Message to Students from Liberal Arts Dean Clarence Lang
To: Undergraduate StudentsDate: 9/1/20Subject: Message to Students from Liberal Arts Dean Clarence Langhttps://mailchi.mp/la.psu.edu/message-from-dean-lang-090120 September 1, 2020 Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates: I hope you are doing well and that your second week of the semester is off to a good start. I’m glad so many of you were able to attend the “Meet the Dean” event […]
Preparing for the Fall Semester – A Message from Dean Lang
August 12, 2020 Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates, I hope this message finds you well as summer draws to a close and we set our sights on returning to campus in less than two weeks. Much like everything else that has transpired during 2020, I realize that our “return” will be unlike any other in recent […]
Message to Liberal Arts Students from Dean Lang
Subject: Message to Liberal Arts Students from Dean LangDate: Mon, Jul 06, 2020 10:25 a.m. July 6, 2020Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates: I hope that you had a relaxing Fourth of July weekend and that you are enjoying your summer so far. As you might imagine, a lot of my attention these past few weeks—and the attention of […]
A Message from Dean Lang
Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates, I trust that this message finds you reasonably well and continuing to persevere during these tumultuous times. By now, you probably have reviewed President Eric Barron’s Back to State (https://virusinfo.psu.edu/back-to-state) announcement outlining the University’s plan for students, faculty, and staff returning to campus this fall. As Dr. Barron indicated: The fall […]
Late Spring/Early Summer Update from Dean Lang
Dear Undergraduates: I hope you have had the opportunity to unwind a bit since the spring semester ended, and I trust that classes are going well for those who are continuing your coursework during Maymester. As I said when I last wrote you during finals week, I plan to reach out to you occasionally throughout […]
End-of-Semester Note from Dean Lang
Dear Undergraduates: I hope this message finds you well, and I hope that your finals are going as well as can be expected. As students, we always hope that our college years will be memorable ones. This past year, though, has been historic — none of us could have imagined back in September a spring […]
Weekly Check-in from Dean Lang
Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates: I hope this message finds you well as you begin your last week of spring semester classes. It’s incredible to me that we have reached that point of the semester already—the beginning of 2020 has certainly been a whirlwind, yet in so many ways the world and our lives have come […]
A Note from Dean Lang
Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates: I hope your week is going well so far. My thanks to all of you who participated in yesterday’s “Liberal Arts Students Check-in.” It was important for me and others in the college to hear from you, and I hope we addressed whatever questions and concerns that you had. For those […]
Weekly Check-in (and an Invitation) from Dean Lang
Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates: My thanks to those of you who took the time to complete the remote learning survey (https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RY30fNs9iUOpwcEVUm61LhCJRPBb_iVFir3zkzZEyEtUQ0Y4TjZBVlozVExMU0FTRElJQ1FWQkRZSS4u) I shared with you last week; I appreciated your thoughtful responses and was heartened to see the areas where you responded most favorably. Of particular note, most of you who responded to the survey […]
A Message from Liberal Arts Dean Clarence Lang
Dear Liberal Arts Undergraduates: Although these past few weeks have not been “normal” by any stretch of the imagination, I do hope you are at least beginning to settle into a routine in terms of your classes and that interactions with your instructors and classmates are helping to create some predictability amidst the chaos. As […]