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Liberal Arts students embed themselves in Korean culture
April 15, 2024
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Liberal Arts students study culture and language in Salerno, Italy
September 19, 2023
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Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program
January 30, 2023
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Liberal Arts student pursues passion for immigrants’ rights in Chile
December 13, 2022
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Paterno Fellows essay contest open to all undergraduate students
December 07, 2022
![Jenna Lugo is a third-year student majoring in political science and history with a minor in global and international studies.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Lugo_Jenna.png?h=803c7c41&itok=aDkpQy6t)
Smithsonian internship helps Paterno Fellow explore her history passions
September 28, 2022
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Paterno Fellow completes sociolinguistic research in Puerto Rico
September 19, 2022
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Toliver recognized with Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award
March 30, 2022
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Five liberal arts students serving as 2022 THON directors
February 16, 2022
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Paterno Fellows essay contest open to all undergraduate students
December 10, 2021
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Liberal Arts alumna leads innovative career in the music industry
November 24, 2021
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Paterno Fellow completes workplace behavioral research in Scotland
September 30, 2021
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Liberal Arts students embed themselves in Korean culture
April 15, 2024
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Liberal Arts students study culture and language in Salerno, Italy
September 19, 2023
![Katelyn Davis, a fourth-year student majoring in Economics and Mathematics, interned at Bates White Economic Consulting this summer.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/1katelyn-davis-headshot.jpg?h=3de8136a&itok=eLhj-rkS)
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![Lenneya Murray spoke at the Penn State NAACP’s All-White Affair, an event celebrating the contributions of Black advocacy and excellence at Penn State.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/07/murray_lenneya1.jpg?h=41eaf5bc&itok=sae4frrt)
![Liberal Arts alumna Srishti Ponnala was heavily involved in World in Conversation as a Penn State undergraduate student, which helped prepare her for success at the University of Wisconsin Law School in pursuit of her juris doctorate.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/06/ponnala_srishti.png?h=84071268&itok=axTWLfTI)
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![Shaka Ramanathan is the current president of Days for Girls at Penn State.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/Ramanathan_Shaka%201.jpg?h=19ad3fdd&itok=NcUXZmsF)
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Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program
January 30, 2023
![Aditya Datta (left), Ekow Asomaning (upper right), Eswar Chelliah (bottom right)](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/Datta_Aditya%20and%20BFDC%20Collage%20smaller.png?h=39f399c3&itok=74MZ2tZU)
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Liberal Arts student pursues passion for immigrants’ rights in Chile
December 13, 2022
![Penn State student Michael Mitole reads his essay at the podium in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center at the Paterno Fellows Recognition Ceremony on April 18, 2022.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/Mitole_Michael.png?h=ca768f8d&itok=_tv0bPIF)
Paterno Fellows essay contest open to all undergraduate students
December 07, 2022
![Samantha Escobar, a third-year Liberal Arts student at Penn State, leans against a pillar outside the main entrance to Old Main.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/Escobar_Samantha1.jpg?h=1c3f4ec8&itok=9X9oo0DW)
![Tyler Vazquez next to the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts word mark](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/11/Vazquez_Tyler1.png?h=7fa574cd&itok=e37o_SI8)
![Ira J. Allen (left) and Nathan Crick (right)](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/PFP%20Forum%20FA22%20news%20header.png?h=707772c7&itok=asP7yRTp)
![Liberal Arts student Michael Garza poses on a rooftop and smiles at the camera](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/Garza_Michael.jpg?h=e9d51d25&itok=vdzepR62)
![Jenna Lugo is a third-year student majoring in political science and history with a minor in global and international studies.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Lugo_Jenna.png?h=803c7c41&itok=aDkpQy6t)
Smithsonian internship helps Paterno Fellow explore her history passions
September 28, 2022
![Caden Vitti poses in front of mountains at El Yunque, a national rainforest in Puerto Rico.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Vitti_Caden1.jpg?h=1b37e387&itok=fwubVbiK)
Paterno Fellow completes sociolinguistic research in Puerto Rico
September 19, 2022
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![Nick Cedeño stands in front of a wall that says PIMCO, the company where he interned this summer](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/08/Ceden%CC%83o_Nick.jpg?h=fae088a4&itok=CEavyi5w)
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![Kay Adetiba sits in the lounge area of the LinkedIn office in New York.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/07/Adetiba_Kay.jpg?h=eeb911fc&itok=icjgjKkJ)
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Toliver recognized with Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award
March 30, 2022
![Students and faculty smiling at the camera in front of mountains in Switzerland](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/03/ECON%20Switzerland%20Embedded%20Course.jpg?h=a7f39a28&itok=wCTF8H_I)
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Five liberal arts students serving as 2022 THON directors
February 16, 2022
![Sarabeth Bowmaster stands at the front of the classroom](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/Sarabeth%20Bowmaster%20teaches%20WMNST%20197_1.png?h=7f457de2&itok=AATFpXCr)
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Paterno Fellows essay contest open to all undergraduate students
December 10, 2021
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Liberal Arts alumna leads innovative career in the music industry
November 24, 2021
![Nicholas Banerjee in Scotland](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Nicholas%20Banerjee.png?h=82f92a78&itok=EjZICVNM)
Paterno Fellow completes workplace behavioral research in Scotland
September 30, 2021
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