This spring Penn State expects to award 13,604 diplomas to students University-wide. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.
How everyone from advertisers to politicians use, represent and abuse the American Revolution is the topic of a presentation at 7 p.m. April 5 at Penn State New Kensington. Author and scholar Andrew M. Schocket will talk about “Muscle Cars, Lattés, and Rooftop Grilling: How We Sell the Founders, and Why It Matters.” The event is free to the public.
George Washington with a Dodge Challenger during the American Revolution. Andrew Schocket will give a talk April 5 at Penn State New Kensington about using the Founding Fathers as pitchmen.
Happy Valley LaunchBox is accepting applications for its second cohort for summer 2016. Interested business startups may apply online and will participate in a competitive selection process. The application deadline is March 25.
Green is the new blue and white at Penn State New Kensington. Green as in Green Dot and Stand for State, an innovative Penn State program that empowers Penn Staters to stand up for one another. Stand for State is a University-wide initiative that promotes bystander intervention and its place in preventing sexual and relationship violence. Bystander intervention is based on the fact that people make decisions and continue behaviors based on the reactions they receive from others. The program promotes a sense of responsibility, which gives the bystander motivation to step in and take action.
Lauren Blum, left, assistant to the director of student affairs and coordinator of the campus’ Stand for State program, explains the program to Penn State New Kensington students during the Volunteer and Human Rights Advocacy Fair.
Susan Dale, staff assistant for Academic Affairs at Penn State New Kensington, helps a student apply another green handprint to a Stand for State poster as a show of support.
Penn State President Eric Barron and University officials joined with David Black, president and CEO of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and CREDC, to launch the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Penn State Harrisburg. The center will enhance the entrepreneurial environment in Central Pennsylvania and encourage students, faculty and community members to transform their intellectual property and creative works into local businesses and industries.
