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During a virtual update for the University community, President Neeli Bendapudi and Special Adviser for Institutional Equity Jennifer Hamer discussed the recent process to inventory and evaluate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) programs and resources across Penn State’s campuses.  Community members are invited to share questions and comments following the conversation. 

Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts has partnered with the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses on the new Commonwealth Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Program in the Liberal Arts. The initiative gives doctoral students who have defended their dissertation the chance to apply for a one-year non-tenure-track position at a participating Penn State campus, where they can gain experience teaching in a smaller liberal arts environment while also pursuing their research and work...

The Knox County Board of Education approved a measure Wednesday night to hire an outside attorney to advise the county law department in an ongoing legal battle.

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