Walt Everetts, a Penn State alumnus and retired aerospace engineer, will share his story and offer his thoughts to Penn State Beaver graduates at the campus' May 9 commencement ceremony.
John R. Chapin is pictured posing with “Ari,” one of Crisis Center North’s, a nonprofit domestic violence counseling and resource center, therapy dogs. Ari provides emotional support to survivors during individual therapy/counseling sessions, as well as courtroom accompaniment.
Beaver Communications Professor John Chapin is a violence prevention expert who has spent more than a decade working with public schools on anti-bullying programs.
Beaver Communications Professor John Chapin is a violence prevention expert who has spent more than a decade working with public schools on anti-bullying programs.
A new study exploring how therapy dogs can create a safe, nonjudgmental environment for survivors of domestic violence in educational, therapeutic and courtroom settings was recently published posthumously on behalf of John R. Chapin, professor emeritus of communications at Penn State Beaver. The research highlights the ways therapy dogs, who are trained to provide emotional support to survivors, can reduce anxiety, foster trust and facilitate positive outcomes.
Research completed by the late John Chapin, a professor emeritus of communications at Penn State Beaver, has now been published posthumously because of his former student, Michael Brayack, a 2014 Penn State Beaver graduate, and Chapin's wife, Grace Coleman.
Penn State Beaver's Director of Development Andrew DiPietrantonio looks through a microscope as student Phoenix McCafferty explains the research project to campus visitor Bruce Hartle of the Aliquippa Wolves Club. McCafferty's research project, titled “Cryptobiosis – The Secret to Immortality? The Mechanisms Behind Tardigrade Cryptobiosis,” was selected as the Information Literacy Award winner at the annual undergraduate exhibition.
Penn State Beaver students presented their research, engaged scholarship and creative activity projects Wednesday at the 24th annual John R. Chapin Undergraduate Exhibition. The exhibition allows students to showcase and present their in-depth, original and scholarly work and research.
Students take a break from studying to pet a visiting therapy dog during the Libraries De-Stress Fest, which takes place this semester at various Libraries locations from Apr. 28 to May 8.
