Based on public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), face masks are no longer required to be worn indoors at the University Park, Great Valley, Lehigh Valley, New Kensington, Schuylkill and Scranton campuses, effective Friday, June 3.
University leadership, along with state, regional and local officials, joined to celebrate the grand opening of the Digital Foundry at New Kensington on June 1. The new facility in downtown New Kensington is a partnership between Penn State New Kensington and the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland.
Face masks are now required to be worn indoors on five additional Penn State campuses, in accordance with public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that advises that masks be worn in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels.
Even before taking the reins as Penn State’s 19th president this month, Neeli Bendapudi has spent much of the spring traveling across the commonwealth on her listening tour of the University’s campuses.
On April 26, Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi visited the New Kensington campus as part of her commonwealth-wide listening and learning tour to meet and engage in conversations with students, faculty, staff and campus partners at each Penn State campus.
Frank Santimauro, lecturer of business and economics at Penn State New Kensington, will showcase 111 of his art photography pieces in the campus Art Gallery April 25 to May 29. He will also be retiring from teaching after 22 years at the campus.
