A group of Penn State New Kensington faculty, staff and students visited and toured FedEx Ground's North Pittsburgh station in Zelienople, Pa. The state-of-the-art station, which opened in 2016, is fully automated and processes approximately 15,000 packages an hour. The visit was coordinated by Rhonda Schuldt, the campus' innovation coordinator at its innovation hub, The Corner, and allowed students to learn about innovation in relation to a large business.
The New Kensington Camera Club, in partnership with the New Kensington Arts Center, Allegheny Valley League of Artists and the East Suburban Artists League, will showcase works of many mediums from April 1-27.
"Backyard Sunset" by photographer Harry Shipman, member of the New Kensington Camera Club and Arts Center. The photograph and many others will be featured in Penn State New Kensington's Art Gallery throughout April 2019. The "Focus on Nature" exhibit is organized by the Camera Club in partnership with the Arts Center, Allegheny Valley League of Artists and East Suburban Artists League.
Penn State New Kensington, along with its innovation hub, The Corner, will present the next two Spark Sessions and a student-organized hackathon during Penn State Startup Week. The Spark Sessions are free and open to the public.
Admissions, academic programs, financial aid, student life and more to be featured topics at events planned by campus Office of Admissions and Student Aid.
Jake Lydick, presiden and founder of Eye-bot Aerial Solutions, prepares a drone for use while at Penn State New Kensington's innovation hub, The Corner. Eye-bot has been a member of The Corner since spring of 2018. The startup company will be featured during a Spark Session at the campus during Penn State's Startup Week events.
Entrepreneurs across the University will pitch their business ideas and create inventive solutions to common problems through a series of competitions and challenges held during Penn State Startup Week from April 1-5. The challenges are at the heart of Startup Week’s mission of teaching and inspiring participants to make innovation a part of their lives, communities and careers, either by starting their own companies or bringing a problem-solving approach to established organizations.
Students from Penn State Beaver met with several of their state representatives on the House floor Wednesday. From left are Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Turzai, Rep. Joshua Kail, students Lizzie Begley, Cindy Chen, Sara Ruiz, Joshua Hetzer and Gui Reis and Rep. Jim Marshall.
