Ronald Seyko, adjunct instructor of administration of justice, was named the 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award (Part-Time) recipient at Penn State New Kensington.
Kristen Pueschel, assistant teaching professor of mathematics, was named the 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award (Full-Time) recipient at Penn State New Kensington.
Bradyn Claycomb, a senior electro-mechanical engineering technology student, was named the 2021 Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award winner at Penn State New Kensington.
Four Penn State New Kensington students were inducted to Tau Alpha Pi, the national honor society for engineering technology students for the 2020-2021 academic year. The society is recognized on the campus with a statue, which is where the inductees met for a distanced photo. The student inductees, from left to right, included: Steven Albright, Samuel Ramsey, Alex Polka and Nicholas Hwostow.
Michael Manojlovich, lecturer of information sciences and technology at Penn State New Kensington, passed away on Feb. 27, 2021. After working in information technology within the steel and industrial manufacturing industries for nearly 27 years, he joined academia in 2000, when he taught first at Penn State Greater Allegheny until 2013 and then at the New Kensington campus.
The 2021 Penn State New Kensington Leader Launch will be held virtually on March 19, 2021. More information and a registration link can be found at newkensington.psu.edu/Leader-Launch.
