Updates from Eberly

Judges and Advisers Needed for Second Annual Biotech Boardroom

We need your help to make the second annual Biotech Boardroom a success! This initiative brings alumni, students, and faculty together.

We invite you to support the event by serving as a judge or as an adviser to students on how to make their idea or pitch more powerful.

If you are interested in participating in the Biotech Board Room, please complete this short survey. 

Student Welcome Day

Rainy weather couldn't stop us—we had a great time welcoming our incoming students during the Student Welcome Day on Sunday, August 21! Students attended an involvement fair, where representatives from the Eberly College of Science Alumni Society Board distributed information about the Mentor Program.

You can make an impact on a student's life by becoming a mentor. Mentors serve as guides to students, answering questions, giving advice, and helping them to learn more about their field of interest and about themselves. Learn more and register to mentor a student.

Check out photos of the student Welcome Day on Flickr.

Announcing the new Eberly College of Science LinkedIn page

The Office of Communications is excited to announce the launch of the college’s public LinkedIn presence!

Our new company page will provide opportunities to engage with new audiences (especially alumni), while also serving as a recruitment tool and potential thought-leadership space and acting as a “front door” to the college’s existing private group, where we will be working with key stakeholders throughout the college to grow and strengthen active engagement with our students and alumni through professional and career development–focused discussions.

An added bonus—all employees and alumni can now add the college’s official page to their LinkedIn profiles.

Be sure to follow us, and stay tuned for more updates to come!

Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Award

Amine Benkiran and David Nieves received funding from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence to support their work, “The Evolution and Growth of the Mathematics Learning Assistants Program at The Pennsylvania State University.” 

This is fantastic recognition of the important work the math department is doing in supporting student learning, and of the impact of the Eberly College of Science Learning Assistant Program, led by Jennelle Malcos and supported by the Center for Excellence in Science Education.

Four Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty who are being recognized for their excellent contributions to our teaching mission.

Daniel R. Tershak Memorial Teaching Awards

    2020–21 Scott Lindner
    2021–22 Emily Weinert

Paul M. Althouse Outstanding Instructor Teaching Award

    2020–21 John Alumasa
    2021–22 Maria Krasilnikova

Scott Lindner has for many years established excellent rapport with large microbiology/BMB 251 classes as well as created an excellent course in ethics. Scott is being recognized for devoting many hours to recording all his lectures and using class time to discuss them in a flipped setting during the pandemic.

Emily Weinert has completely revamped Core Concepts as well as created a section of BMB 488. Using a white board without slides, Emily creates a perfect pace for her presentations, and from both PTEC evaluation and SRTE reports delivers outstanding courses.

John Alumasa is recognized for his outstanding teaching of microbiology and biochemistry/cell biology lab and research opportunities for our students. In both settings, he consistently engages the students who report the highest satisfaction with his teaching effort.

Maria Krasilnikova is recognized for her devotion to her students, over many years, teaching variably sized microbiology courses. Over the years, she has improved the effectiveness of her teaching, most recently providing excellent learning environments as judged by both PTEC and SRTE reviews.