RECENT STORIES
Intercom Online......May
18, 2000
University
to offer basic training to Pa. deputy sheriffs
Sheriff deputies across the
state will be getting more law enforcement training from Penn State
as a result of a recent state Supreme Court ruling giving them more
power to enforce the law. The University has been awarded a $2 million
contract to deliver basic training to deputy sheriffs from all of Pennsylvania's
67 county sheriff offices from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime
and Delinquency (PCCD). More
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Intercom Online......March
16, 2000
$1 million grant to fund new welfare-to-work
program
In an effort to address the welfare-to-work transition in communities
across the state, Mellon Financial Corp. and Penn State have announced
a partnership to develop an innovative program to help Pennsylvania
welfare recipients bridge the gap between public assistance and successful
and lasting employment. More
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Intercom Online......February
25, 2000
Berks receives $470,000 grant
Penn State Berks and the Food Manufacturer's Training Consortium received
a $470,000 customized job training grant from the Pennsylvania Department
of Community and Economic Development. More
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Intercom Online......January
13, 2000
Workforce investment
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has awarded a $1 million grant
to Penn State's Institute for Study of Adult Literacy in response to
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, a federal effort to coordinate
and streamline all components of the nation's workforce development
system. The institute will direct and coordinate the Pennsylvania Workforce
Investment Network -- PA WIN -- to develop a centralized, market-driven
system of workplace basic skills services for employers, workers and
adult education providers.
Harrisburg
receives $170,000
Faculty in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State
Harrisburg, working with the Capital Area Intermediate Unit, were awarded
a $170,000 grant to address student attainment of educational standards
for state and local curriculum. More
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Penn State Outreach......January
4, 2000
Penn State Mont Alto: School at the Mall
Over the past year, more than 2,600 people received some sort of education
at the Chambersburg Mall -- thanks to the Chambersburg Center, Penn
State Mont Alto's continuing education facility established two years
ago at the at the shopping center. More
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Penn State Outreach......January
4, 2000
Penn State Abington partnership builds businesses
Beginning last summer, eastern Montgomery County entrepreneurs now have
a new source of support for developing their businesses. The Business
Resource Incubator Center (BRIC) is an economic development project
of Penn State Abington, the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
and Abington Township. More
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Intercom Online......September
23, 1999
Partnership forms
JLG University Penn State Mont Alto and JLG Industries Inc., a construction
and industrial equipment manufacturer, have formed an educational partnership
that establishes JLG University. More
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Program expands
through state
More Pennsylvanians can get the education they need to enter the well-paying
industries based on semiconductor micro- and nanofabrication technologies
through Penn State's Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Program.
More
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Intercom Online......September
16, 1999
Appropriation request includes
state support for Making Life Better
Penn State is seeking special state funding for the University's Making
Life Better initiative as part of its 2000-2001 appropriations request
to the Commonwealth. "This initiative builds on Penn State's capacity
in three areas of critical importance to the quality of life for Pennsylvania's
future -- workforce and economic development, cultural development and
agricultural research and cooperative extension," said President Graham
B. Spanier in a presentation to the Board of Trustees on Sept. 10. More
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Intercom Online......September
9, 1999
University
signs contract with Microsoft
An innovative contract signed with Microsoft will allow thousands of
faculty, staff and students at all Penn State locations to soon have
access to some of the latest and most popular computer software. More
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Intercom Online......September
9, 1999
Altoona teams up with Pitt to offer workforce programs
Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh may be long-time rivals
on the football field, but when it comes to meeting the educational
needs of Pennsylvania's workforce, they've come together as a team.
More
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