Penn State Beaver Chancellor Jenifer Cushman will be leaving the University to become president of the University of Maine at Augusta, starting her new position on July 1.
Penn State Beaver and RiverWise are hosting “The Current” at 6:30 p.m. May 17 in the Student Union Building Lodge at Penn State Beaver. The featured speaker will be Robin Bower, associate professor of Spanish in comparative literature at Penn State Beaver, who will talk about the power of storytelling to connect people across divides.
A new research program for students will be launched this coming fall: The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Undergraduate Student Research Fund aims to support student-led projects in different fields. Participants will acquire hands-on experience in research, scholarship, and artistic efforts. They will be responsible for creating their own research problems, study proposals, methodologies, and presenting their findings.
De-stress Fest takes place at five branch libraries across the University Park campus and at 12 Penn State campuses across the commonwealth, offering free snacks, games, activities, art therapy and other stress-management options, which vary with location.
A group of Penn State Beaver students traveled to Ireland over spring break. For one student, junior Caellin Miller, the trip was a special opportunity to learn more about her heritage and visit places she had heard about from her grandmother, who is originally from Ireland.
Penn State Beaver released the results of a survey of students’ experiences with and attitudes about sexual misconduct on April 12, including a finding that while 90.2% of students reported feeling safe from sexual violence on campus, 16.3% of students reported being the victim of at least one instance or attempt of sexual assault. The results are part of a comprehensive University-wide survey conducted last fall.
Rachel Zughaib, registrar at Penn State Beaver, has been named the 2023 Staff Excellence Award winner. The award recognizes the consistently outstanding performance of a staff member who has demonstrated and practiced the philosophy of continuous quality improvement, team spirit, managerial excellence in the performance of assigned duties, and leadership in establishing a quality service orientation, so as to benefit their unit and the University.
Scott Cunningham, a 1980 Penn State graduate and Penn State Beaver's 2022 Outstanding Alumnus, attributes the kindness he was shown during his years at the Beaver campus for his success. Cunningham remains committed to helping the Beaver campus through his volunteer efforts.
