The Allentown Morning Call mentioned Denise Ogden, professor of marketing at Penn State Lehigh Valley, received the 2017 George W. Atherton Award.

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Penn State Lehigh Valley sophomores Joseph Hazler, Rachel Shi and Ryan Barry were recently accepted into the Smeal College of Business Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program. The Integrated MAcc Program is for students who know by their sophomore year that they want to pursue a career in accounting. The MAcc program gives students the work hours and tools to become a licensed CPA while earning an undergraduate degree.  

The MAcc program is highly competitive. To be considered for the MAcc program, students must have a GPA of at least 3.8, an updated resume, and they must answer essay questions. A student's SAT score is also considered. Students in this program must meet the 150 credit hours required to qualify for the CPA exam. With nearly 230 eligible students, the acceptance of three Lehigh Valley students speaks both to the academic preparation provided by the Lehigh Valley campus and the quality of its students. 

“I was at the Lehigh Valley campus for a year and a half and my adviser, Dr. Ogden, introduced the program to me,” said Shi. “Students supported and encouraged me to apply, so I did. The dedication of instructors, on topic lecturing and the interaction with small classes at Penn State Lehigh Valley built a good foundation for me in these upcoming higher-level classes.”

“I did come to Penn State Lehigh Valley knowing about the program,” said Barry. “Dr. Ogden helped me learn more and guided me in the process. Dr. Gruskin, assistant professor of finance, has also helped me prepare for this program by recommending me as an accounting tutor. That experience helped me get my two internships, which definitely helped me with my MAcc application.” 

“This program cuts time and cost in half. I saw financial savings and the steps the MAcc program could put me ahead, and I knew I wanted to be a part of this program,” said Hazler.

These three students now bring the total to six Penn State Lehigh Valley students who have been accepted into this prestigious program in two years.

“Smeal’s Integrated Master of Accounting (MAcc) program is highly competitive and provides students the opportunity to be licensed as a CPA after five years of study,” said Denise Ogden, professor of marketing and the Lehigh Valley campus Smeal adviser. “We are very proud that our students continue to get accepted into the program. It’s a testament not only to our students, but to the faculty who prepare them to succeed, as they make the move to University Park.”

A Penn State alumnus and his wife have established a newly endowed scholarship in support of Penn State Lehigh Valley students with demonstrated need.

Shane McGee and his wife, Katelyn Powers, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, have provided the gift to create the Penn State Lehigh Valley McGee Scholarship. Funds will be used to support students at the Lehigh Valley campus, with special preference going to students who stay and complete their baccalaureate degrees at Penn State Lehigh Valley. The scholarship has the ability to be renewed for each year the student attends Penn State Lehigh Valley.

“We wanted to create this in order to give local students who need some assistance the opportunity to come to Penn State”, said McGee, who attended Penn State Lehigh Valley for two years before finishing his education at University Park. “Students are exposed to so many new experiences, especially during their first two years of college. For example, I came into college as a math major, but once being exposed to other disciplines and having faculty interactions, I changed my major to business and it helped set me on a successful path forward.”

McGee graduated in 1997 from Smeal College of Business with a management science and information systems (MSIS) degree and then earned a master’s degree in business administration from Temple University. McGee serves on the Penn State Lehigh Valley Advisory Board and is co-chair of the current development campaign. 

Powers graduated in 2001 from Lehigh University with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and then earned a master’s degree in counseling and human services also from Lehigh.

“We are grateful to Shane and Katelyn for their very generous commitment to Penn State Lehigh Valley students,” said Tina Q. Richardson, chancellor of Penn State Lehigh Valley. “Their gift will provide our students vital support as they pursue higher education and will give them the benefits of the world-class opportunities that are offered at this campus.”

Originally from Bethlehem, McGee, a Liberty High School graduate, has worked at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for the past 19 years. He currently is the IT business and program manager for Latin America Gases at Air Products.

Penn State’s alumni and friends are invaluable partners in fulfilling the University’s land-grant mission of education, research and service.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Following a highly competitive selection process, the Penn State Engineering Ambassadors (EA) program announced the selection of 33 new students who will serve as ambassadors for the 2017-18 academic year.

Since 2009, Penn State Engineering Ambassadors have connected with middle- and high-school students, prospective students and their families, alumni, industry partners and the community, in order to create awareness of opportunities in Penn State’s College of Engineering and in the engineering field as a whole.

Erik Orient, director of the Engineering Ambassadors program, said the 2016-17 cohort of EAs have organized 17 events for current students, 42 events for prospective students and 31 outreach events, totaling more than 3,500 service hours and reaching approximately 14,000 different people.

He added that the number of students who apply for the EA program has increased steadily every year, noting that 125 students applied this spring to fill a maximum of 35 vacant positions. Many applicants, he said, are referred by past or current EAs.

Ambassadors are selected for face-to-face interviews based on their resumes and essays that explain why they want to be an engineering ambassador. During the interview process, current engineering ambassadors help Orient select new ambassadors following a presentation they deliver about a predetermined topic.

“This year, we asked applicants to explain a technical topic in a way that’s interesting and understandable to the audience,” said Orient. “The EAs go into middle schools and high schools, and they have to be able to effectively communicate what they know to students in those age ranges, using language that those students will be able to understand.”

Once students are selected for the program they have the option to remain engineering ambassadors throughout their undergraduate careers.

The new 2017-18 engineering ambassadors are:

-Seniors (as of fall 2017): Katie Corridoni, chemical engineering; David Masteller, mechanical engineering; Chloe Melnick, engineering science; and Avery Varhade, computer science.

-Juniors (as of fall 2017): Jessica Buchanan, industrial engineering; Lauryn Blum, industrial engineering; Tanner DeCrapio, architectural engineering; Nate Donaher, engineering science; Morgan Flynn, architectural engineering; Lisa Gardner, mechanical engineering; Emma Hedrick, chemical engineering; Katie Heininger, industrial engineering; Julianne Heinzmann, computer science; Christina Kreamer, architectural engineering; Alexander LoRusso, industrial engineering; Torin Martutartus, aerospace engineering; Erica Murphy, electrical engineering; Jeremy Mysliwiec, engineering science; Emily Nix, industrial engineering; Corey Palmer, mechanical engineering; Jacqueline Trautman, mechanical engineering; and Spencer Wallace, chemical engineering.

-Sophomores (as of fall 2017): Ritiwk Biswas, Joseph Dallas, Emma Frost, Ben Hartleb, Laura Hinkle, Kelsie McElroy, Amanda Sgro, John Taltavall, Ben Thoma, Alyssa Jo Tice and Cristina Youwakim.

The new Engineering Ambassadors will join 42 returning students, for a total of 75 ambassadors for the 2017-18 academic year.

As part of the program, the ambassadors will receive advanced communications and leadership training and work with representatives from a number of Penn State EA industry partners.

Karen Thole, head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and co-founder of Penn State’s Engineering Ambassadors program, said she is pleased to see the program, which had two ambassadors its first year, continue to grow and thrive.

“We are so happy to welcome the 2017-18 class of engineering ambassadors who will help us spread the word on the excitement about engineering,” said Thole. “Engineers positively impact the health, happiness and safety of society. Having these new students tell that story is critical to our success in recruiting the next generation of talented engineers who bring diversity of thought to society’s challenges.”

More information about the engineering ambassadors is available on their website.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — More than 30 middle and high school students from Tioga Explorers Inc., an engineering outreach program based in Owego, New York, toured various STEM-related facilities at the University Park campus on April 14 as part of Engineering Explorers Day.

Organized by a group of students enrolled in ENGR 408: Leadership Principles as part of a class project, the day began with a tour of the Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The young students also visited the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP), where they heard from Sven Bilén, head of SEDTAPP and professor of engineering design, electrical engineering and aerospace engineering.

Bilén spoke about engineering at Penn State and passed out littleBits kits to provide students with a hands-on activity centered around electrical engineering and circuits. The littleBits are magnetic building blocks that are used for prototyping products and learning, and can include things such as buzzers, dimmers, sound triggers, batteries, mounting boards, USB cables, oscillators, micro sequencers, etc., to create lighting sources, instruments, weather dashboards, synth kits and more. 

Following lunch on Old Main lawn, the students toured the MorningStar Solar Home and the Advanced Vehicle Team garage, and they participated in another hands-on challenge planned by the Penn State students that involved using a lemon and a piece of copper wire to create a chemical reaction that results in electricity.

“While we were setting up events for the students throughout the day, I was putting myself in their shoes, where I was just a few years ago, and thinking about how helpful an event like this would have been for me,” said Hanna Scanlon, one of the student organizers of the event. “This project also made me realize how far I've come from being in high school and not really knowing what I wanted to do to being able to talk about my senior design project, the EcoCAR3 Camaro, as if this is what I was destined to do.”

In addition to tours of Penn State facilities, the students also visited some favorite campus locations, including Berkey Creamery, the HUB Bookstore and the Lion Shrine.

“This leadership principles course is the entry course for the engineering leadership development minor. We designed this course to provide knowledge and skills in key leadership competencies that are then applied in a technical project,” said Meg Handley, associate director of engineering leadership outreach within SEDTAPP. 

“In this case, our leadership students coordinated this tour to help educate middle and high school students on technical concepts and potential careers within the engineering profession. This was a learning experience for both our guests and our current students.”

The student organizers of the event included Anna French (industrial engineering), Whitney Imoh (chemical engineering), Jordan Loya (civil engineering), Melissa Martin (mechanical engineering), Tyler Russell (computer science) and Scanlon (mechanical engineering). Each student is also pursuing the engineering leadership development minor.

To view photos from the day, please see the photo album.

Sponsored by Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems program, Tioga Explorers is a nonprofit organization that strives to educate students about STEM careers through hands-on projects, facility tours and engineering mentors. The organization offers three primary STEM programs for students: Engineering Explorers (grades 9-12), Junior Engineering Explorers (grades 6-8) and Summer Software Explorers (grades 7-12).  

For more information about Tioga Explorers, visit their website. 

A new class of 278 Penn State Berks students will receive their baccalaureate and associate degrees on Saturday, May 6, when Berks hosts the spring 2017 commencement ceremonies.

Penn State Berks will host its 19th annual Careers with Math Options Conference on Wednesday, May 10, for female middle school students from Berks County and surrounding school districts. 

The conference will feature speakers from Penn State Berks and the community. A wide variety of engaging and interactive workshops will be provided to encourage the young women to continue their studies in math, science, engineering, technology, finance and related fields.

This program was originally created and organized by Janet Winter, senior lecturer in mathematics, who retired from Penn State Berks in 2012. Last year, more than 170 female seventh-grade students and their chaperones attended the conference.

Parents should contact their school administrators for more information about the conference. School districts should contact Elaine Berish, continuing education area representative, at 610-396-6230 or emb1@psu.edu.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Integrative Studies Seed Grant Program, offered through the Penn State Office for General Education, will support 71 different course development projects this summer. In response to the large volume of highly qualified proposals, the budget was generously increased by more than 50 percent by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Undergraduate Education.

Adding to the financial support, World Campus, the Schreyer Honors College, and the College of the Liberal Arts provided full or joint funding for 11 of the proposals. Thirteen different collaborating University units will provide additional wrap-around expertise and resources to awardees.

In April 2015, the University Faculty Senate approved a new integrative studies requirement within General Education, followed by the approval of implementation details in March 2016. Such courses have never been required or received a recognized designation at Penn State.

The aim of the Seed Grant Program is to incentivize faculty to develop integrative studies courses, through either inter-domain or linked courses. In doing so, the University can build the capacity to offer these courses to students. Details about the changes in the General Education program and requirements can be found at gened.psu.edu.

The awarded proposals include faculty from Penn State campuses across the state. All course ideas embrace the goals of General Education, specifically around the integrative thinking and learning objective and the new integrative studies requirement.

The awardees are (course titles are approximate and may change):

Abington

Ann Schmiedekamp — The Film Media and Extraterrestrial Life: Science Fact or Fiction?

Les Murray; Yvonne Love — Art and The Natural World

Altoona

Karyn McKinney Marvasti, Beth Seymour — Communicating Culture: Representations of Dominant and Marginalized Groups

Behrend

Sarah Whitney — Fashion, Identity, and Gender in America

Heather Lum, Gerald Scott Rispin — Human Factors in Design and Art

Rod Troester — CAS/Communications Summit

Sharon Dale, John Champagne — The Arts of Love

Berks

Jessica Schocker, Justin De Senso — Race in the Humanities and in the Social Sciences

Jayne Park-Martinez — Scientific Controversies and Public Debate

Sandy Feinstein, Brian Shawn Wang — From Beast Books to Dinosaurs Resurrected

Christian Weisser — Issues in Sustainability

Samantha Kavky — Psychology, Madness, and the Visual Arts

Justin De Senso — Politics of Hip Hop

Sandy Feinstein — Medievalism

Samantha Kavky — Witches and Witchcraft, From the Middle Ages to the Present

Azar Eslam-Panah, Heidi Reuter — Flow Visualization

Jennifer Hillman — Psychology in the Cinema and the Arts

Valerie Cholet — International Sport

Fayette

Nathaniel Bohna, Valerie Vanderhoff — Art of Science

Greater Allegheny

MaryEllen Higgins, Veronica Montecinos — Cinema and Globalization

Katherine McLean — Criminal Justice and Public Health

Harrisburg

Azamat Sakiev, Siyu Liu — Comparative Violence: Political and Criminal Perspectives

Jennifer Sliko, John Haddad — Understanding Earth: American Cultural Perspectives linked to Understanding Earth: Scientific Perspectives

Ellen Stockstill — Human Rights and the Novel: Empathy and The Imagination to be linked with PSYCH 221

Hazleton

Karen Stylianides, Amie Yenser, Melissa Ranalli — Biology of Exercise

Lehigh Valley

Elizabeth Flaherty — Intersections of Art and Psychology

Donna Wade — Food Psychology: Why We Eat What We Eat

Doug Hochstetler, Mary Hutchinson — Link CIVCM 211 and PHIL 003

Christopher Landino, Drew Anderson — History & Weather: How Weather Played an Instrumental Role in Great World Events

New Kensington

Donald Bruckner — Philosophy, Psychology, Happiness, and the Good Life

Schuylkill

Stephen Couch — Media Messages

Jeffrey Stone, Michael Gallis, Nicole Andel — The Art and Science of Virtual Worlds

Shenango

Tamrya d’Artenay — Human Society as A Dependent of the Environment

University Park

College of Arts and Architecture

Aaron Knochel, Cristin Millett — Art and Health

Leanna Rosas, Carlos Rosas — Revise Art 201

Sarah Rich — Art and Money

College of the Liberal Arts

Robert Schrauf — Conducting International Comparative Research

Jonathan Marks, Christopher Zorn — Interplay of Ethics, Policy, Law, and Science

Antone Aboud, John Marsh — Work and Literature

Johanna Wagner, Tim Robicheaux — Organized Crime in Film & Society

Mary Miles — The Pursuit of Happiness: Historical Literature and Modern Practice

Eberly College of Science

Benjamin Lear — When Data Meets Design

Brittany Teller — Conservation Decision-Making

College of Health and Human Development

Robert Roeser, Mark Greenberg, Gaby Winqvist — A Life Worth Living: The Theory & Practice of Human Flourishing

Kathryn Hynes, Shannon Corkery — Reading Our Lives: Understanding Diversity in Human Development Through Memoir

College of Engineering

Andrew Lau — Introduction to Sustainability

Alan Wagner — Robots and Their Role in Society

College of Education

Dana Stuchul — Food and Farms

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Karl Zimmerer — Society, Environment, and Food

Lorraine Dowler, Chris Fowler, Josh Inwood — Apocalyptic Geographies

Cross-college collaboration

David Hunter, Eberly College of Science; Paula Droege, College of the Liberal Arts; Andrew Read, Eberly College of Science — On Bullshit (Identifying Bias and Falsehoods)

Gary Adler, College of the Liberal Arts; Selena Ortiz, College of Health and Human Development — Healthy People, Healthy Society

John Waters, Eberly College of Science; Joel Waters; College of Health and Human Development; Jason Laine, College of the Liberal Arts — Human Anatomy in the Context of Renaissance-Era Italy

Bradford Bouley, College of the Liberal Arts; Michael Troyan, Eberly College of Science — History of Disease and Epidemiology

Heather McCune Bruhn, College of Arts and Architecture; Maureen Feineman, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — Rocks, Minerals, and the History of Art

James Endres Howell, Eberly College of Science; Scott Smith, College of the Liberal Arts — Success and Challenges of an Inter-domain Course: Disseminating Science in Literature

Jennifer Savage Williams, College of Health and Human Development; Ted Jaenicke, College of the Agricultural Sciences; A. Catharine Ross, College of Health and Human Development — Linking AG BM 170 to New Food for All: U.S. Nutrition Programs, Food Security, and Economics

Molly Martin, College of the Liberal Arts; Alyssa Gamaldo, College of Health and Human Development; Stephen Matthews, College of the Liberal Arts — 3-Way Course Linkage on Health Inequalities – Social, Geographic, and Ethnicity

Leana Topper, Eberly College of Science; Gus Colangelo, Smeal College of Business; Jennifer Gruber, Harrisburg — Society and Disease Management

Jenny Kenyon, College of Arts and Architecture; Jack Hietpas, Eberly College of Science; Gary Chin, College of Arts and Architecture — Introduction to Forensic Photography linked with Introduction to Forensic Science

David Stensrud, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Graeme Sullivan, College of Arts and Architecture — Meteorology and Visual Arts: To Know Is to See

Ryan Russell, College of Arts and Architecture, Gary Chin, College of Arts and Architecture; Henry Pisciotta, Arts and Humanities Library — Information Visualization

Alex Hristov, College of Agricultural Sciences; Ken Davis, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Jennifer Baka, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — Science and Policy of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Worthington Scranton

Kelley Wagers — Communicating Care

Todd Adams, Jennifer Lubinski — Art and Philosophy in Ancient Greece

Michael Evans, Paul Frisch — Historical Perspectives on Health Care Innovations

Patrick Sellers, Margret Hatch — Evolution of Homo Sapiens

York

Joe Downing — Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation

Cross-campus collaboration

Xenia Hadjioannou, Lehigh Valley; Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Penn State Libraries — Picture Books

Christian Weisser, Berks; Lynette (Kvasny) Yarger, College of Information Sciences and Technology — Digital Cultures

The Office for General Education is part of Penn State Undergraduate Education, the academic administrative unit that provides leadership and coordination for University-wide programs and initiatives in support of undergraduate teaching and learning at Penn State. Learn more about Undergraduate Education at undergrad.psu.edu.

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ABINGTON, Pa. — Three Penn State Abington faculty members received Integrative Studies Seed Grants from the Penn State Office for General Education to support course development projects this summer.

Ann Schmiedekamp, professor of physics at Abington, will use the funds to develop a course titled "The Film Media and Extraterrestrial Life: Science Fact or Fiction?" 

Schmiedekamp teaches physics, astronomy and astrobiology and leads special topics courses for students involved with research projects at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West Virginia.

She has served as a NASA Solar System ambassador for almost two decades, sharing information with local communities about NASA's space exploration missions and recent discoveries.

Les Murray, associate professor of biology, and Yvonne Love, assistant professor of art, will collaborate on developing a course around the theme of art and the natural world.

Murray is an expert in ecology, evolution and wildlife, and his field-based research focuses on using technology such as geographic information systems (GIS) to assess habitat use by animals.

Love's teaching philosophy of exposing students to new ideas and new materials will inform the new course.

"I challenge students to express ideas within a given set of boundaries and additionally challenge them to push those boundaries in ways that are intellectually stimulating," Love has said. 

The aim of the Seed Grant Program is to incentivize faculty to develop integrative studies courses. All course ideas embrace the goals of General Education, specifically around the integrative thinking and learning objective and the new integrative studies requirement.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Institution of Structural Engineers recently announced that Amr Elnashai, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Penn State’s College of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2017 Keith Eaton Award.

“The institution is not only my professional society, but has been part and parcel of my career since the early 1980s,” said Elnashai. “For this and several other reasons, I was very pleased to receive notice of this award. My Ph.D. adviser, Patrick Dowling, was president of the institution in the past, as well as many other colleagues and friends who are fellows, medals/awards winners, and in leadership positions there.”

Created in 2009 to honor the institution’s past chief executive, Keith Eaton, the award recognizes dedicated, valuable, outstanding or exceptional personal contributions toward the advancement of the institution’s international interests.

Specifically, Elnashai has hosted the institution’s successive presidents as well as the chief executive, Martin Powell, on visits to various civil engineering departments around the United States — including Georgia Tech, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Penn State and Texas A&M University — to engage undergraduate and graduate structures students with the institution. He is preparing to host the current president, Ian Firth, and Powell at Virginia Tech in September 2017.

“Through these visits, we have raised the awareness of structural engineering faculty and students at top U.S. universities of the outstanding work of the Institution of Structural Engineers, which is the largest society of its type in the world, with over 27,000 members in 105 countries,” said Elnashai.

A Fellow of the British Royal Academy of Engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Institution of Structural Engineers, Elnashai is the founder and co-editor of the leading Journal of Earthquake Engineering, which has been published for 20 years.

MALVERN, Pa. — Undergraduate and graduate engineering students recently created posters, presented research, and competed for cash prizes at Penn State Great Valley’s inaugural Research and Scholarly Work Poster Fair.

Wanting to foster a collaborative environment, a group of faculty members discussed starting an event for students to exhibit their work and cultivate their public speaking and presentation skills.

“With the recent additions of the big data lab, the 3-D technology in the Innovation Suite, and more research positions for students, we created the Research and Scholarly Work Poster Fair as an outlet for students to showcase their work,” said assistant professor of information science Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, who led this year’s fair.

The event received 10 entries representing work from 13 students spanning Great Valley, World Campus and even the multidisciplinary engineering design option of the general engineering undergraduate degree.

“We designed this to be an inclusive event and engage students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels,” added Srinivasan.

Stemming from class assignments and faculty-led research, the posters showcased a diverse breadth of projects from enhancing bike sharing technologies in New York City, to developing a game for Alzheimer’s patients to retain cognitive functions, to writing a computer program to solve a puzzle in a minimum number of steps.

Students each had five minutes to present the background, process, techniques, and results of their research to students, staff, and a judging panel of engineering faculty members including Ben Ngan, Ashkan Negahban, Adrian Barb, Raghvinder S. Sangwan and Kailasam Satyamurthy.

“This was a great platform for students to share their hard work to faculty, staff, and other students,” said Malavika Mathur, whose poster won first place in the competition. “As participants, it put a spotlight on us that allows for feedback and constructive criticism outside just a classroom setting. By speaking to an audience who had no prior knowledge of my work, it mirrored a corporate environment and better developed my presentation skills. It was a unique experience and made me aware of what else is being researched around campus.”

The winners included:

• First place: "Predictive Modeling and Visualization of Emotions in Twitter Feeds" by Ruchika Chari, Aureo Zanon, Tianhai Zu and Malavika Mathur
• Second place: "Interactive Sustainable Agriculture: An Embedded System" by Michael Vita
• Third place: "Optimizing Substrate Ordering Quantities for Devon 2 Plant" by Kyle Shaw and Jim Wilson

The posters remained on display in the lobby of the Main Building for a week after the event for students and visitors to enjoy.

“I was truly impressed with the work our students presented,” said Srinivasan. “The fair brought visibility to our students’ pursuits both inside and outside the classroom, and I hope it will encourage others to get involved in research. As faculty members, we enjoy collaborating with students and value their contributions. We could not have done this without the support of our chancellor, whose office played a critical role in organizing the event and providing the prize money to the winners. I’m also grateful for the involvement from our faculty and staff members in launching a successful event.”

The next Research and Scholarly Work Poster Fair will take place in December, and includes plans to extend participation to MBA, master of finance, and master of leadership development students. Srinivasan hopes future participants will be inspired to present their research at the annual Graduate Exhibition at University Park.