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Every step of the way

The College of the Liberal Arts is a community of people with a genuine interest in developing long-standing interpersonal relationships that help you succeed before and after you graduate.

Funding

Helping you find ways to afford your Penn State Liberal Arts education is one of Dean Lang’s highest priorities. The college offers a variety of scholarships and funding sources to help you afford tuition and out-of-classroom experiences like internships, education abroad, and research.

Academic Scholarships

Tyler Hoppe

’25

Political Science

Psychology

Political Science

Psychology

Tyler is thankful for the funding he has received throughout his time at Penn State. “Fortunately, I’ve been awarded multiple scholarships from Penn State, the National Federation of the Blind, Team See Possibilities and the American Council of the Blind, enabling me to pursue my continued education,” he said. “Coming from a family unable to afford college funding or loans, I comprehensively apply for every scholarship I qualify for each semester to sustain my education and collegiate success.”

Academic Scholarships

Kara Stover

’26

Criminology

Psychology

Criminology

Psychology

Financial support from Academic Scholarships allowed Kara to focus on her studies and her work with a local fire company, rather than holding additional jobs. “I genuinely do not know what I would do without them.”

Academic Scholarships

Cherish Graham

’26

Psychology

As a repeat recipient of the Virginia “Jake” Coskery Craig Trustee Scholarship, Cherish said she is thankful for the funding she has received from the College of the Liberal Arts. “It has been a huge blessing to me, my family, and just a great financial support in that sense. I am really grateful for that. I always look forward to writing a letter to Mrs. Craig every year, since it is a continuous scholarship.”

Academic Scholarships

Igor Latsanych

’25

Political Science

International Politics

Political Science

International Politics

Igor received academic scholarships and enrichment funding, allowing him to devote more time to his studies and extracurriculars. “The time provided and the pressure relieved by the funding allowed me a lot more time to concentrate on my personal and professional development.”

Student Services

The College of the Liberal Arts is a community of people with a genuine interest in developing long-standing interpersonal relationships that help students succeed before and after they graduate. With this goal in mind, Liberal Arts Student Services support and connect students with the resources and opportunities they need to be successful. Our Student Services offices are all centrally located on the first floor of Sparks Building.

Academic Advising
Academic Scholarships
Career Enrichment Network
Chaiken Center for Student Success
Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
Paterno Fellows Program

Academics

The College of the Liberal Arts is home to nearly 150 undergraduate majors, minors, integrated undergraduate-graduate degrees (IUGs), associate degrees, and certificates.

Majors

Minors

IUGs

The college is also home to faculty and staff who are readily available to help you on your academic journey. Learn about academic integrity and recovery, honors education, commencement, and more!

Beyond the Classroom

Learning outside the classroom is an important part of a Penn State Liberal Arts education. Participating in out-of-classroom experiences like internships, education abroad, and research can play an integral role in personal, academic, and career development, offering students the opportunity to set themselves apart.

Our Career Enrichment Network offers a variety of professional development opportunities for students, including our Alumni Mentor Program, a Living Learning Community, and Liberal Arts Career Week.

PsychologyUndergrad Research

Cameryn Allen

’25

Psychology

Cameryn has worked in several research labs, including the Survey Research Center in the Social Science Research Institute and the Parent-to-Child Anxiety Transmission Lab and the Gene Environment Interplay Across the Lifespan Lab in the College of the Liberal Arts. “Research teaches you so much more than how to collect and analyze data. It builds leadership, communication, teamwork and project management skills — things you can take anywhere.”

InternshipSpanishUndergrad Research

Anna Raquel Duiker

’26

Spanish

Human Development and Family Studies

Spanish

Human Development and Family Studies

Anna completed her Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) fellowship in Puerto Rico, where she studied how some people switch between English and Spanish when they speak. She looked at how often this happens, how likely people are to switch languages in different situations and how this affects the way they learn and use both languages.

Political ScienceUndergrad ResearchWomen's Studies

Cara Arnoldi

’26

Political Science

Communications Arts and Sciences

Public Policy (master's degree)

Political Science

Communications Arts and Sciences

Public Policy (master's degree)

In summer 2024, Cara took her research efforts abroad during WMNST 399: The Quest for Reproductive Justice in South Africa, a faculty-led education abroad program through the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the College of the Liberal Arts. The group worked on several research projects, and Cara focused her research on the inadequacy of adoption services in South Africa, contrasting it with the United States’ emphasis on improving foster and adoption services.

InternshipSpanishUndergrad Research

Jasmine Upchurch

’25

Psychology

Spanish

Psychology

Spanish

A Partnerships for International Research and Education Fellow, Jasmine spent part of summer 2024 conducting behavioral and neural research at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, specifically examining how individuals fluent in both Spanish and English process native and nonnative accents.

PsychologyUndergrad Research

Cherish Graham

’26

Psychology

Cherish works in an obsessive-compulsive disorder study lab with a team of other assistants under the direction of psychology graduate student Valerie Swisher. In the lab, Cherish is responsible for recruitment and psychological assessments, and she said she is learning a lot about mechanisms that maintain obsessive-compulsive symptoms to inform future research and interventions.

Undergrad Research

Nicholas Banerjee

University of Edinburgh

Nicholas spent a summer in Scotland conducting workplace behavioral research, blending his backgrounds in psychology and labor and human resources. His work centered on fostering innovation and creativity in professional environments.

Current Students

Funding

Tyler Hoppe

Kara Stover

Cherish Graham

Igor Latsanych

Student Services

Academics

Beyond the Classroom

Cameryn Allen

Anna Raquel Duiker

Cara Arnoldi

Jasmine Upchurch

Cherish Graham

Nicholas Banerjee

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