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Iris and Ed Beckwith, longtime Penn State volunteer leaders, partnered with Penn State to create the Beckwith Family Educational Equity Scholarship for Student Affairs, according to a Thursday release. The scholarship will be awarded to full-time undergraduates who contribute to Penn State's diversity, demonstrate financial need or participate in a student organization, the release said. The Beckwiths donated $25,000, which was matched 2 to 1 by Penn State through the university's Educational Equity matching program. For Penn State, Ed served on the executive committee of "For the Future: The...

Barron discusses access and affordability strategies to support students Scholarships, academic advising, food security, new housing grants and more are topics of focus during president’s presentation to Board of Trustees Old Main's bell tower. Image: Patrick Mansell Barron discusses access and affordability strategies to support students May 07, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State is committed to providing students with an accessible and affordable high-quality education, and the University is employing a range of creative strategies to help manage educational costs and meet student...

Purdue Summer Start program honored with Students in Transition Award Note to journalists: Images of student mentors are available on a Google Drive. John Gipson is available for web-based interviews. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. Makayla Colby, a junior in the College of Education and a mentor in the Summer Start program, places welcome materials in a residence hall room for incoming Summer Start students. Summer Start was named one of the recipients of the 2020 John N. Gardner Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award. (Purdue Universit...

>> it is not the official summer start of barbecues season. memorial day. a top official at health and human services claiming reports the agency lost track of nearly 1,500 children is misleading. a statement released saying the children are not lost. he insists it is a case of sponsors not responding to follow-up calls and the agency is not under obligation to make the calls. he says the calls are made voluntarily. >> he writes, many cannot be reached because they themselves are illegal aliens and do not want to be reached by federal authorities. this information came to light in the meetin...