Teaching, Mentoring, and Outreach
Explore Undergraduate Teaching, Mentoring, and Outreach Opportunities
Students are encouraged to engage in service scholarship as members of the Department of Chemistry educational community. The department and the Eberly College of Science have a host of opportunities for students to engage in projects promoting education, science literacy, and networking within the science community. Participate as a peer teaching mentor as a Learning Assistant or become a Teaching Assistant. Many of our majors participate in community outreach through organizations such as the Nittany Chemical Society and the Science-U Summer Camps program.
Student Organizations
Other Ways to Get Involved
Take a Professor for Lunch
The "Take a Professor to Lunch" program aims to provide all students within the Eberly College of Science, including chemistry students, an opportunity to get to know the faculty. We realize that Penn State is a big place and that students are often hesitant to make a professor's acquaintance, even though they probably share a great many interests. We know that many students enrolled in large lecture classes feel that faculty members giving the lectures can know them only by student ID number. We cannot make Penn State smaller but we can facilitate the social interactions between students and faculty that will enable each to know the other a lot better.
The program runs each fall and spring semester. Each ECoS student is eligible to participate once per semester; faculty, however, may participate as often as they are asked and as long as their digestion holds up.
The ECoS Dean's Office will pay for lunch for up to three ECoS students and one faculty member at any one of the University's dining halls. Simply invite your professor and, after s/he accepts, arrive at 111 Ritenour Building to sign out a charge card to be returned by 5:00 p.m. that afternoon. Give it a try!
University and Community Engagement Resources
Outreach Opportunities
Student engagement is out-of-classroom scholarship, research, and projects undertaken by Penn State students in service of the community. Outreach is proud to play a significant role in connecting students with unique learning opportunities and advancing Penn State’s land-grant mission!
Student Engagement Network
At Penn State, engagement includes student activities and both curricular and co-curricular activities. Student engagement contributes to intellectual, personal, and social development, and fosters integration into University life, adding distinction and value to undergraduate experiences. Furthermore, student engagement leads to the success of students as citizens and leaders—locally, nationally, and globally.
Student Engagement Programs
Student Engagement Programs provides students with opportunities to get involved in experiences that complement both their in-class and out-of-class learning. Several offices and functions compose Student Engagement Programs, including the Student Arts Engagement Manager; the Office of Student Activities; and the Student Engagement Network.
