Category Archives: EMS Activities

EMS THON First Among General Organizations AGAIN!

Glenn De Angelis, a senior energy engineering student, put on his lucky SpongeBob arm bands that he wore last year when he successfully danced for the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon and headed to the Bryce Jordan Center (BJC). As… Continue reading

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Casino Night 2011

Music, mingling, munching, and merriment of all sorts made Casino Night 2011 a fabulous success. Earth and Mineral Science students, staff, and faculty took the Friday before finals (December 9, 2011) to celebrate the season and their close-knit community with… Continue reading

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In Their Own Words: LEAP 2011 Sustainability Research in JAMAICA

Building a compostable toilet, making a mud hut, creating vermiculture tubs and learning about organic farming are just a few of the things 22 freshmen who participated in “Sustainability Research in Jamaica” offered by the College of Earth and Mineral… Continue reading

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Hope (Involvement) Springs Eternal!

“One of the things that I read once that really rang true to me … and it partly helped me get through the storm, is that hope is something that comes from the relationships that people have with one… Continue reading

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TOTEMS 2010

On August 17 TOTEMS began. Purple-shirted upperclassmen, faculty, and staff greeted incoming freshmen with warm welcomes and offers to help the new students’ cart their belongings to their dorms. The weather was ideal with bright sunshine and low humidity… Continue reading

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GLASSBLOWING AND SAND CASTING LEAPERS

Glassblowing and sand casting helped LEAP students ponder the structural properties of two important common materials, glass and aluminum. They weren’t aware of some of the unique properties until they visited the material science labs in the College of Earth… Continue reading

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LEAPING AND BLOGGING

The summer is in full swing with our leap students working on two introductory courses: English 15 and an online MATSE 81. Last week they read C.P. Snow’s Rede Lecture (1959), “Two Cultures,” and Chris Mooney’s and Sheril Kirshenbaum’s… Continue reading

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SPOTLIGHT ON ARIELLE HESSE: EMS STUDENT MARSHALL

It’s hard to picture someone who in just four years will graduate with more than 180 credits and with three majors: Geography, French, and Jewish Studies. Along the way she has accumulated 18 prestigious awards including being named the student… Continue reading

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