Celebrities hold sway in politics, researchers at Penn State said, and often weigh in on matters that can become political. Here, the cast of "Ted Lasso" joined Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, third from left, for a press briefing on March 20, 2023, at the White House. The cast visited the White House to discuss the importance of mental health.
The 2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members are, from top left, Alison Borkowska, Chris Gamrat, Dawn Pfeifer Reitz, Dylan Paré; Emily Rimland, Kevin Haworth, John Haubrick, Kimberley Hemmings-Jarrett; Mary Ann Smith, Melanie Miller Foster, Stuart Selber and Tiffany Petricini. Not pictured is Seth Powless.
Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT), part of Penn State University Libraries, has announced the Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee for the 2024-25 academic year. The committee is pivotal in guiding TLT on integrating technology within teaching and learning at Penn State.
Brett Spencer, reference and instruction librarian for the Thun Library at Penn State Berks, received the 2024 Innovation and Advocacy in Library History Award presented by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association.
Brett Spencer, reference and instruction librarian for the Thun Library at Penn State Berks, received the 2024 Innovation and Advocacy in Library History Award presented by the Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). The award acknowledges those who have made recent substantive contributions to LHRT or the wider library history community by promoting library history in exceptional or new ways or by reaching new audiences.
From left are Sadan Kulturel-Konak, professor of management information systems and the director of the college’s Flemming Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED) Center; Abdullah Konak, distinguished professor of information sciences and technology; and Ryan Hassler, teaching professor of mathematics.
Sadan Kulturel-Konak is a professor of management information systems and director of the Flemming Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED) Center at Penn State Berks.
Sadan Kulturel-Konak, professor of management information systems and director of the Flemming Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center at Penn State Berks, will be formally recognized with the 2024 American Society of Engineering Education Middle Atlantic Section Distinguished Teaching Award at the association’s fall conference at Farmingdale State College, Oct. 25-26.
With approximately 12% of the population in Berks and Schuylkill Counties living in poverty, food banks are a critical resource for those who face hunger issues. Penn State Berks faculty are collaborating with faculty at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local food banks. The team has recently received a seed grant from the Penn State Institute for Computational Data Sciences as part of the Inter-Institutional Program for Diversifying Research to explore this issue.
