Penn State Beaver has come alive again as most of the freshmen who will be living in Harmony Hall moved in Aug. 18, 2016. Athletes and out-of-state and international students moved in a day or two before.
Patricia Greene's keynote address, "Entrepreneurship Education: Global Trends and Practices," engaged the audience at the fourth annual ENTI Minor Faculty and Friends Summer Gathering. Greene is a leader in entrepreneurship education.
John R. Chapin, professor of communications at Penn State Beaver, is the author of “I Know You Are, But What Am I? Adolescents’ Third-Person Perception Regarding Dating Violence,” an article recently published in The Journal of Educational Research.
Beaver administration of justice instructor LaVarr McBride received a Schreyer grant, which he hopes will be "an opportunity to involve our students in hands-on criminal justice" and help crime victims and offenders connect and heal.
Over her four years at Penn State Beaver, Jessica Findling served as a resident assistant, worked at the Center for Academic Achievement, and headed the Psychology Club. And, maybe most significantly, created a school family away from her biological family that helped to build her confidence and prepared her for graduate school.
Enrique Gomez, Ralph Colby and Scott Milner are working to design the molecular structures of conducting polymers for applications in flexible electronics. The work is focused on predicting fundamental polymeric properties, such as the stiffness of the polymer chain and other physical and chemical properties.
