The Office of Enrollment Management at Penn State New Kensington is offering two events for prospective students and their families to discover the benefits of attending the campus. New Kensington's Penn State Day Open House is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 19 in the campus Forum Theatre, and the "Be a Penn State Student for a Day" program will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 26.
There will be dancing in the streets but not by Martha and the Vandellas or David Bowie and Mick Jagger. The dancing will be done by the cast of Penn State New Kensington’s fall stage production of “Footloose: The Musical,” and the ‘street’ will be the expanded proscenium of the newly renovated Forum Theatre.
Local produce is often marketed as “fresh from the farm.” Penn State New Kensington sophomore agricultural sciences student Hannah Albright wants produce rebranded as “fresh from down the street.”
More than 170 national and local employers offering jobs will be at the Western Pennsylvania Career Services (WestPACS) Association's Job and Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Monroeville Convention Center.
Penn State New Kensington awarded more than $850,000 in scholarships to campus students for the fall semester. Approximately 55 percent of the student population received an average award of $2,000.
Penn State New Kensington freshman Daniel Smith was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference men’s and women’s golf Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 26.
This year at Penn State New Kensington’s Multicultural Luncheon, students, faculty and staff had a chance to learn about "All In at Penn State: A Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion" and the Oct. 6 kick-off event for the ongoing initiative. The luncheon, held on Sept. 29, is an annual event sponsored by the campus’ Office of Student Affairs.
As the general election approaches, the Penn State New Kensington student organization My Vote Matters is mobilizing the college youth and community vote by sponsoring an evening social featuring local politicians at 6 p.m. Oct. 4 in the campus’ Café 780.
Even a sabbatical cannot slow down a Penn State New Kensington communications faculty’s penchant for winning statewide teaching awards. Jennifer Wood, associate professor of communication arts and sciences, recently received the 2016 Harvey Kelly Excellence in Teaching Award from the Pennsylvania Communication Association.
Now that they are into the meat of their conference schedules, the Penn State New Kensington men's soccer, women's volleyball, and men’s and women’s golf teams will be looking to making a move in the Penn State University Athletic Conference.
