吴雨霏科尔曼, director of development and alumni relations at Penn State 新肯辛顿, 将于8月被授予荣誉. 25 as one of Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest in 2016 by Pittsburgh’s WHIRL Magazine and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) of Western 宾西法尼亚 at the annual CFF gala in Pittsburgh.
Designing robots and testing equipment that monitors patients’ vital signs will be hands-on projects in the fall for Penn State 新肯辛顿 students in the engineering 技术 programs. 卡尔·哈里斯, instructor and coordinator of the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) program, 和乔伊·玛赫夫卡, senior instructor and coordinator of the Biomedical Engineering Technology (BET) program, recently received program enhancement grants from Penn State to upgrade and modernize their respective labs. The purpose of the grants is to fund initiatives that provide new learning environments for students.
Penn State has been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education that will allow the University to expand its Talent 搜索 程序s, providing staff who work directly with disadvantaged middle and high school students to help them complete high school and attend college.
As a vital part of Penn State’s 20 Commonwealth campuses located across 宾西法尼亚, Penn State 新肯辛顿 not only educates more than 700 students annually, it also drives substantial community impact as an employer. With more than 160 full-time and part-time employees, the 新肯辛顿 campus is an asset to the economic health and development of the 所有e-Kiski Valley and Pittsburgh region.
Middle school students and high school students can get the lowdown on future employment opportunities in the science, 技术, engineering and mathematics fields at a series of “STEM Exploration” workshops at Penn State 新肯辛顿.
河岸清理, a voter registration drive and a homework hotline were some of the community projects displayed by Penn State 新肯辛顿 students April 30 in the campus’ Entrepreneurial Center in downtown 新肯辛顿. The students were taking part in the city’s third “Better Block” celebration. Better Block is an ongoing series of one-day events that highlight the revitalization of 新肯辛顿’s business district.
教育工作者, business representatives, government officials and network partners gathered at Penn State 新肯辛顿 in February for the third phase of the 所有e-Kiski Best Practices Collaborative CREATE Lab Satellite Network Regional Hub, better known by its acronym, 美国广播公司(ABC)创建. The series of workshops, 2016 STREAM展示会,” provided participants with updates on the STEM (science, 技术, engineering and math) education within individual districts. Adding reading and 艺术 components to STEM creates STREAM. The 美国广播公司(ABC)创建 advisory board reported on the program's future plans.
从AKEG到WEDIG, community development has been the cornerstone of Chancellor Kevin Snider’s eight-year tenure as the head of Penn State 新肯辛顿. The efforts were recognized recently with a “Points of Light” award from the city of 新肯辛顿.
