Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2023 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Kevin Bell, associate professor of English in the College of the Liberal Arts; Joseph Cuiffi, assistant teaching professor of electro-mechanical engineering technology at Penn State New Kensington; Peter Heaney, professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Desiree Lim, assistant professor of philosophy in the College of the Liberal Arts; Megan Lorenz, lecturer in business administration at Penn State York; and Brenna Traver, associate professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill.
Penn State New Kensington Student Affairs Director JW Tabacchi, who has been a member of the American College Personnel Association Foundation since 2009 and its foundation since 2018, hopes to continue to impact higher education and his role at the New Kensington campus through new leadership experience.
Third-year electro-mechanical engineering technology student James Matus received the 2022-23 Frederick J. Berger award and scholarship through the engineering honors society.
Penn State researchers seeking to understand the reasons behind people’s attitudes towards wildlife and their decisions to support saving endangered species were recently awarded a Commonwealth Campuses Research Collaboration Development Program Award to address lack of research in this area, by developing an interactive game.
The New Kensington THON team will represent the campus at the annual dance marathon weekend at the University Park campus Feb. 17-19. The team has raised more than $10,000 for Four Diamonds and the fight against childhood cancer leading up to event weekend.
A series of seed grants from the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses has provided Penn State campus leaders with the support to implement transformative initiatives and best practices that have been successful at other University campuses.
Roger Brindley, vice provost for Penn State Global; Andrea Dowhower interim vice president for Student Affairs; and Renata Engel, vice provost for online education, share resources available for individuals who have been impacted by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, as well as ways to help with the rescue and recovery.
Penn State New Kensington has issued a call for artists to participate in an art submission for consideration for auction at the fifth annual "Off the Wall pARTy" scheduled for June 9. The pARTy aims to celebrate arts and culture with a unique evening consisting of art, live and silent auctions, food tastings, drinks, music and more. Proceeds from the event benefit cultural art initiatives and programs at the campus.
Art educators from five local school districts in the Alle-Kiski region and Pittsburgh will showcase their works in the Penn State New Kensington Art Gallery Feb. 1-24. The showcase is free and open to the public.
