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.
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.
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 is providing students with opportunities to improve their networking skills as they prepare to search for internships and jobs. During the 2022-23 academic year, the campus held two networking events for students. The success of those events is acting as a springboard for more networking opportunities for students in the 2023-24 academic year.
Carey McDougall, chief academic officer at Penn State Beaver, has been named the campus’ interim chancellor, effective July 1. McDougall succeeds Chancellor Jenifer Cushman, who recently was named president of the University of Maine at Augusta. A national search will be conducted to find a permanent chancellor for Penn State Beaver.
Penn State and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, announced the awarded grants of the third round of the Collaboration Program, a jointly financed seed program with the aim to collaborate on research and education projects. The first two cycles of the program provided funding to 34 projects. The two institutions committed these seed funds for a third round, and funded five projects around the topic of Global Challenges or Matters of Bilateral Importance to Australia and the United States.
People visiting Penn State Beaver or passing by campus on Old Brodhead Road may notice work at the entrance: The J.P. Giusti Amphitheater at the campus entrance will be torn down and replaced with natural landscaping and a space for students and the community to gather.
Penn State University Libraries presented its sixth annual "Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy" honors at the end of the spring 2023 semester to 136 students at 20 undergraduate Penn State campuses.
