Meet Dr. Teresa Patricio!
Monday, June 15
12 to 1:00pm in 403 Rackley

Dr. Patricio is a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study for Higher Education, the Pennsylvania State University.  She is a Fulbright New Century Scholar for 2009-2010.  Her research interests are the internationalization of science and technology and higher education.

The staff of Higher Education in Review is pleased to invite you to a reception in celebration of the Journal’s sixth volume.

Festivities will take place

Friday, May 1st
2:30 p.m.
Higher Education library (4th floor of Rackley)

Light refreshments will be served. We hope you can join us in celebrating the work of the HER staff, authors, and reviewers, along with the many accomplishments achieved this past year by HER’s friends and family.

Reminder….
End-of-the-Year HESA Picnic
Saturday, May 2
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Tom Tudek  Memorial Park, Pavilion 1

HESA will provide grillable meats and meat-like items. Salads, desserts, non-alcoholic drinks, and other picnic favorites would be greatly appreciated. A sign-up sheet will be on Angela’s desk.

We hope to see you all there! And, as always, all are welcome!
Jordan and Travis

The 2009 Chilimpics official album is up on Flickr (link here or to the right.)

Our gracious hostesses

India created a new category with her amazing cornbread!

See more of the competition’s victors and happy, well-fed judges on our Flickr photostream!

U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings of graduate programs yesterday, and I am pleased to report that the Penn State Higher Education Program is once again in the top position. The ranking of education specialty programs is based on reputational surveys of deans and associate deans for graduate education in colleges of education nationwide.

You can see the full rankings here.

This is a testament to all of the hard work of the faculty, staff, and students in the Higher Education Program and the Center for the Study of Higher Education, as well as the support we receive from the College of Education, the university, our research sponsors, and our alumni. Thank you to everyone who has helped over the last year.

Don Heller
Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education

See original posting at http://live.psu.edu/story/39201/nw4

University Park, Pa. — Roger Williams ’73 Lib, ’75 M.A. (Com), ’88 D.Ed. and Karen Magnuson ’75 A&A have designated $25,000 in their estate to create the Roger L. Williams and Karen Magnuson Program Endowment in Higher Education.

Perhaps few alumni couples have stronger ties to Penn State than Williams and Magnuson. Besides their philanthropy and combined four degrees, they are also employed at Penn State.

“Penn State means everything to us, and we wanted to give something back that in some small way helps to strengthen our alma mater,” Williams said. “In particular, I wanted to provide an endowment for the higher education program, which year in and year out continues to be ranked in the top three such programs in the nation. Over the six years it took me to complete my doctorate, my experience with its superb faculty and superior graduate students went well beyond expectations. The program was a tight-knit and mutually supportive academic community in the best sense of the word. After graduation, the program offered me a post as an affiliate assistant professor (now associate professor). I continue to remain well connected to it, and want to see it thrive in the years to come.”

Williams began his Penn State career in 1978 and in 1986 became assistant vice president and executive director of University Relations, a position he held for nine years. He later held executive administrative positions at Georgetown University and the University of Arkansas before returning to Penn State in 2003 as the executive director of the Alumni Association; the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world. Since 1992 he has held a faculty position in the College of Education’s Higher Education program. All told, his professional career with the University spans more than twenty-three years.

An accomplished author, Williams has published 25 professional and scholarly articles. His book, “The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement” (Penn State Press, 1991), was drawn from his doctoral thesis, which won the 1989 dissertation-of-the-year award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Magnuson is assistant director of University Publications and manager of the University Editor Representative System. She is responsible for overseeing Penn State’s graphic identity system and was part of the team in 1987 that implemented the Penn State mark. She works with a network of University communicators from the campuses, colleges, and administrative divisions to maintain visual and editorial standards and produce high-quality publications. With thirty years of service to the University, she also enjoys her unofficial role as an ambassador at alumni association events.

“Roger and Karen have been great friends of Penn State in so many ways it’s hard to sum up the importance of their contributions in a few words. Their involvement creates this wonderful ripple effect throughout the community because they touch so many people each day,” said Dean David Monk. “We are certainly proud that they’ve chosen to support our Higher Education program.”

In addition to their support of the College of Education, Williams and Magnuson have included the College of Agricultural Sciences in their estate plans.

“We established an endowment in the College of Agricultural Sciences to supplement the Burton S. Horne Memorial Scholarship Fund. Burton, an agricultural engineering professor, was my children’s grandfather. Well known throughout cooperative extension and the Pennsylvania farming community, he was passionate about teaching. Honoring Burt’s memory just fits in naturally with our support of the Higher Education program,” said Magnuson.

They are members of the Mount Nittany Society and together they have four children ranging in age from 20 to 34.

Administration in Action: President Graham Spanier Speaks

Friday, April 17th
12pm to 1pm
228 Chambers

Learn the President’s view about the state of higher education, challenges in leading a university, and trends in educational policy and governance. Dr. Graham Spanier was appointed Penn State’s 16th president in 1995. His prior positions include chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Oregon State University, and vice provost for undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He previously served Penn State from 1973-1982 as a member of the faculty and in three administrative positions in the College of Health and Human Development. He holds academic appointments as professor of human development and family studies, sociology, demography, and family and community medicine. For more information on President Spanier, go to http://president.psu.edu/bio/

Meet Dr. Keiko Yokoyama!

Monday, April 20th
12 noon to 1:00pm
303 Rackley

Dr. Keiko Yokoyama will discuss issues related to the conditioning of
higher education from a comparative perspective.

Dr. Yokoyama is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study for
Higher Education, the Pennsylvania State University.  She was formally
Associate Professor at the Research Institute for Higher Education,
Hiroshima University, Japan.  Her research interests are in the areas
of higher education policy analysis, sociology of education (in the
context of higher education) and organizational studies.

For more details on her presentation and bio, please click here.

Friday, March 27th
4 – 5pm
403 Rackley

A discussion on organizational change, diversity, leadership, assessment, and much more.

Dr. Smith has over 21 years of administrative experience in planning and evaluation, institutional research and student affairs. Her current research, teaching, and publications have been in the areas of organizational implications of diversity, assessment and evaluation, leadership and change, governance, student affairs, adult development, and the impact of women’s colleges and other special purpose institutions.

For more information on Dr. Smith’s work, go to http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4685.ASP

Start pulling that pork or rolling those matzo balls…..
Back by popular demand….

The 2nd Annual HESA Chili Cook-off (The Chilympics)

Friday, March 27
6:00 pm
At the home of Professor Lisa Lattuca

Entries will be divided into four categories: Chili Con Carne, Meatless Chili, Vegetarian Soup (e.g. corn chowder, black bean) and Non-Vegetarian Soup (e.g. chicken noodle, Italian wedding). Only one of last year’s winners is still in State College, so there are titles up for grabs. A sign-up sheet for participants to list their entries will be placed at Angela’s desk as the event approaches. For those non-soup-makers out there, drinks, corn bread, and yummy desserts will be needed.

Fire up those burners…..

Hope to see you all there!
Jordan & Travis
Your Chilympic Coordinators