UNIVERSITY Park, Pa. — The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence has named the recipients of its 2023-2024 Teaching and Learning Scholarship conference grants, which provide Penn State instructors of all ranks the opportunity to share their scholarship related to teaching and learning in Penn State courses.  

The recipients of the 2023-24 Teaching & Learning Scholarship grants are as follows: 

• Qi Dunsworth, Academic Support, Penn State Behrend. “Spatially Challenged? Practice Makes You Grow” at American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. 
• Laura Evans, Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Brandywine. “Flourishing in General Education: Exploring Virtual Reality and Curricula in Support of Thriving in College” at Society for the Study of Human Development Conference. 
• Noel Habashy, College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park campus. “Exploding Silos: Fostering Integrative Thinking through Co-Curricular Global Learning” at AAC&U Conference on Global Learning. 
• Matthew Levy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Behrend. “Ungrading Art History: How It Works and Why to Do It” at Southeastern College Art Conference. 
• Paul Logan, Nese College of Nursing, Hershey Medical Center. “Perception of Durable Learning to Achieve Mastery of AACN Essentials and Readiness to Practice” at American Association of Colleges of Nursing Transform Conference. 
• Katherine McLean, Social Sciences Division, Penn State Greater Allegheny. “Learning to choose, choosing to learn: The TLS Voice and Choice Project” at Penn State at Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons Conference. 
• Andrea Ragonese, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, University Park campus. “Clarity, Choice, and Curiosity: Strategies for Fostering Creativity in the Classroom” at Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons Conference. 
• Mary Ritchey, Science Division, Penn State York. “From Student to Teacher: Self-Directed Assessment in an Introductory Chemistry Course” at Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching. 
• Joan Smeltzer, Mathematics Division, Penn State York. “With a Little Help from my Friends: Integrating Self-directed Peer Learning to Improve Word Problem Completion in Developmental Math” at Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons Conference. 
• Mary Ann Smith, Science Division, Penn State Schuylkill. “Not Just Black Boxes: Students Engagement and Perceptions of Zoom in the Classroom” at Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons Conference. 

The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is part of Penn State Undergraduate Education, the academic administrative unit that provides leadership and coordination for University-wide programs in support of undergraduate teaching and learning at Penn State.