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PSNK faculty

Donald Bruckner, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State New Kensington, was selected as a General Education Faculty Fellow. Here he is teaching his favorite general education class, Symbolic Logic, which is designed to help students improve their critical thinking and analytical skills.

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PSNK faculty

Robert Mathers, professor of chemistry at Penn State New Kensington, does a “peer review” of the works of his colleagues at the annual faculty publications party.

Faculty

PSNK faculty

Robert Mathers, professor of chemistry at Penn State New Kensington, does a “peer review” of the works of his colleagues at the annual faculty publications party. 

faculty teaching

PSNK faculty

Donald Bruckner, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State New Kensington, was selected as a General Education Faculty Fellow. Here he is teaching his favorite general education class, Symbolic Logic, which is designed to help students improve their critical thinking and analytical skills. 

Commencement Spring 2016

PSNK commencement

Penn State New Kensington’s fall graduates will join their spring counterparts to form the 120-member Class of 2016.

Open House

PSNK admissions

Patty Brady, director of enrollment management at Penn State New Kensington, reviews the application process for prospective students and families at the fall 2016 open house admissions event at the campus. 

mace grand procession

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The Grand Processional entered the Bryce Jordan Center to officially begin Fall 2015 Commencement exercises on the morning of Dec. 19. The mace, carved from a newel post from Penn State's original Old Main building, traditionally leads the procession.  

Barron with crowd on steps of Capitol rotunda

Invent Penn State Day at Capitol 2

Students and chancellors from 13 campuses accompanied University President Eric Barron for an event on June 20 in Harrisburg announcing the next series of six $50,000 grants for Commonwealth Campuses to expand the Invent Penn State initiative.

Map of Pennsylvania with Invent Penn State sites

Invent Penn State map

With the June 20 announcement of the next wave of seed grants, the Invent Penn State initiative now includes 13 locations across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.