The half-day professional conference is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 7, and tickets are available for campus students and recent graduates in the Academic and Career Success Center.
Sixteen years after starting her Penn State journey, Ruth Herstek serves as an assistant coordinator of academic and student success at the New Kensington campus and was recently honored by the National Academic Advising Association.
Ruth Herstek, left, walks with Sean Bridgen, associate director for academic advising, at Penn State New Kensington. Bridgen helped nominate Herstek, assistant coordinator for academic and student success, for the 2018 Outstanding New Advisor award from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).
Ruth Herstek, assistant coordinator for academic and student success at Penn State New Kensington, advises a student in the campus Academic and Career Success Center. On her desk sits a framed certificate of merit from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Herstek, who was an adult learner and Penn State graduate, was one of 11 recipients of NACADA's 2018 Outstanding New Advisor award for those with academic advising as their primary role.
The Penn State New Kensington Conference Center was filled with students and professionals for the first-ever "Pizza with Professionals" event before the 2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Exposition and Career Connections Day.
The Penn State New Kensington Conference Center was filled with students and professionals for the first-ever "Pizza with Professionals" event before the 2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Exposition and Career Connections Day.
The Penn State New Kensington Conference Center was filled with students and professionals for the first-ever "Pizza with Professionals" event before the 2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Exposition and Career Connections Day.
Students participated in the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Exposition in conjunction with Career Connections Day at Penn State New Kensington, held on April 10.
