Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and Westmoreland County Community College, building upon a long-standing relationship, have entered into a new articulation agreement designed to enhance educational opportunities and improve the rate at which students obtain undergraduate degrees in Pennsylvania.
Chris Briggs understands what it means to look to the future and leave a place better than how you found it. As a former teacher, Briggs has taught and mentored hundreds of students. Now he’s teaming up with Penn State Lehigh Valley students for a new initiative.
Penn State University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has named 13 recipients of the 2024 Faculty Engagement Award with this year’s theme of “Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Teaching.” Recipients will collaborate with TLT staff to identify potential uses, constraints and best practices for using generative AI for teaching purposes. Faculty will utilize available generative AI tools including Microsoft Copilot and Adobe Firefly to assist in content creation, course planning and content delivery.
Applications are now being accepted for the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP) Women in Mentoring program. Students, faculty and staff across all Penn State campuses have free access to virtual technology programming thanks to a partnership with TCCP spearheaded by Penn State Harrisburg, a longtime member of the council.
Jennifer Jewell, teaching professor in the physical therapist assistant program at Penn State Shenango; Pamela Pologruto, teaching professor of physical therapist assistant at Penn State Fayette; Laura Cruz, research professor at Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence; and faculty members from Penn State Lehigh Valley presented at the 2024 Lilly Conference in Austin, Texas.
This spring, Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Richardson traveled to India to sign two memoranda of understanding between the campus and two universities — Rajkiya Kanya MahaVidyalaya and Gautam Group of Colleges.
The path to earning a STEM-based degree just became a little easier for Penn State Lehigh Valley engineering students Juan Antonio Mosquera Krik and Daniela Fernandez, thanks to technology company Broadcom, which has deep ties and a location within the Lehigh Valley.
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the third year of Penn State's Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards.
The agenda for the third annual Open and Affordable Showcase, recently held at Penn State Lehigh Valley, focused on the sharing of experiences and perspectives on open education. For the first time, the event reached beyond the Lehigh Valley to invite faculty and staff from across Penn State’s eastern Commonwealth Campuses to present and participate.
