Kevin Snider, chancellor of Penn State New Kensington, speaks to students at the Northern Westmoreland Career and Technical Center (NWCTC) during the first session of the pilot "Business Fundamentals and Leadership Academy" program. The pilot initiative is a collaboration between the campus, NWCTC and the Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board.
Seniors in the program are strengthening skills such as communication, active listening, problem solving, using the business model canvas, teamwork, creative thinking and more.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 20 to 22, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Nov. 23 at University Park, there are 348 active student cases, up from 318 at the last update on Nov. 20, and 4,462 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
Emily Jefferson, a senior at Penn State, observes and records the growth of bacteria her MICRB 202 (Introductory Microbiology Laboratory) class isolated during week-one of the 2020 fall semester. Students were outfitted with new masks, face shields, and gloves prior to every lab session, and their stations were set up to provide appropriate social distancing.
