Twenty girls ages 10 to 12 from the Bosch STEEM CareerLinking Academy visited Penn State Lehigh Valley on Aug. 1. Jacqueline McLaughlin, associate professor of biology, and Tracy Carbonetto, instructor in engineering, both from Penn State Lehigh Valley, led them through hands-on science sessions.
Micro grant recipients of Lehigh Valley LaunchBox benefit from free co-working and meeting spaces at Velocity (pictured); professional development, consultation and research resources, mentorship from local entrepreneurs and Penn State alumni will also help with business planning.
The goal of SAGE is to encourage intellectual and cultural enrichment for seniors, 55 and older, by providing a stimulating college-level lecture, workshop and seminar environment.
The SafetyPak team won the pitch competition during the Teen Entrepreneurship Summer Challenge at Penn State Lehigh Valley. The students invented a product to ease parents' distress. SafetyPak is a backpack reinvented that consists of safety items such as a GPS, tracking system, first aid kit, umbrella, home and police calling buttons and other travel-sized amenities.
Stephanie Bernal, a senior health policy and administration major at Penn State Lehigh Valley, presented her research on the Emerging Health Professionals program during her internship at Lehigh Valley Health Network this summer.
