Eligible Penn State student teams can apply for up to $500 in funding
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Sean Yoder
February 23, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Teams of entrepreneurial undergraduate Penn State students can apply for microgrants of up to $500 in seed money to help get their ideas off the ground.
The microgrants are provided through Lion LaunchPad and in cooperation with the Penn State College of Engineering and its School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs’ (SEDTAPP) engineering entrepreneurship (E-SHIP) program. The funding can help student teams during the very early stages of their idea development and help prepare them to later compete in business competitions at Penn State, as well as enter programs such as the Happy Valley Launchbox FastTrack Accelerator, Summer Founder Program from Invent Penn State and TechCelerator through Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
Students can schedule peer advising sessions in Starfish; Applications also being taken for new ambassadors
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Sean Yoder
March 02, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Undergraduate students can now schedule one-on-one appointments with experienced student researchers to learn more about how to get involved in research at Penn State.
The Undergraduate Research Ambassadors program, from Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring (URFM), began in fall 2020 as the first cohort of student ambassadors was trained to promote undergraduate research at Penn State. Among their responsibilities, ambassadors present to classes and organizations at Penn State, serve as panelists at events and lead information sessions.
Course provided through the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
New instructor online orientation course opens Jan. 18
January 13, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence invites instructors to register for its online New Instructor Orientation (NIO) course.
The course, which is self-directed through Canvas, is offered to all instructors new to Penn State at no charge. It gives a brief introduction to Penn State resources and processes that are crucial to successful teaching at the University. Cindy Decker Raynak, senior instructional designer, and Beate Brunow, associate research professor, at the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, will moderate the course.
Penn State Learning honors fall 2020 outstanding guided study group leaders
December 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State Learning has named Frank Bolton and Marissa Hunt as the recipients of the Outstanding Guided Study Group Leader Award for the fall 2020 semester.
Both students received a certificate of recognition and a stipend of $500. The award, made possible by the generosity of a program alumna, recognizes guided study group (GSG) leaders who commit to creating and sustaining a welcoming and academically supportive learning community for their assigned course. Working closely with course instructors and routinely attending class sessions, leaders host drop-in study sessions online in which they review course materials and help students hone their problem-solving skills in a stimulating and challenging, collaborative learning environment. This semester’s recipients exemplify the award criteria, as noted in the following comments from their nominators.
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Jenkins had an indirect path to Penn State and first started her education at West Chester University. She then transferred to Penn State Lehigh Valley and later changed campuses to University Park. The first-generation college student distinguished herself academically and socially, earning awards for her consistently high GPA, becoming a Schreyer Scholar and participating in the BioMed Amgen Scholars Program at Yale University. Her contributions to improving the atmosphere of diversity and inclusion at Penn State include helping to implement anti-racist training into orientation programming for incoming honors students.
Penn State President Eric Barron praised Jenkins for both her academic achievements and contributions to campus culture.