Penn State 全球 announces 2023-24 award recipients for global engagement

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Penn State will celebrate its globally-engaged faculty and 工作人员 at an awards ceremony on Thursday, 3月21日.

图片来源:Nathaniel Ulrich

宾州大学公园. — Penn State 全球 has announced the 2023-24 recipients of its annual awards that recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and academic programs at Penn State who have helped to advance the University’s global engagement goals.

"It is such a delight to recognize the extraordinary global engagement of faculty, 工作人员, and students at Penn State and celebrate awardees who represent multiple colleges and campuses,萨宾·克拉尔说, 环球大学临时副教务长. “在易胜博环球大学, we are deeply grateful for the inspiring work of our global champions who are at the core of what makes Penn State a global university.”

Recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony in Robb Hall in the Hintz Alumni Center on March 21.

“推进宾州州立大学全球发展”奖项

的 purpose of the Advancing a 全球 Penn State Awards program is to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and academic units across the University, 包括在联邦校园, who have demonstrated success toward achieving the goals of a 全球 Penn State.

奖项及获奖名单如下:

杰出国际研究奖 recognizes innovative research projects and initiatives that can be shown to be advancing progress toward one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

今年的冠军是Zoubeida Ounaies, 机械工程教授, director of the Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems (LiMC2), and associate director of the Materials Research Institute (MRI).

杰出的 项目奖 recognizes an innovative program at the University that has advanced the vision of a 全球 Penn State. This award recognizes a Penn State program that is agile and adaptable, and yet robust enough to be innovative and forward thinking.

This year’s award was given to the 全球 Health Minor program in the College of Health and Human Development.

无名英雄员工奖 recognizes an exemplary member of 工作人员 or an outstanding team of 工作人员 that consistently provide excellent support and leadership for global success at Penn State. 的se nominees will have conducted their work with excellence over an extended period of time and are known for "doing whatever it takes" to support academic and/or research success for students, 职员或教员.

今年的冠军是 Joel Waters of the Department of Undergraduate Students in the Eberly College of Science.

全球学习导师奖 recognizes innovative teaching pedagogies used by outstanding faculty at the teaching/instructor rank when teaching global/international content with excellence.

今年的获奖者是杰米·李·安德森, assistant teaching professor in the Department of History and Women’s, 性别, and Sexuality Studies in the College of the Liberal Arts.

早期职业教师奖 认可创新的国际研究项目, 卓越的全球奖学金, or curricular and experiential leadership surrounding global learning for a tenure-earning faculty member at Penn State.

今年的冠军是 艾米丽·里德, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Penn State Harrisburg.

终身成就奖 recognizes an individual who has consistently demonstrated exceptional achievement towards furthering the global vision of Penn State across their career at the University.

今年的获奖者是胡里奥·乌尔比纳, professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 工程学院.

Ardeth和Norman Frisbey国际学生奖

的se awards honor and recognize outstanding contributions to international understanding by graduate/undergraduate international students (holding non-immigrant status) enrolled in full-time resident instruction or its equivalent. 获奖者将从四个类别中选出, two of which are announced at the Penn State 全球 Awards and two of which will be announced at the University-wide undergraduate and graduate awards ceremonies in March and April, 分别.

的 categories and winners for this year for the awards handled by Penn State 全球 are:

  • Graduate Leadership — Zilfa Irakoze, College of Agricultural Sciences
  • Undergraduate Leadership — Vanessa Dib, 工程学院