandywine will host its fourth annual "A Night with the Pride" Beef 'n' Beverage event to bring together friends of Penn State and raise money for student scholarships at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 at the Ballrooms at Boothwyn....

Campus to hold 'Pink Zone' game to raise breast cancer awareness

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 19, 2012 - 1:16pm
The Penn State Brandywine women's basketball team will host Penn State Fayette at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, in a game benefiting the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone....

Free lecture on compensation fraud versus efficient contracting

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 17, 2012 - 4:56pm
The likelihood of turnover in CEO, CFO and general counsel positions is significantly higher in the aftermath of stock option backdatings. To address this issue, Penn State Great Valley presents "Executive Turnover Following Option Backdating Allegations," noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8, Room 224, Main Building, 30 E. Swedesford Rd., Malvern. ...

Test drive a graduate course at Penn State Great Valley

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 17, 2012 - 4:54pm
Penn State Great Valley invites the community to sample the first half of a graduate class beginning at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7, Main Building, 30 E. Swedesford Rd., Malvern. Choose from courses in education, engineering, information science, business administration and leadership development. At the class break, enjoy refreshments and meet with ...

Abington students experience the 'Keeper of the Dream'

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 16, 2012 - 1:49pm
It could have been 1963. It appeared as if civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., with his powerful presence and message, was exhorting a room full of college students with "I Have A Dream." In reality, it was 2012, and the Penn State Abington students were actually being mesmerized by Jim Lucas, a presenter who bears a traffic-stopping ...

Distinguished nurse, educator leads Abington nursing programs

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 13, 2012 - 4:26pm
Brenda Holtzer, the first coordinator of the Penn State Abington registered nurse (RN) to bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in nursing program, has spent more than 30 years studying, teaching, managing and caring for critically and chronically ill patients. She brings a wealth of education and experience to Abington's new program for registered ...

Student artwork on display Jan. 19

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 13, 2012 - 9:51am
Penn State Brandywine will celebrate and appreciate the artwork created by students last semester during a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, in the John D. Vairo Library, room 112....

Native plant horticulturist to speak at Penn State Brandywine

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 13, 2012 - 9:47am
Mark Gormel, a native plant horticulturalist and nature photographer, will visit Penn State Brandywine to present "Native Plants, Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Healthy Watersheds - What's the Connection?" on Sunday, Feb. 12 in the Tomezsko Classroom Building Auditorium (room 103). ...

Art exhibit is 'Seeing Red'

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 12, 2012 - 1:20pm
Penn State Great Valley proudly presents a unique, multi-medium exhibit spotlighting the many shades and moods of red. "Seeing Red - Juried Art Exhibit" will be on display from Tuesday, Jan. 17 through Friday, Feb. 24 in The Gallery, the Conference Center Building, 30 E. Swedesford Rd., Malvern. The exhibit is free and open to the public, Mondays ...

Literary Landings: 'The Diary is Not Dead'

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 11, 2012 - 2:46pm
Linda Patterson Miller, the 2011-12 Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington, is sharing her thoughts and observations of her laureate experience as she journeys across the Commonwealth aiming to engage people in the beauty of the humanities; specifically early 20th-century American literature and art. "Literary ...

Laureate's 2012 speaking schedule begins in Lewistown, State College

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 11, 2012 - 1:37pm
Linda Patterson Miller, the 2011-12 Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington will be speaking at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19 at the Penn State Learning Center in Lewistown. Miller's presentation "Hemingway in Letters, Literature and Life" will be offered in conjunction with the Learning Center's community lecture series, "Lobby ...

Affirmative Action vice provost presents sexual harassment workshop

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 9, 2012 - 2:20pm
Kenneth Lehrman, vice provost for affirmative action, conducted a sexual harassment workshop for faculty and staff at Penn State Abington last week. Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler initiated Lehrman's visit to further the goal of creating a safe environment for all in the wake of the abuse scandal....

Family bakes to bring joy to Parris Island Boot Camp during holidays

Penn State Live - Philadelphia Region - January 9, 2012 - 11:23am
Theresa Walls, staff assistant in the IT Department at Penn State Brandywine, brought cheer and a taste of home to her nephew, Mark Smith, and his fellow Marine recruits by baking chocolate chip cookies for them over the holidays. Smith is stationed at Parris Island, S.C. and is in his tenth week of boot camp training....
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