Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi (second from right) arrives at Penn State Schuylkill on April 4, 2022, as part of her listening tour. Pictured with her, from left to right: Karen Wing, executive communications writer and editor; Michael Wade Smith, senior vice president and chief of staff; and Tina Hennessey, assistant vice president, university development.
Editor's Note: This spring, Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi is traveling the commonwealth as part of a listening and learning tour to meet and engage in conversation with students, faculty, staff and community members at each Penn State campus.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi visited Penn State Schuylkill on April 4 as part of her listening and learning tour to meet with students, faculty, staff and community members at each Penn State campus. During her tour stop, President-elect Bendapudi enjoyed a jubilant welcome from Penn State Schuylkill students, took a campus tour that included the campus’s new nursing suite and STEM labs, hosted a town hall for faculty and staff, and met with students and Schuylkill County community members.
Throughout the visit, President-elect Bendapudi made clear her belief in Penn State’s land-grant mission of teaching, research and service, and that her focus will be on the University’s students. “For me, it comes down to students,” she said. “They are our No. 1 priority. We need to prepare them for success not just in the classroom, but for what comes next.”
Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi visited Penn State Schuylkill on April 4, 2022, as part of her listening and learning tour to meet with students, faculty, staff and community members at each Penn State campus. During her tour stop, President-elect Bendapudi enjoyed a jubilant welcome from Penn State Schuylkill students, took a campus tour that included the campus’s new nursing suite and STEM labs, hosted a town hall for faculty and staff, and met with students and Schuylkill County community members.
Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi talks with Penn State Schuylkill second-year psychology student Poetic Session on April 4, 2022. Looking on are, from left to right, Michael Wade Smith, senior vice president and chief of staff; Penn State Schuylkill Chancellor Patrick M. Jones; and Tina Hennessey, assistant vice president, university development.
President-elect Bendapudi talks with Penn State Schuylkill marketing students who made signs with campus facts and figures for her visit on April 4, 2022.
Penn State Schuylkill marketing students made signs with Penn State Schuylkill facts and figures for President-elect Bendapudi's visit on April 4, 2022.
As part of her listening and learning tour, President-elect Neeli Bendapudi visited Penn State Schuylkill on April 4, 2022.
As part of her listening and learning tour, President-elect Neeli Bendapudi visited Penn State Schuylkill on April 4, 2022.
President-elect Neeli Bendapudi hosted a Q&A session with Penn State Schuylkill students during her April 4, 2022, visit to campus as part of her listening and learning tour.
Schuylkill County community members met with President-elect Neeli Bendapudi during her visit to Penn State Schuylkill on April 4. Seated, from left to right: Barron "Boots" Hetherington, Schuylkill County commissioner; Sarah Yoder, superintendent of Pottsville Area School District; and from the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce, both Samantha Chivinski, member relations director, and Robert S. Carl, president and CEO.
