The Penn State Educational Office Professionals recognized two Penn State staff members — Lisa Karl in Penn State Outreach and Online Education and Candee Christy at Penn State New Kensington — with its 2023 Outstanding Office Professional Award during a banquet on May 10. The award recognizes administrative support employees who have provided exceptional service on behalf of Penn State.
The Digital Foundry at New Kensington has been selected as one of four regional makerspaces through southwestern Pennsylvania's winning federal Build Back Better grant initiative. The ARM Institute announced the $1.5 million award to the Digital Foundry as part of southwestern Pennsylvania’s “New Economy Collaborative.”
Penn State campuses across Pennsylvania were sites of celebration and recognition May 5-7 as the University awarded more than 14,000 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies held statewide. Revisit the excitement of commencement with this gallery of photos from Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses.
A new research program for students will be launched this coming fall: The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Undergraduate Student Research Fund aims to support student-led projects in different fields. Participants will acquire hands-on experience in research, scholarship, and artistic efforts. They will be responsible for creating their own research problems, study proposals, methodologies, and presenting their findings.
De-stress Fest takes place at five branch libraries across the University Park campus and at 12 Penn State campuses across the commonwealth, offering free snacks, games, activities, art therapy and other stress-management options, which vary with location.
Summaries of the findings for each of the 23 Penn State campuses where students were surveyed, including Penn State New Kensington, can be found online.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2023 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Kevin Bell, associate professor of English in the College of the Liberal Arts; Joseph Cuiffi, assistant teaching professor of electro-mechanical engineering technology at Penn State New Kensington; Peter Heaney, professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Desiree Lim, assistant professor of philosophy in the College of the Liberal Arts; Megan Lorenz, lecturer in business administration at Penn State York; and Brenna Traver, associate professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill.
