With Penn State’s recent announcement of the next six communities to receive seed-grant funding through its Invent Penn State initiative, the University’s economic development effort has grown to include 13 hubs for innovation spread across Pennsylvania.
Penn State Today asked you — students, faculty and staff — to share what you're thankful for, and you responded. Supportive colleagues, great libraries, fall foliage and friends and family were some of the responses we received. Read about — and watch — why Penn Staters are thankful.
Applications for the Penn State Secondary Mathematics Noyce Scholarship Program must be submitted by Jan. 18, 2017. The competitive renewable scholarships will provide $19,000 per year for eligible students’ last two years of college.
The Penn State Alumni Association honored 24 outstanding alumni in October with the Alumni Fellow Award, the highest award given by the Alumni Association. Watch their acceptance speech videos online, and hear how graduating from Penn State impacted the honorees’ lives and careers.
Penn State Schuylkill will honor veterans at the Vietnam Veteran Memorial, adjacent to Penn State Schuylkill, on Nov. 11. The memorial service will begin at noon in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Penn State Schuylkill celebrated the kick-off of the new University-wide fundraising campaign with honored guests at the Blue and White Dinner, held Oct. 20 at the Schuylkill Country Club, Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania.
An exciting new program that launched this fall at Penn State Schuylkill has been full of opportunities for first-year students to engage and connect, both academically and socially, with the campus and surrounding communities.
Penn State Schuylkill has launched the Penn State Homework Hotline, a free tutoring service to students in participating local school districts. Students in grades six to 12 with questions about math homework or concepts can call and speak to a college student who is trained to tutor math and has acquired all of the required clearances to work with children.
The community garden at Penn State Schuylkill recently received its certification from the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners as a Pollinator Friendly Garden.
Rebecca Strzelec, professor of visual arts at Penn State Altoona and the 2016-17 Penn State Laureate, will give a presentation titled, “Art + Engineering = Creative Problem-solving,” at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Room 101 of the Classroom Building.
