A group of pre-teens gathers for a weekly Bible study in Argentina to memorise Scripture and share their lives with each other.

A group of 35 children from an underprivileged area in Buenos Aires enjoy a camp in the countryside, organised by OM team members.

Bahia Blanca, Argentina :: A missionary couple teaches church members about serving God as a family.

The North Central Pennsylvania (NCPA) LaunchBox powered by Penn State DuBois marked a year of significant achievements in 2023-24 by fostering regional industry growth and workforce development. A key highlight of the year was the LaunchBox’s pivotal role in the North Central Pressed Materials Strategy Development Consortium, an initiative aimed at advancing the pressed material industry in central Pennsylvania.

Recently, the Wildlife Technology Program at Penn State DuBois earned reaccreditation with the North American Wildlife Technology Association for five years.

Before the fall semester started, 19 honors students from Penn State DuBois embarked on an unforgettable journey across Europe, visiting Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France. The weeklong trip, part of the honors scholar program, allowed students to immerse themselves in new cultures, savor local cuisines, explore historical landmarks, and encounter diverse wildlife.

Penn State DuBois will welcome Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance in the School of Theatre, to campus on Oct. 23 for a live performance that includes storytelling and the potential for audience participation.

The Penn State DuBois men’s basketball team started the 2024-25 season on a high note, winning its first two games over the weekend in strong showings against Bucks County Community College and Central Penn at Penn State Mont Alto.

The Penn State DuBois basketball season is off to a competitive start, with both the men’s and women’s teams showcasing their skills in early games. The women’s team began its campaign on a high note, capturing a commanding victory, while the men’s team fought a hard battle in a closely contested home opener.

Pray God will equip His people with boldness in the UAE.

In Qatar, there is a sudden interest in the Korean language and culture.

Short-term outreach in the Arabian Peninsula provides cultural exposure and missions experience for visitors from around the world.

During a decade in the Arabian Peninsula, one couple offers their home for different seasons of ministry.

Muslim background believers in the Arabian Peninsula experience healing and visions in their journey to faith.

OM workers in the Arabian Peninsula encounter the spiritual realm while biking to remote villages to spread the light of Jesus Christ to the unreached.

Long-term workers in the UK embark on a three-week trip across the AP to learn how to pray for workers in the Arab world and how to connect with Muslims where they live.

A long-term worker shares with a local man in the middle of a thunderstorm, discovering his interest in Jesus.

A long-term worker shares how learning Arabic has impacted her life and friendships in the Arabian Peninsula.

Radio conversation about gingerbread cookies gives OM worker in the Arabian Peninsula a chance to share the true story of Christmas with local friends.

An OM team in the Arabian Peninsula focuses first on building community and discovers extraordinary results.

The local leader of OM’s work amongst one persecuted people group tells the story of God’s work in his life.

After handing over almost 3 000 apartments to their owners, residential estates developer, Balwin's revenues surpassed R3 billion for the first time in the company's 26-year history.

Residential rental growth has reached its best levels since the pandemic started, a new report shows.

Growthpoint Properties says it will take years and a faster growing economy for Sandton office buildings to go back to how they were before Covid-19.

There was positive rental growth in all provinces despite tenants feeling the pinch due to challenging economic conditions, according to the latest Payprop Rental Index.

A Penn State College of Education faculty member is part of a multidisciplinary team across several universities that has been awarded a $3.5 million Transformative Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to conduct a large-scale, five-year study on community-driven initiatives to teach Asian American studies in K-12 classrooms.

A new book by a College of Education professor offers insights into how educators can empower low-income students of color.

The College of Education’s Staff Advisory Council is assisting the college’s alumni currently working as teachers with obtaining classroom supplies.

Twelve Penn State faculty members received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. An additional four faculty members have been named Fulbright Specialist Award recipients.  

A new civil rights in education initiative, called AdvancED Equity, that focuses on advancing research to inform policy related to civil rights protections in the field of education, was recently established with contributions from Penn State.

Transnet has said essential equipment, including rubber-tyred gantries and ship-to-shore cranes, will only arrive by the next peak fruit export season at the Cape Town Port.

Uber will bring 200 BYD electric vehicles onto its platform in South Africa, starting with a pilot in Johannesburg in 2025.

Shares of Bidcorp, the food services giant founded by Brian Joffe, jumped almost 5% on Tuesday after it reported a record revenue performance for the four months to end October, including an "excellent" result from SA.

FlySafair has filed an urgent application to interdict a ruling that threatens its international operations after it was found that the airline's shareholding structure violates foreign ownership regulations.

ICTSI said it will use all legal channels to make sure that a Maersk subsidiary, "is not successful in holding the Durban port, and indeed the South African economy hostage to their interests".

Blue Ribbon and Snowflake owner Premier's interim earnings rose by almost a third on Tuesday as the group benefited from a focus on margin management, cost savings and continued investment in its assets.

It took less than a week for one of Citigroup's recommended Trump trades to sink under water.

Elon Musk surfaced once more in a round of phone calls US President-elect Donald Trump is making with world leaders, driving home the billionaire's outsized influence in the next administration.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world's richest man who donated millions of dollars to helping Trump get elected.

Some of the most important pre-literacy skills begin in infancy. This timeline shows examples of the milestones children meet on their path to fluent reading.

All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Reading Instruction (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.

Mary Beth Nicklaus, Beth Jarzabek, Jennifer Casa-Todd, Jennifer Orr, and Leah Wilson contribute their thoughts on the use or nonuse of reading logs to document student reading at home.

A meta-analysis of nearly three-dozen research studies published over the past decade finds that reading from paper has a small, statistically significant benefit on reading performance.

In a new ongoing series, Education Week will interrogate the cognitive science behind how young students acquire foundational reading skills, with a focus on grades K-2, and explore the challenges educators face in teaching kids to read.

While 77 percent of students agree that summer reading will help them, 20 percent report reading no books during the summer. The finding is part of Scholastic's biennial nationally representative survey of children ages 17 and younger and their parents. Thirty-two percent of children ages 15 to 17 s

One of the giants of the literacy world is grappling with the recent push for the "science of reading"—and responding to critics who say her early reading program doesn't align to evidence-based practice.