The Chaiken Center for Student Success is home to several offices that are committed to supporting and advocating for IST students. Each office offers unique resources to guide students through their academic journey. These resources are supported by professional staff who are available to meet individually with students seeking academic, internship, university life, belonging, and engagement, health and wellness, and career advice.

• Careers Solutions and Corporate Engagement
• Inclusion and Diversity Engagement
• Information Technology Helpdesk
• Student Engagement
• Undergraduate Advising
• Undergraduate Recruiting

Additionally, Penn State has a number of Chaiken Centers that offer a wide variety of programming and services that extend success across the Penn State college and campus network:

• Penn State (University Park campus)
• College of the Liberal Arts (University Park campus)
• Penn State World Campus
• Penn State Abington

• ABC To Do List
• Coveys Four Quadrants
• Daily Time Tracker
• Five-day Study Plan
• Organizing Your Syllabi
• SQ3R Method
• Student Success Plan
• Study Plan
• Weekly Schedule

Gene and Roz Chaiken met at summer camp when Gene was a rising sophomore at Penn State and Roz was a rising sophomore in high school.

“We have been together ever since,” Roz said.

They have been married for 61 years, and throughout that time, they have supported Penn State, which Gene said was the greatest influence on his life beyond his family and his bride.

The couple made their first major gift in 1998, when they joined forces with Gene’s brother, Sheldon, and his wife, Gail, to endow the Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies. Since then, they have supported several endeavors and endowed the Gene and Roz Chaiken Trustee Scholarship, the Chaiken Family Trustee Scholarship, the Chaiken Centennial Graduate Endowment, and the Roz and Gene Chaiken Center for Student Success in the College of the Liberal Arts.

“Helping other people is a privilege, not a chore,” said Gene. “Those are the nine words Roz and I live by. It’s our DNA. We hope this gift inspires others to help financially or give of their time. Most of all, we hope it helps more students succeed, and we feel grateful that we are able to play a role in doing so.”

Donors like Gene and Roz Chaiken advance the University’s historic land-grant mission to serve and lead. Through philanthropy, alumni and friends are helping students to join the Penn State family and prepare for lifelong success; driving research, outreach and economic development that grow our shared strength and readiness for the future; and increasing the University’s impact for families, patients and communities across the commonwealth and around the world. Learn more by visiting raise.psu.edu.

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