125 years for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
115 years for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2021, and MatSE continues to celebrate its 115th anniversary through 2022.
Sharing a rich history, EMS traces its beginnings to 1896 with the School of Mines, and MatSE began with the establishment of a strong academic program in metallurgy in 1907.
EMS recognizes that the success and reputation of the college is defined substantially by the achievements of its graduates. To celebrate its 125th anniversary, the college selected a prominent group of alumni whose contributions to the fields of science and engineering have set them apart from their peers and named them 125th Anniversary Fellows. These Fellows join the esteemed group of alumni previously selected as Centennial Fellows in 1996.
The 125th Anniversary Fellows selected are graduates at the prime of their careers in academia, private sector, government, and public service. Of particular attention are those graduates who have demonstrated strong leadership in their respective communities, who have been pioneers in diversity and inclusion, and who have contributed substantially to the welfare of humanity using the skills and knowledge they developed at Penn State.
EMS bestowed 132 alumni with the title of 125th Anniversary Fellow, twenty-eight of whom are from MatSE.
Throughout 2022 MatSE has celebrated the 125th Anniversary Fellows by inviting them to present at the Steidle Café, which features informal, short talks about their hometowns, career paths, travel, hobbies, memories, and current work.
EMS began celebrating its 125th anniversary in the fall of 2020 and continued through 2021. The Crescendo weekend, which was to mark the closing of the anniversary year, was postponed in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, the celebrations did occur on October 14 and 15, 2022, with the festivities focused on the 125th Anniversary Fellows.
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