Penn State New Kensington will host two evening movies outdoors in July and August. In keeping with Chancellor Kevin Snider’s vision of bringing together the campus and community, the shows are free to the public and geared to families.
Mowgali, Baloo and Bagheera are the stars as Penn State New Kensington’s Summer BBQ and Drive-in Movie series concludes under the stars with “The Jungle Book” on Aug. 10, in the campus’ Athletics Center parking lot. The BBQ begins at 7 p.m., and the Disney flick start at dusk. The family-oriented, PG-rated show is free to the public.
Traditional students, adult learners and veterans can see if the New Kensington campus fits their reality at the “Spend a Summer Evening” admissions event at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11 in the Conference Center. Participants will meet staff and current students, and find out all they need to know about admissions, financial aid and student life. Students and their families can tour the campus and enjoy light refreshments.
As a vital part of Penn State’s 20 Commonwealth campuses located across Pennsylvania, Penn State New Kensington not only educates more than 700 students annually, it also drives substantial community impact as an employer. With more than 160 full-time and part-time employees, the New Kensington campus is an asset to the economic health and development of the Alle-Kiski Valley and Pittsburgh region.
As they step on campus for the first time as Penn Staters, incoming students are often out of their comfort zones and in unfamiliar surroundings. Penn State New Kensington’s three-day New Student Orientation is designed to assuage that angst.
Penn State has been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education that will allow the University to expand its Talent Search Programs, providing staff who work directly with disadvantaged middle and high school students to help them complete high school and attend college.
About three quarters of Penn State Beaver students are from the area and commute to campus. Weeklong study abroad trips are a way to encourage travel, challenge world views and broaden perspectives while minimizing time and cost.
Kick off your Sunday shoes and summon your inner Kevin Bacon as auditions for roles in Penn State New Kensington’s “Footloose: The Musical” begin Sept. 2 in the newly renovated Forum Theatre. Director James Baker has put out a call to the campus and community to form the cast of the fall stage production set for Nov. 4-6.
The Penn State New Kensington Alumni Society invites Penn State fans to the annual televised football game party and food drive on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Elks Lodge on Sixth Street in Tarentum. Game time has not been determined. The Nittany Lions take on the Michigan Wolverines in a Big Ten battle in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the pregame reception begins an hour before kickoff.
Like a bride’s wedding dress, the composition of new faculty at Penn State New Kensington features “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue (and white).” Nick Petrucci fits the “old” persona as he departed from the campus in 2011 as a full-time instructor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program and returns in 2016 as a full-time instructor in the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program. Penelope Morrison covers the “new” aspect as the first assistant professor of biobehavioral health, in the new Biobehavioral Health (BBH) program that debuts for the fall semester. Joseph Coohill takes on the “borrowed” character as he fills in for Craig Hammond, associate professor of history, who is on a semester sabbatical.
