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Seven students all wearing black shirts pose in an awkward photos with very serious expressions

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The Penn State Beaver Peer Mentors pose for an awkward photo for the Center for Academic Achievement door. The peer mentors are, from left, Errett Sedlacek, Samruddhi Palve, Katie Enderle, Mehrail Aziz, Colton Litfin, Kaylah Arias and Payton Rock.

Glass door and large windows are decorated with a Peanuts theme. The door looks like Snoopy's dog house.

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The Office of Continuing Education chose a Peanuts theme for Penn State Beaver's annual door decorating contest.

A photo of a man and two women holding a giant check in front of a Penn State Beaver wall

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Trey Jackson, left, manager of the Gold Bond plant in Shippingport, presents a check to Jill Valentine, center, director of Continuing Education, and Dana Alvetro, education program coordinator. The GivingTuesday gift from National Gypsum will support Penn State Beaver's STEAM summer camps for area youth.

A yard sign says Meadow Establishment in Progress

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Signs posted around the new meadow area at Penn State Beaver explains the project, which takes several years and multiple phases to complete.

A large tractor pulls a seed spreader along an area of dead grass

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Glenn Kenny of Native BEE-Ginnings keeps an eye on the hopper as a no-til seed spreader works its away across the hillside at Penn State Beaver. The seeds that were planted Nov. 19 will become a full meadow by the summer of 2027.

A large tractor pulls a seed spreader along an area of dead grass

Turf-to-meadow project increases biodiversity, creates living learning lab

Four acres of Penn State Beaver lawn is about to become a biodiverse meadow that will not only have numerous ecological benefits but will become a living learning environment for students. The process, called turf to meadow, involves killing the existing manicured lawn, preparing the soil and reseeding the area with a mixture of native grasses and flowers.

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The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) is awarding 20 fellowships to University faculty through its Faculty Upskilling Fellowships in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum sciences program. The institute is investing over $300,000 to support 14 AI-focused fellowships, two quantum-focused fellowships and four fellowships that combine AI and quantum sciences. The program provides faculty members with the opportunity to learn new skills in these domains and to focus on professional development.