Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2025 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award, named after Penn State’s seventh president, honors excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.
The fall 2024 cohort of the Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders program have successfully completed their semester-long professional development experience.
Penn State's Campus-wide Accessible Syllabus Competition highlights the importance of accessibility in higher education and the University's new tool in Canvas — Anthology Ally.
Penn State has announced the selection of 23 faculty members for the Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders program for fall 2024. This initiative highlights individuals who have demonstrated exceptional potential for academic leadership and innovation within their fields.
Penn State announced the recipients of the inaugural Commonwealth Campus Undergraduate Community-Engaged Research Awards, a new program designed for faculty who specifically support undergraduate student participation in research that aims to improve community well-being.
Three faculty members at Penn State Hazleton received promotions in their academic ranks, effective July 1. Lori Reno was promoted to associate teaching professor of business, Shannon Richie was promoted to librarian and Megan Schall was promoted to associate professor of biology.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Academic Leadership Program in 2024-25 will include six new fellows from Penn State. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the United States’ preeminent model for effective collaboration among research universities. The Academic Leadership Program focuses on addressing the challenges of academic administration at major research universities.
Jeffrey Chiampi has been hired as associate teaching professor of computer science and computer science program coordinator at Penn State Hazleton. Chiampi spent the last 10 years as a faculty member at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Penn State Hazleton Associate Professor of Business Sherry Robinson's recent Fulbright Specialist award — her third award from the U.S. Fulbright Program — provided yet another opportunity to share her expertise with students at colleges and universities around the world.
