Penn State New Kensington faculty and staff listen to Stephen Leonard, senior innovation lead at Arconic, at The Corner entrepreneurial center in downtown New Kensington. The group met in January 2018 to learn more about entrepreneurship and bringing it into campus programming and classes.
Penn State New Kensington faculty and staff listen to Stephen Leonard, senior innovation lead at Arconic, at The Corner entrepreneurial center in downtown New Kensington. The group met in January 2018 to learn more about entrepreneurship and bringing it into campus programming and classes.
Students meet at The Corner in downtown New Kensington. The Corner Launchbox program and coworking space concepts were made possible in part by a seed grant of $150,000 from Invent Penn State, a Commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success, and a partnership with Westmoreland County. Penn State New Kensington used the grant to create a unique model that melds entrepreneurship, coworking space and community-driven economic development to revitalize the city. The result is the first center of its kind in Westmoreland County with the goal of being a hub of collaboration, creation and innovation in New Kensington.
View of the Bryce Jordan Center at the University Park campus during THON 2017. THON, formally known as the Penn State Interfraternity Council/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon, culminates with a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping marathon to benefit the Four Diamonds Fund and the fight against pediatric cancer.
Penn State New Kensington students volunteered Jan. 15 for a regional MLK Jr. Day of Service in Erie with students from other Penn State campuses in western Pennsylvania. Pictured, left to right, are New Kensington students Ally Clark, Tyler Campbell, Shannon Josefoski and Ashley Worlds.
