Aaron Bertelsen, vegetable gardener for the Great Dixter House and Gardens in the United Kingdom, will share his expert advice for growing fruit and vegetables in containers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at Penn State Great Valley.
Launching on Feb. 3, the Penn State Community Survey is an opportunity for all students, faculty and staff members at Penn State's campuses to provide confidential feedback on their experiences and perspectives related to community, diversity and inclusion. Emails with unique survey links will be sent to students, faculty and staff on Feb. 3.
On Feb. 3, all students, faculty and staff members at every Penn State campus location will receive an email to take the Penn State Community Survey to share their attitudes and experiences of community, diversity and inclusion at Penn State. Every 100 survey takers will have a chance to win an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.
Kathryn W. Jablokow, professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering and associate chief academic officer at Penn State Great Valley, is headed to Alexandria, Virginia, for a two-year term as program director for the National Science Foundation's Engineering Design and Systems Engineering program in the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation.
Local generation of electricity, whether through renewable resources or fossil fuels, is much more efficient than producing it at power plants far from the consumers who will use it.
For James Freihaut, improving our energy resilience is a perfect example of what a land-grant university should do: make a difference for people, communities, the economy, and the planet. "We do the laboratory work, all the way up to prototype demonstrations, to actual, real applications," he said.
The golf outing to support campus programs will be held on on Tuesday, May 19, at the Applecross Country Club in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. This year’s event will support the campus’ REV-UP Center for Entrepreneurship.