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.
Robin Bower, an associate professor of Spanish in comparative literature at Penn State Beaver, will be the featured speaker in the next event for “The Current,” a speaker series hosted by Penn State Beaver and RiverWise.
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.