For the fifth time in the six-year existence of the program, the Penn State New Kensington soccer team is headed to the postseason. And it is against a familiar foe. The fifth-seeded New Kensington Lions (4-5) travel to fourth-seeded Penn State Greater Allegheny (4-4-1) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, for the opening round of the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) soccer playoffs.
With THON 2017 less than four months away, Penn State New Kensington students are stepping up the fundraising activities with a pair of events on- and off campus. The annual Spaghetti Dinner is slated for Nov. 20, at the Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Company hall and the Holiday Basket Bingo is set for Dec. 8 in the campus Conference Center.
An exhibit of paintings by artist Charles "Bud" Gibbons, professor emeritus of visual arts at Penn State New Kensington, is set to run from Nov. 1 to 26, in the Art Gallery on the Upper Burrell campus. The exhibit is free to the public.
Promoting health and wellness while supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Penn State New Kensington Turkey Trot gets underway at 10 a.m. Nov. 5 at the campus Athletics Center.
The city of New Kensington is famous for its aluminum roots. It's infamous for its organized crime roots. Dennis Marsili, a retired New Kensington police officer, shines a light on the “dark” side of the city with a talk about the city’s mob connections at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the Forum Theatre at Penn State New Kensington. The focal point of the presentation is Marsili’s new book, “Little Chicago: A History of Organized Crime in New Kensington, Pa.”
Penn State’s THON 2017 is set for Feb. 17 -19 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. The 2016 event raised more than $13 million to support pediatric cancer patients, families and researchers.
Surrounded by a collection of his works in the campus art gallery, Bud Gibbons, left, talks with his students after teaching his last Penn State New Kensington class in May 2014.
