The Penn State Lehigh Valley campus hosted "We Are ... One World and We Are ... Penn State Lehigh Valley,” a community-service project that came out of a class assignment for HDFS 287 Intercultural Community-Building taught by Sandy Kile, instructor in communication arts and sciences. The goal was to raise a total of $500 to put toward one Penn State Lehigh Valley student attending a spring 2017 short-term study abroad program.
The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley has announced its spring 2017 session options, which will be held from Jan. 16 to April 13. Workshops include Ceramics for Beginners, Drawing and Painting Design Fundamentals, Beginning Metals and Jewelry and Advanced Metals and Jewelry, and Introduction to 3D Design.
Applications for the Penn State Secondary Mathematics Noyce Scholarship Program must be submitted by Jan. 18, 2017. The competitive renewable scholarships will provide $19,000 per year for eligible students’ last two years of college.
With Penn State’s recent announcement of the next six communities to receive seed-grant funding through its Invent Penn State initiative, the University’s economic development effort has grown to include 13 hubs for innovation spread across Pennsylvania.
Two evenings a week, Sandy Kile, instructor in communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley, drives about seven miles from the Lehigh Valley campus to Roberto Clemente Charter High School (RCCS) on South Fourth Street in downtown Allentown.
The Penn State Lehigh Valley CHANCE program (Connecting Humans and Nature through Conservation Experiences) has announced the winners of its second annual CHANCE Idol competition. The Green Sierra Club of State College Area High School, under the advising and mentorship of science teacher Susan Braun, claimed the top prize for their video, "Deforestation," and environmental project. The $2,000 check was presented to the students and their school during an assembly on Nov. 18, in the auditorium in State College Area High School's south building.
The reality of urbanization and industrialization is leaving a mark on an important life-sustaining resource -- water -- especially in China. Students from Penn State University and China's Jiangnan University recently addressed the problem head-on, undertaking field research on the shores of Lake Taihu, China's third largest fresh water lake, from May 14-31. While there, they studied the effects of industrial, municipal and urban development within Jiangsu Province- -- one of the most industrialized regions in China -- and offered strategic suggestions for the lake's restoration.
