Inspirational speaker and performing artist Tom Varano shares personal stories and talks about civil rights movements while speed-painting custom portraits at Penn State New Kensington.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality among races moves closer to reality during Unity Week, Jan. 23 to 27, at Penn State New Kensington. The campus joins hands with the community in celebrating the life and works of the slain civil rights leader through various events that promote inclusion.
Transitioning from learning in the classroom to training for a career is the focus of the fourth annual Leader Launch conference Jan. 27 at the Penn State Center in Pittsburgh.
The Admissions Office at Penn State New Kensington is holding four events during the spring semester for prospective students and parents. The events -- Be a Student for a Day, Scholarship Workshop, Application Day, and Spring Open House -- are spread out over three months, February to April.
Students preparing for college entrance exams can review the SAT with Penn State New Kensington’s SAT review course, offered on six consecutive Saturdays from Jan. 28 to March 4.
Points and pepperoni will be aplenty at the annual Penn State New Kensington Alumni Society Pizza Social, held in conjunction with a Penn State New Kensington men's basketball game, on Feb. 4 in the campus' Athletics Center.
Seventeen Penn State students, including 13 enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences, were among 28 who received scholarships from the Pennsylvania Farm Show Scholarship Foundation during the 101st Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The foundation awards scholarships to young people who are registered in a post-secondary educational institution and who have exhibited at the Farm Show. To be chosen, students must exhibit leadership qualities and excellent academic performance, according to the foundation.
The Penn State Office for General Education is pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty interested in developing a new Integrative Studies General Education course.
A year after becoming the first campus to complete successfully Level I certification, Penn State New Kensington duplicated the feat in November by earning Level II certification from the Penn State Sustainability Institute’s Green Paws program.
Michael McGinnis, professor of business administration at Penn State New Kensington, died Dec. 26 in Venice, Florida, where he was visiting family. He was 75.