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Health and Human Development
dean to retire Dec. 31
Barbara M. Shannon, dean of the College of Health and Human Development
and Distinguished Professor of nutrition, announced plans to retire Dec.
31. She has served as dean since her appointment by the Board of Trustees
in November 1994.
Colloquy works to change the
face of teaching, learning
Some of the most important changes in the learning and teaching environment
at Penn State since the mid-1990s have come about in part because of the
influence of Colloquy, a day of conversation and celebration that the University's
faculty, administrators, students and staff have held for five of the past
six years.
Storm kept students, many employees
home
It was a tough Monday this past week for most University employees, who
came off an extended weekend break -- courtesy of Mother Nature.
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