Lisa Bennatan
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Penn State Schreyer Honors College athletes face special challenges
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UNIVERSITY PARK — There are about 800 student athletes enrolled at Penn State University. There are about 1,800 students enrolled in the Schreyer Honors College. Only two or three dozen Penn State students participate in both, and that requires a special kind of commitment. Being admitted to the Schreyer Honors College requires submitting a…
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For Penn State international students, Thanksgiving a time to share cultures
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Thousands of Penn State students will be leaving Happy Valley the weekend of Nov. 19 to travel home to be with their families, eat a big meal, and give thanks. However, some students will not be returning home to carve turkey or feast on pumpkin pie. According to Penn State…
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Penn State 10-day study-abroad program offers insight on Swedish experience
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UNIVERSITY PARK — A select group of Penn State students will be voyaging to Sweden for 10 days this upcoming ‘Maymester’ through the 1-year-old Human Resource Management in a Social Welfare Context: The Swedish Experience course. This study-abroad program is unique because it is an interdisciplinary trip between two colleges, the College of Health…
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State College teacher grateful for support of National Brain Tumor Society 5K
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STATE COLLEGE — When Jamie Barbarich Covol was diagnosed with a brain tumor, she could have never imagined all the support and gratitude she’d be feeling today. On Sunday, Oct. 9, there will be a 5K run/walk for Covol and the National Brain Tumor Society. Covol is an autistic support teacher at Mount…