MONDAY: ACHIEVEMENTS

International students earn competitive emergency scholarships; writing center assistant shares expertise on podcast; department honors fraternity association official; and more

Three photographs, from left, of an IUP men’s basketball player dribbling down the court during a game with his dreadlocks flying; an IUP women’s swimmer coming up for air while doing the breaststroke in competition; and an IUP women’s basketball player reaching her left arm up for a shot over a Cal U defender during a game

Congratulations All Around

Kudos to three sports teams for their outstanding performances in NCAA Division II tournaments: Men’s basketball won the Atlantic Region title and has advanced to the Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana, this week. Women’s swimming and diving finished 17th in the NCAA championships, and IUP swimmers earned seven individual All-America honors. And, women’s basketball made its seventh straight and 15th overall NCAA tournament appearance, losing by one to Cal U in the Atlantic Regional. Find updates on the IUP Athletics website.

WATCH IUP MEN’S BASKETBALL IN THE ELITE EIGHT OPENING ROUND AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY: STREAM THE GAME ON NCAA.COM. OR, JOIN A WATCH PARTY IN FOLGER STUDENT CENTER AT 6:30 P.M.

Susan Boser head-and-shoulders photograph taken outdoors in front of a bush with a building behind it

“On any weeknight, if you would drive in to Punxsutawney, you’d see cars in the parking lot around the McDonald’s. It’s parents who are sitting there, accessing the broadband so their children can do their homework.”

—Susan Boser, Department of Sociology, at a Keystone Research Center conference, March 3, on a potential broadband expansion in Pennsylvania

“Funds for Internet Expansion Could Help Thousands in PA,” NorthcentralPA.com

ACHIEVEMENTS

International Students Earn Competitive Emergency Awards

A Composition and Applied Linguistics student from Afghanistan and a Communications Media student from Lebanon bring the total to seven IUP international students that the Institute of International Education has selected for its competitive Emergency Student Fund scholarship awards.

Podcast Features Writing Center Assistant

Andrew Yim, assistant director of the Kathleen Jones White Writing Center and a second-year Composition and Applied Linguistics student, discussed his work training tutors and his methods of providing writing feedback in an interview on the Pedagogue podcast.

Fraternity Association Official Wins Alumni Award

The Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education has chosen Will Foran, a 2003 program graduate, to receive its 2022 Ronald Lunardini Distinguished Alumni Award. Foran is chief strategy officer at the North American Interfraternity Conference, where he has worked for 14 years. The award is named for SAHE professor emeritus Ron Lunardini ’69.

Benjamin, Mueller Speak at National Student Affairs Convention

Two Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education professors spoke at the recent American College Personnel Association convention in St. Louis. Mimi Benjamin presented sessions on student success and faculty-student interaction in learning communities. John Mueller spoke on measuring privileged identity in educational settings.

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