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.
Penn State New Kensington Student Affairs Director JW Tabacchi, who has been a member of the American College Personnel Association Foundation since 2009 and its foundation since 2018, hopes to continue to impact higher education and his role at the New Kensington campus through new leadership experience.
James Matus, a third-year electro-mechanical engineering student at Penn State New Kensington, is the 2022-23 Frederick J. Berger award and scholarship recipient.
Third-year electro-mechanical engineering technology student James Matus received the 2022-23 Frederick J. Berger award and scholarship through the engineering honors society.
