Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider previewed the new Entrepreneurial Center Feb. 10 at a meeting of local business leaders and city and county officials in the new Knead Community Café in downtown New Kensington.
Penn State New Kensington forward Shane Baronner led the Penn State University Athletic Conference in field goal accuracy with a .657 percentage. The 6-foot-3 sophomore connected on 65 of 99 attempts and averaged 8.1 points per game.
Jennifer Gilley, head librarian at Penn State University Libraries’ Elisabeth S. Blissell Library at Penn State New Kensington, has been selected as the 2017 winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Career Achievement Award. The award honors significant longstanding contributions to women’s studies in the field of librarianship over the course of a career.
In his last home game, senior Jordan Williams broke the 1,000-career-point barrier Feb. 7 as he scored 27 points to lead Penn State New Kensington to an 82-72 victory over Penn State Beaver in the Athletics Center.
The Penn State New Kensington softball and baseball teams will put frozen fields and indoor practice behind them as they head to Florida during spring break, March 5-10, for sunshine and snow-free diamonds.
Penn State New Kensington students can present their research at the 10th annual Research and Creative Exposition on April 11 in the campus Athletics Center.
High school students, transfer students, and adult learners can double their chances to fill out a free application at Penn State New Kensington during Application Day on Feb. 16. Prospective students can apply in the morning or in the afternoon. Both sessions waive the normal $65 application fee.
Penn State New Kensington is on the verge of getting an infusion of new student leaders. Five campus students attended a leadership conference in the fall, and if history serves as a guide, most will assume leadership berths on various campus committees and organizations.
In today’s sophisticated, high-tech world, using a groundhog’s prognosticating acumen to predict weather patterns is akin to using an abacus’ beads to calculate the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But with weather information a vital part of everyone’s daily routine, Penn State New Kensington biologist and blogger Bill Hamilton suggested a remedy to Punxsutawney Phil’s somewhat arcane style -- House Cat Mazie.
In baseball lingo, “setting the table” during a game means getting on base for the big hitters; for the Penn State New Kensington baseball team, “setting the table” during the holiday break meant preparing 5,000 toys for local families.
