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Office for General Education announces Integrative Studies Seed Grant awards

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.
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Award-winning ballet company to perform at Abington

Jenkintown’s Metropolitan Ballet Company will bring its “Moving Pieces” show to Penn State Abington at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28. Usually known for larger works, the nationally recognized school of classical ballet has adapted six exciting shorter pieces for the intimate stage in the Sutherland Auditorium.
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Penn State announces spring 2017 commencement events and speakers

This spring Penn State expects to award 13,894 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 226 associate, 11,435 baccalaureate, 1,590 master’s, 262 law, 244 doctoral and 137 medical degrees. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.
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Abington students present engineering research to state legislators

Two Penn State Abington students presented their award-winning research, on applying a sensing method known as LIDAR to convert spatial information into sound for the visually impaired, this week to state legislators at the 15th annual Undergraduate Research at the Capitol poster conference in Harrisburg.