Entrepreneurs across the University will pitch their business ideas and create inventive solutions to common problems through a series of competitions and challenges held during Penn State Startup Week from April 1-5. The challenges are at the heart of Startup Week’s mission of teaching and inspiring participants to make innovation a part of their lives, communities and careers, either by starting their own companies or bringing a problem-solving approach to established organizations.
Thirteen students from three campuses observed National Nutrition Month in a fitting way: traveling to Honduras for a spring break service learning trip through Healthy Niños Honduras, a Pennsylvania-based organization that focuses on helping children with malnutrition.
Penn State Schuylkill recently announced an anonymous gift of $250,000 to help fund LionLaunch, part of Invent Penn State, a University-wide initiative established to spur economic growth in Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, May 18, eight Penn State organizations will co-sponsor the 10th annual Penn State Day at Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. at Pavilion M. A program will begin at 11 a.m. and will include lunch, a performance by the Alumni Blue Band, an appearance by the Nittany Lion, and prize raffles.
Penn State Schuylkill students and administration have collaborated with the Habitat for Humanity of Berks County affiliate to establish the only Penn State Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter outside of University Park, eager to embark on community-building projects within Schuylkill County.
Penn State’s new LionPulse program identifies “Health Champions” at participating Penn State campuses, who will employ unique methods to help students, faculty and staff make positive lifelong changes to their health with assistance from grant funds made available by the Penn State strategic plan.
Schuylkill students are wrapping up their final fundraising push for THON 2019, taking their motivation from the classroom to the streets of Schuylkill County. The group will announce if they reached their $20,000 goal on Feb. 14 as they send their four campus dancers to the 46-hour dance marathon at University Park.
The Penn State Bookstore, which is operated by Barnes & Noble College, a Barnes & Noble Education Inc. company, has awarded its fourth round of grants to support a range of programs and initiatives across the University.
Patrick Jones, assistant vice president for academic affairs, online learning, at Drexel University, has been named chancellor at Penn State Schuylkill, effective Jan. 4, 2019. Jones has more than 30 years of experience in the field of education as an academic administrator, professor and band conductor, in addition to serving for 30 years in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
