Today I sat down with Dr. Nicole Webster who is Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of Agricultural and Extension Education. We talked about her research, work, the Social Justice Film Series, and the “Struggle for Freedom” course. You can listen to it below or online via iTunes.
Archive for September, 2007
I wanted to put up a quick note and congratulations to our first year Scholar and offensive lineman Stefan Wisniewski for getting his first chance to play with the football team last Saturday. As the Daily Collegian noted, he performed extremely well and showed great poise.
Shaw’s absence also created an opportunity for true freshman Stefen Wisniewski, who shared time with Lucian at right guard.
Most freshmen that come into their first game are a little wide-eyed at first, said junior center A.Q. Shipley. But after Wisniewski had played through his first drive on the Lions’ offensive line — and received some encouragement from his older teammates — he was fine, Shipley said.
Stefan apparently will get even more playing time, along with Lucian, this week against the Wolverines. Good luck Stefan! And beat Michigan!
I arrived back home at noon today after a great (but I must say, tiring) trip! Yesterday we had two meetings in Philly. The first meeting was at The Pyramid Club, on the top of the Mellon building. The picture to the right is of One Liberty Place taken from the 51st floor of the aforementioned Mellon building. This was the room where we held our luncheon with a dozen and a half great Penn Staters, almost all of whom were Scholars (graduates of either the College or its predecessor, the Scholars Program).
In the evening we had a dinner at the Pennsylvania Country Club, hosted by this years Alumni Fellow, John Ball. We had over two dozen alumni, Scholars, and parents of Scholars. This was a great close to our Patriot Tour, where we brought before some of our strongest supports the outline of our upcoming campaign. This campaign, “For The Future,” is student focused and enhancing honors education is one of the featured objectives. Stay tuned for more information as we fine tune our goals, but be assured that our primary concern, like that of the campaign as a whole, is focused upon improving the opportunities and experience of our Scholars.
So thank you to all those who came out! We had a wonderful time and thank you for your continued support.
Saturday morning my colleagues and I flew out for Boston and a whirlwind trip that I am calling “The Patriot Tour.” We are taking our campaign case to some of our most ardent supports of the College. Our first night was at the Colonial Inn, established in 1716. They had a great sign explaining that their display in the lobby was down, “as we are re-write our history.” If only it were so easy.
Today we head down to Princeton, NJ and then tomorrow we will have two meetings in Philly. I have to say that I enjoy these times immensely. It is important that we get different perspectives, thoughts, and ideas. Three couples last night are also parents and I promised I would tell their students that they are very cool and great parents. They are! 
First a warning: I have just learned of this scholarship and I know nothing of the group offering the scholarship. However, I felt that it would be good to pass it along to you, my discerning, and often blogging, student readership. So, with that caveat:
Is Your Blog Worthy of a $10,000 Scholarship?
Do you maintain a weblog and attend college? Would you like $10,000 to help pay for books, tuition, or other living costs? If so, read on.We’re giving away $10,000 this year to a college student who blogs. The Blogging Scholarship is awarded annually.
Scholarship Requirements:
- Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about. No spam bloggers please!!!
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
- Currently attending full-time in post-secondary education in the United States; and
- If you win, you must be willing to allow us to list your name and blog on this page. We want to be able to say we knew you before you became a well educated, rich, and famous blogging legend.
Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: Midnight PST on Oct. 6th
- 10 Finalists Announced and Public Voting Begings: 9am EST on Oct. 8th
- Public Voting Ends and Winner Declared: Midnight PST on Oct. 28th
Why a Blogging Scholarship?
At College Scholarships.org we believe that everyone deserves a shot at a decent education. And we love bloggers. Not for the least of reasons, because we blog, and one of the founders of this site makes a living as a blogger.We believe passion is important. As the world gets more competitive, those who are passionate about what they do, and work close to their passions, will be able to become and stay successful even as technology and automation eat away at many business models. Those who are willing to share their experiences with the world help make the world a better place, even if most bloggers only consider blogging a hobby.
We believe those who freely express themselves are far more likely to find their true passions and connect with people to bring on large scale social change.
Read all the details here and let me know if you apply!
Just posted! The message from President Spanier went out and I encourage you to take the 12 or so minutes to watch the address.
Dear Colleagues:
As I begin my 13th year as president of The Pennsylvania State
University, I wish to share with you an overview of Penn State’s
outstanding progress and a glimpse of our future directions. I invite
you to view my 2007 State of the University Address, presented in
video format, at http://president.psu.edu/sou/articles/sou2007.html.
Your feedback would be most welcome.I want to thank all of you for the important and dedicated work you do on behalf of Penn State.
Sincerely,
Graham B. Spanier
It has been too long since I have posted, sorry about that! But it has been so busy in these first weeks. Judging from conversations at lunch in Simmons and at the Student Council meeting last night it seems that most folks enjoyed SHOtime. Please do continue to give us your feedback and let us know if you want to help next year and what you would do to make it better.
Stammtisch
Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Cronin, sophomore in EMS, for our first Stammtisch podcast of the year. As a reminder, the “Stammtisch” is a series of podcasts where I interview students, alumni, and friends of the college. Michael spoke at this summer’s “Spend a Summer Day” recruitment sessions and is a great student. I think you will enjoy the interview. As always, you can get it via iTunes or directly downloaded from here. (And play it below.)
Leadership Jumpstart
The second podcast to go up today is from the freshman class that runs during orientation and then throughout the semester. During orientation they break into three groups and each group has to either produce a video, slide show, or a podcast. This is a fun few minutes so be sure to give it a listen!
The students’ perspective on SHOtime : iTunes and direct download.
Michael Cronin: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download LJS Podcast 07: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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