Penn State, Rethinking Urban Poverty project receive engagement award
Penn State and the Rethinking Urban Poverty: the Philadelphia Field Project, headed by Professor Lakshman Yapa, were recognized as the 2008 recipients of the C. Peter Magrath University Community...
View ArticleAlternative Spring Break registration deadline is Feb. 13
Applications are being accepted now through Feb. 13 for Penn State students to partake in Alternative Spring Break, March 7-13 at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, W.V. The trip is...
View ArticleSpaces available for Harrisburg Service Experience
Registrations are open for Penn State students to attend the Harrisburg Service experience on Saturday (March 28). Space is limited, and the group will leave at 7 a.m. from the HUB-Robeson Center,...
View ArticleAlternative Spring Break offers chance for service learning
Penn State's Office of Student Activities is sponsoring 2010 Alternative Spring Break, a seven-day, six-night service learning trip to Benton, W.V. This service learning trip is designed as an...
View ArticlePenn State Lehigh Valley students choose service for spring break
As college students across the country head to sandy beaches and other vacation destinations to create spring break memories this month, 22 Penn State Lehigh Valley students will spend March 8 to12 in...
View ArticlePenn State Lehigh Valley students choose service for spring break
As college students across the country head to sandy beaches and other vacation destinations to create spring break memories this month, 22 Penn State Lehigh Valley students will spend March 8 to 12 in...
View ArticleLandscape architecture faculty lead service-learning project in Africa
For the past six weeks, 11 Penn State students and two faculty members have been working, studying and conducting research in Tanzania as part of a study abroad and service-learning initiative...
View ArticleStudents experience service learning at Penn State Berks
Jui-Chi Huang, assistant professor of economics at Penn State Berks, has been incorporating service learning into his curriculum this semester. With the support of the Laboratory for Public Scholarship...
View ArticleBerks' Grobman wins Outstanding Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year
Laurie Grobman, professor of English and women's studies at Penn State Berks, will be recognized as one of the best in American higher education when she is named Outstanding Baccalaureate College...
View ArticleStudents explore ocean mysteries, help local community appreciate coral reefs
Spending spring break in the Bahamas may seem the perfect way to relax—but if you’re an aspiring scientist, it’s the ideal chance to collect data and study unsolved ocean mysteries.
View ArticleStudents teach business basics in rural Panama during spring break
Eighteen Penn State students, including three in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, spent their spring break helping small business owners in the village of Arimae, Panama, strengthen their...
View ArticleLandscape architecture faculty lead service-learning project in Africa
For the past six weeks, 11 Penn State students and two faculty members have been working, studying and conducting research in Tanzania as part of a study abroad and service-learning initiative...
View Article'Be loving, be kind, give back'
Penn State Beaver students give what amounts to more than $20,000 in economic value to the community each year.
View ArticlePenn State Beaver students create historic walking app
Three Penn State Beaver students created a historic walking app for a neighboring county as part of a service learning project.
View ArticleNew Kensington students working in Navajo Nation during spring break
When they could be unwinding in Florida or Cancun after a week of midterm exams, nine Penn State New Kensington students are spending spring break, March 7-11, at the Navajo Nation in Arizona. The...
View ArticleNew Kensington students ‘dig’ the Navajo experience
It featured Penn State New Kensington student Trevor Guercio building an outhouse. No, it wasn’t an episode of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel. It was a spring break trip in Arizona. Guercio, a...
View ArticleNursing students participate in Jared Box service project
The Penn State College of Nursing's honor society, Beta Sigma, selected the Jared Box Project as its service project for spring 2016. Created by nursing students at Penn State Schuylkill and several...
View ArticleBlast from the past
Students in Beaver's freshman engineering design class repaired a blacksmith forge for a local historical society.
View ArticlePenn State Berks students put environmental awareness at forefront
For the past five years, students in the BI SC 003 Environmental Science course at Penn State Berks have worked collaboratively in teams to complete an Environmental Awareness and Community Action...
View ArticleBrandywine student develops, leads community engagement project
Creating positive change in the community is a mission that Kevin Cauley has approached head-on as a freshman at Penn State Brandywine. With support from faculty, staff and fellow students, the...
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