Acrylic on canvas by Brooke Doran, a senior at Valley High School, is a part of the Alle-Kiski Arts Consortium exhibit in the Penn State New Kensington Art Gallery.
After spending Martin Luther King Jr. Day 60 miles from campus volunteering at nonprofit organizations in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Penn State New Kensington students are extending their sphere of influence and spending spring break week 1,700 miles from campus performing community service projects in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A tour of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico is a part of the Penn State New Kensington students’ community service project. The students are standing in front of the statue of Eugenio María de Hostos, a revered Puerto Rican educator, philosopher and advocate for independence. De Hostos was known as "El Gran Ciudadano de las Américas" (The Great Citizen of the Americas).
Penn State New Kensington students planted trees in a mangrove in San Juan, Puerto Rico during “Alternate Spring Break,” a weeklong community service project.