The Ecology Institute has awarded 11 proposals from across the University as part of its Flower Grant program, including five projects submitted by faculty at Commonwealth Campuses. The funds provided by the Flower Grant aim to support ecology research focused across the institute’s five core themes.
In a continuing effort to offer training relevant to the area workforce needs, Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education will offer the Personal Care Home Administrator Training program virtually through Zoom beginning in August. The 100-hour program will prepare graduates to enter a career in administration of long-term personal care facilities.
This summer Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education has transitioned its highly successful summer camp programming to remote delivery. Students in grades K-8 can join new classes using the virtual delivery of Zoom. Children will work with teachers and other students remotely as they do hands-on activities. Lists of the supplies needed to participate will be emailed to the parent/guardian’s email after registration and before the class begins. Grade level is determined by the grade the child will be in this fall.
Penn State was awarded 10 grants through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Manufacturing PA initiative. The initiative awarded $2.8 million, across 43 grants in total, and will bring together government, industry, and higher education in holistic collaboration to spur new technologies and processes in the manufacturing sector.
Twenty-four colleagues from 10 Penn State campuses, the University of Virginia and University of Wisconsin-Madison convened via Zoom on June 16 and 17, 2020, to discuss teaching the "The Art and Science of Human Flourishing," a 3-credit course for Penn State undergraduates. Among the concepts explored was "how we can compassionately hold ourselves and each other more accountable to participate in social change and to be a force for good in the world."
University students and educators alike are grappling with turbulent times, and Penn State’s course on the “Art and Science of Human Flourishing” is well-positioned to help undergraduates to develop strategies for caring for themselves and others. Robert Roeser, Bennett Pierce Professor of Caring and Compassion, explored ways to adapt the course to current events, along with 23 colleagues from 10 Penn State campuses, University of Virginia and University of Wisconsin-Madison, during the morning of the 2nd Annual Human Flourishing Summer Teaching Institute, held on June 16 and 17 via Zoom.
