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Volleyball set

PSNK athletics

Penn State New Kensington’s Emily Carnes (4) sets up Bethany Weiblinger (1) for a kill in a home match last season against Penn State Greater Allegheny.

Volleyball set

PSNK athletics

Penn State New Kensington’s Emily Carnes (4) sets up Bethany Weiblinger (1) for a kill in a home match last season against Penn State Greater Allegheny. 

Director of Development

PSNK staff

Kary Coleman, director of development and alumni relations at Penn State New Kensington, was selected as one of “Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest” for 2016.

EMET faculty

PSNK faculty

Karl Harris will take over as coordinator of Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program in June when Ron Land retires. 

BET Faculty

PSNK faculty

Joie Marhefka is the new program coordinator the Biomedical Engineering Technology program at Penn State New Kensington.

Rainbow Arch

Penn State New Kensington New Student Orientation

First-year students at Penn State New Kensington get ready for the traditional Rainbow Arch photo of the eight Prides of the Class of 2020.The iconic aluminum Arch, designed by Henry Noestheden and donated by Alcoa in 1976, stands at the front entrance to the campus. 

Alumni at TV football game

PSNK alumni

Vera Spina Greenwald, center, president of the Penn State New Kensington Alumni Society, and decked out in a Nittany Lion ensemble, is flanked by her husband Jason Greenwald and Ashley Traini, vice president of the society, at a previous Penn State TV football game at the Elks Lodge. 

faculty in room

PSNK faculty

Joe Coohill, adjunct instructor in history, sits in the area where his desk was located in 2007. His former faculty office was turned into a Quiet Study Lounge for students. Coohill returned to teach in fall 2016 at the campus after an eight-year hiatus.