Rhonda Schuldt has joined Penn State New Kensington as innovation coordinator in the campus innovation hub, The Corner, located in downtown New Kensington. Her goals for the campus and The Corner include connecting the campus and New Kensington community, as well as providing and linking resources to students, faculty, staff, startups, small businesses and community members.
While Dolly Parton originally sang “9 to 5” in the 1980 hit movie by the same name, a new cast, comprised of Penn State New Kensington students and local community members, will bring the hit to Penn State New Kensington’s Forum Theatre for a three-day run Nov. 2-4.
Sixteen years after starting her Penn State journey, Ruth Herstek serves as an assistant coordinator of academic and student success at the New Kensington campus and was recently honored by the National Academic Advising Association.
Leaders from the Office of Industrial Partnerships are announcing a new, multi-element industry partnership between Penn State and Factory, a food, beverage, and pet scale-up company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Extending from Penn State Lehigh Valley to the University Park Campus, the new collaboration has the potential to bring economic and intellectual value to the growing Pennsylvania-based company, while offering tangible benefits to Penn State students and the broader Penn State community.
Penn State New Kensington will host a youth panel town hall meeting to discuss building stronger, inclusive and welcoming communities on Oct. 16. "The Hearts and Minds of Our Youth" will be moderated by New Kensington alumnae and staff member Yasmin Ray.
Mackinly Adams suffers from actinic prurigo and hasn't been in a conventional school setting since the fourth grade. Penn State New Kensington has helped make his dream of having a full college experience a reality.
