Daily Archives: August 16, 2018

HHD Undergraduate Education Newsletter, August 16, 2018

  • The HHD Dean’s Welcome for new students is Sunday, August 19 from 2:30-4:30 PM in 100 Thomas Building (for 1st year students) and  102 Thomas Building for transfer & Change of Campus students. This is a required meeting for all new students–in addition to important information, we’ll have some gifts for a few lucky students. We are looking forward to seeing all of you there! 
  • The HHD Dean’s Ice Cream Social is Monday, August 20, from 4:30-6 PM, Henderson Bldg Steps–Creamery ice cream and gift card raffle for all new students. This is a great opportunity to meet faculty, advisers, students, alumni.  At the same time our HHD Student Org Involvement Fair will be held in Henderson Building, so come make connections with HHD student leaders.
  • The Center for Student Advising and Engagement in Room 5 Henderson Building will have walk in hours for students with fall schedule issues August 21-25 from 9:00a.m-noon and 1:00p.m.-4:00p.m. each day. 
  • The Student Engagement Network Grant Program is now accepting applications for Fall 2018! The SEN will be awarding grants of up to $3,000 to support student engagement experiences. Examples include financial support for unpaid internships or research opportunities, living expenses, travel costs, and conference fees. Grant funding can also be used to compensate a student working fewer hours in order to be involved in a student club or organization on campus. The application will be open August 17 through August 31 and can be found at http://www.engage.psu.edu/students/grants/. If you have questions about the grant program or how to apply, visit SEN in 102 HUB-Robeson Center, email engage@psu.edu, or call (814) 863-5995.
  • Monday, August 27, 7-8 PM, HHD Building, Atrium and Patio, HHD Student Council Welcome Meeting
  • If you are an undergraduate international student, Penn State’s EPPIC (English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center) provides a wide array of workshops to help students improve their communication skills.  To learn more about their programs and services visit: http://www.eppic.la.psu.edu/services
  • Take a Professor to Lunch (or Coffee or Ice Cream): The HHD Dean’s Office will pay for lunch, coffee, or ice cream for up to five HHD students and one HHD faculty member at any one of the University’s on-campus eating establishments. As one of the most popular colleges at Penn State, we know how hard it can be to get to know your professors in our majors. But, we also know our faculty are wonderful people, and would love the opportunity to get to know you.  The charge card has a set monthly limit, so call early in the month to reserve your place.  Each HHD student is eligible to participate once per semester; faculty may participate as often as they are asked! http://hhd.psu.edu/undergraduate-education/take-professor-lunch
  • September 15 is the final application deadline for students wishing to study abroad for spring semester 2019. Visit https://gpglobalea.gp.psu.edu/ for more information or drop in to see a peer advisor in 422 Boucke, weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
  • The Class of 2022 is invited to attend President’s New Student Convocation on Saturday, August 18 at 7:45 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center. All new, first-year students are required to attend the President’s New Student Convocation, which serves as your official introduction to the academic life and traditions at Penn State. Parents & Family Members are invited to watch a Live Stream of the event at wpsu.org/live beginning at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, August 18. For more information see https://orientation.psu.edu/convocation
  • Welcome Week is a tradition at Penn State. Welcome Week is full of activities to help you get to know University Park, meet new friends, and learn about the new opportunities available to you here. Please see the schedule http://orientation.psu.edu/content/welcome-week-schedule
  • The Gender Equity Center is collaborating with the LGBTQA Student Resource Center, AIDS Resource, and Penn State’s Presidential Leadership Academy to bring award-winning speaker Scott Fried to campus for a number of engagement activities. His main talk and workshop is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 in 233A HUB and is free and open to all! You can learn more about the event at https://www.facebook.com/events/2179235875674845/. Scott is an award-winning international public speaker, HIV/AIDS educator, and author. For more than 25 years he has lectured to more than 1 million teenagers and adults in nearly every U.S. state, as well as in Israel, England, Canada, Holland, and Honduras. He has spoken at more than 1,000 colleges/universities and other spaces. You can also learn more about Scott at http://scottfried.com/.
  • As part of Penn State’s ongoing commitment to strengthen student financial literacy, Penn State’s Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center supports students through education and training. To learn more about how they can help students, visit financialliteracy.psu.edu.
  • Penn State Youth as Researchers 2018: Do you want to learn about social science research in a safe environment? Want to research a social justice topic of your choice to understand more about what’s going on in your community? Want to make a change? Keep an eye out to join UNESCO’s Penn State branch of Youth as Researchers! Applications will become available Starting August 15, 2018 and will stay open until August 30th, 2018. Starting in September you’ll have the chance to join in a small research group and conduct your own research! Teams meet 2-3 hours each week, design their projects, conduct research, analyze and have the opportunity to present to a variety of audiences! Contact: Kaila Thorn at Kvt5218@psu.edu
  • MCAT Scholarships: There are four 100% scholarships for MCAT courses through Kaplan. Both need and merit will be considered by the Prehealth Office and other committee members in the determination of the awards. Scholarships can be used for In Person, Live Online, or Self-Paced courses. The scholarship must be redeemed by December 31, 2018, meaning you need to register for a class by that date. Deadline to apply is September 15, 2018. Awardees will be notified mid-October. To qualify, students should be at least 4th semester standing, and should have completed the majority of their coursework for the MCAT. Info at http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/mcat-scholarship/