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Brother DSmobile DS-940DW

Brother's feature-rich, manual-feed DS-940DW portable document scanner makes scans (and processes them) quickly, and it comes with all the software you'll need for most tasks. It's a terrific value.




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Microsoft Windows 10

The leading desktop operating system continues to improve, adding refinements, tool updates, new visuals, and more control over updates.




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Adobe Lightroom Classic

Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom remains the gold standard in pro photo workflow software. It's a complete package, with top-notch organization tools, state of-the-art adjustments, and all the output and printing options you'd want.




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NordVPN

NordVPN wraps a slick client around a strong collection of security features and an enormous network of servers. It's an excellent VPN that's working hard to rebuild its reputation after a breach.




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Shadow by Blade

Shadow by Blade is a service that lets you remotely access a powerful Windows 10 machine from any other PC, Mac, or Android device for a lag-free gaming experience.




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Doom Eternal (for PC)

Doom Eternal tops its predecessor by featuring larger maps filled with secrets, more ultra-violent weapons, and a huge variety of demons to slay. It is 2020's most extreme, first-person shooter.




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Dell Precision 7920 Tower (2020)

Dell's Precision 7920 Tower workstation is a dual-CPU monster for tasks that can leverage its server-grade hardware and require maximum reliability. Just be prepared for sticker shock if you go all-in like on our test model.




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Helping Pennsylvania teachers cope through mindfulness webinars

Concern for their students and adapting to remote teaching are only a few of the stressors that teachers are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. In response, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) has partnered with Sebrina Doyle, a graduate fellow in the College of Education, to offer mindfulness-based stress reduction training via Zoom to their members – to help alleviate feelings of helplessness, fear and anxiety. Doyle offered the hour-long webinar two days this month to approximately 700 PSEA members.




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Student teachers are making the most of their new online 'classrooms'

Penn State's College of Education and the State College Area School District have joined forces for 22 years to conduct the Professional Development School.




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Interns, teacher educators navigate COVID-19 with shared inquiry

The pandemic has disrupted internships and student teaching in Pennsylvania’s teacher education programs. Teacher educators in K-4 Professional Development School partnership between Penn State and the State College Area School District have taken an inquiry stance to empower interns to navigate learning to teach during these times.




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Around the College: April 29, 2020

Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.




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Mindfulness practices may reduce stress in the classroom

An education professor at Penn State is investigating how educators can adopt mindfulness practices to keep stress and anxiety at bay.




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Student teacher's job after Penn State graduation: U.S. Marine Corps

Come May 18, College of Education student Gabriela Marsh will commission as second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. She graduated from Officers Candidate School in August 2019, completed her senior year at Penn State in the Navy ROTC program and commissions with the Marines in mid-May.




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It's been quite the experience for Penn State CI 495 student teachers

Synchronous and asynchronous education on Zoom and other platforms are the new normal, and student teachers Kristen Krause, Lexi Principe, Gabriela Marsh and Carley Cassandro have rolled with punches delivered by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent K-12 school shutdowns.




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Rob Longwell-Grice: Breaking down barriers for first-generation college students

The Alumni Spotlight is a monthly feature in Bridges, highlighting College of Education alumni who are making a difference in the lives of the people around them. This edition features Rob Longwell-Grice, who draws upon personal experience to help students who are also the first in their families to pursue a college degree.




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Education professor designs kid-friendly face masks

An education professor at Penn State is utilizing her understanding of child psychology — as well as her sewing skills — to help protect children in her community by appealing to their imaginations.




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Doctoral candidate wants to help blind people, just like himself

JooYoung Seo, a doctoral candidate in the College of Education’s Learning, Design, and Technology program, has secured a highly competitive internship with RStudio that will allow him to help people just like himself — those with severe visual impairments.




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Serving God through coffee shops and carpentry

Jose, an Argentinian worker serving in Southeast Asia, tells of how he entered overseas service and what he has seen God do through his not-so-typical ministry.




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God of unity

Rosario, Argentina :: Crewmembers with experience working with least-reached people share a message of unity between churches.




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A transformed heart

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.




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Unexpected love and respect

Rosario, Argentina :: Church members from a vulnerable community learn about human trafficking and experience care and respect.




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The God of India, Singapore and the Middle East

Doron's experience on Logos Hope shows him God's faithfulness and uncovers leadership abilities he is using today in a new role.




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Visiting an underground church

Despite being aware of the need for discretion when talking about Jesus, Argentinian Cecilia felt no fear while she was in Central Asia.




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God called you, and God has a plan for you

An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry.




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'They don’t understand what love is'

Noy shares her journey of experiencing God's love for herself and forgiving the community that persecuted her family.




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Ordinary woman, extraordinary journey

God uses Janet to reach people through one-on-one encounters at a bookshop in a closed country.




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'To the whole world’

Tinashe disciples and shows Zimbabweans that they, too, are called to serve; everyone can share their own stories with others to show the love of Christ. 




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The Gospel and travel meet

Kyle Scott (UK) joined OM Europe’s Transit Challenge Team at Transform 2010 and spent the next 6 months travelling from Italy through Southern Europe to the Balkans. After returning home for Christmas, he flew to Germany for the GO conference in January 2011, from where he joined the OM team in France. We were curious to know more…




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God stirs the hearts of French youth

French pastor believes that today a new generation in France is rising up with passion to serve God.




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God at work in northeast France

God works in the hearts of those who attend an event at a local church in northeast France.




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The Lord worked in many ways!

Six OMers spent two weeks in the south of France sharing God's love with children as part of a large music festival.




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Sharing the good news with kids

In spite of fluctuating numbers, an OMer knows God is working in the hearts of those who attended the kids’ club and heard the gospel.




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Bonding over clean-up

Cleaning up after class turns into a moment of sharing between an OM worker and two North African women.




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Raise and Give for Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mathilde, a French teen, describes her trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She and others will raise funds for a youth centre where Bosnian teens can discover God.




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Bound to superstition

A recent poll shows "rationalistic" French society still highly bound to superstition.




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Prisonniers de la superstition

Un sondage récent montre que la superstition est bien présente dans la société française, qui se veut pourtant si rationaliste.




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Joy and sunlight

An OM outreach participant shares the gospel with another group of hikers during a walk down a mountain in France.




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The God of all resources

Participants experience a special outreach, Retro-Extreme, in France where they rely on God alone for daily food, housing and ministry opportunities.




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TeenStreet 2012 and Raise and Give

French teens attend TeenStreet 2012 and help raise money for youth ministry in Bosnia-Herzegovina.




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God opens doors

Two guys with the Transit Challenge team step out in faith to share the gospel in an unfamiliar city.




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Colliding worlds

An OMer encounters a French woman who converted to Islam but misunderstands both Islam and the Christian faith.




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Small steps towards justice

An OM France couple works among trafficked women and fights for justice before government officials.




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Town authorities acknowledge spiritual realities

French OMer Andre experiences that prayer can change the hearts of authorities regarding victims of human trafficking.




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A TeenStreet fundraising adventure

A church youth group sees God provide finances for the teens to attend TeenStreet Europe 2013 in Germany.




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Dance for France

After the Transform conference last July in Rome, about 10 of the participants in eastern France started to meet together in order to share the Gospel through dance.




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Real freedom

A French man met in the street prefered to live without God, thinking He would take away his freedom.




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The gift of words and the Word

Several years ago OM France started teaching French to immigrants to meet a practical need, build relationships and share God’s love.




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The least-reached in Europe

“I was not happy when the Lord told me to go to France,” recalls one American OM worker, who soon discovered Europe’s great spiritual needs.




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Et après? (and after?)

Hindsight is, as they say, 20:20. It’s usually easier to see, after the event, what should have been done to prevent it from happening. But whether this is true for the recent tragic events in Paris is a case for argument.




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Connecting: Finding churches for Turks in France

While reaching out to Turks in France, one long-term worker feels like Apostle Paul: preaching in house churches and getting kicked out of a mosque.