Just a few photos to let you know how beautiful and green our campus is this time of year.

Team Work

The fellows are preparing for the closing ceremony held April 27, 2010 at the Nittany Lion Inn. It is hard to believe this year's program is winding down. Many of the fellows are preparing to leave Penn State to start working at their professional affiliations. Fellows will be going to Washington, DC, New York City, NY, Boston, MA, Bloomington, IN, Eugene, OR, and Harrisburg, PA. Today we are enjoying summer like weather......hope it continues!

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows joined this year's German Teachers on their annual trip to Philadelphia, Pa. This is a intensive three week program hosted by the College of Education. Nine Humphrey Fellows had the chance to interact with the visiting scholars while enjoying the "City of Brotherly Love", Philadelphia, PA. The group visited the Science Leadership Academy which is part of the Philadelpia City Public School system. Many took in the Picasso exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art while others walked through the historical sites.
The group met to tour the National Constitution Center hosted by two lawyers from the PA Bar Association. The weather was beautiful! The program appreciates the opportunity to spend this time in Philadelphia and with the German teachers.

Malawi -Here I come!

 
USAID announced Friday, February 19 that John Collins will be assigned to Malawi as Education Officer for the country.
Both Meagan and John are happy and look forward to making their home in Malawi. They do not know exactly when that will be but at least they know where they are going. We look forward to hearing from them on their new venture.
Since Stuart and Jane were in DC with Svetlana, Arfang, Cristina, Chris and Lydia for meetings, we were able to meet up with John and his family to celebrate. We all had a great day with successful visits that hopefully will finalize some professional affiliation paperwork. Stuart's friend, Jess came to meet with us for dinner. Jess is currently a counselor at the Arlington High School. This is a nice connection for future Humphries. After a long day, we arrived back in Happy Valley early Saturday morning....thanks Svetlana and Cristina for keeping Jane awake after Stuart was dropped off!

Pa College of Technology

Christine, Buthaina, Gabriela, Chris, Edward, Ulugbek and Valery joined Jane and Stuart on a site visit hosted by Carolyn Strickland and Tom Gregory of Academic Affairs. During the visit, fellows met with all the Dean and Assistant Deans for a round table discussion about their areas of interests. The highlight of the day was Le Jeun Chef where we were greeted by a wait staff of alumni who treated each to a wonderful lunch prepared by the College's Restaurant Management students - the chocolate soup had raving reviews. A campus tour to the Madigan Library and labs shown in slide show. The staff was proud to tell the fellows that Penn College is among 39 institutions receiving Honor Roll recognition in the The Chronicle of Higher Education's survey of "Great Colleges to Work For." The fellows are still a bit confused about the PENN STATE name and how they are connected to this fine institution.

A New Semester and A New Beginning

Dr. Catherine Augustine invited the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows to the College of Education De-Stress and Relaxation Exploratorium located at the Penn Stater Hotel.
The fellows took turns at the self-guided stations however they all were glad to have Dr.Augustine's expertise. We gathered for lunch to also acknowledge John Collins last day and to welcome Stuart Roe on his first week. Good Luck John and Welcome Stuart!

Lock Haven University site visit

International Week begins early at Lock Haven University. LHU provided the fellows with a very informative visit on November 13, 2009.