The newly formed Health and Human Services Club, advised by Julie Ealy, associate professor of chemistry, sponsored a bus trip to Washington D.C. on Nov. 19 to visit a variety of Smithsonian museums. More than 40 students enjoyed the day-long trip to visit the museums and monuments. The trip was coordinated by Club Officer Zunish Saqib and funded through the Student Activity Fee.
Sandy Kile, instructor in communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley, is teaching the CAS100 course, which is Penn State's public speaking class, at Roberto Clemente Charter High School to high school seniors.
Dual enrollment was created as a way to improve college readiness among high school students. RCCS seniors Lynette Nieves and Alejandro Martinez are taking a dual enrollment course offered by Penn State Lehigh Valley on-site at their high school.
A special Winter White Out courtside tailgate event is set to take place between the Penn State Lehigh Valley women’s and men’s basketball games at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 3 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem.
Students and chancellors from 13 campuses accompanied University President Eric Barron for an event on June 20 in Harrisburg announcing the next series of six $50,000 grants for Commonwealth Campuses to expand the Invent Penn State initiative.
With the June 20 announcement of the next wave of seed grants, the Invent Penn State initiative now includes 13 locations across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
An entrepreneurship student discusses his business plan during an elevator pitch competition in fall 2015 at Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, part of Invent Penn State. The competition was judged by the center’s director and professor of pratice, Kevin Harter.
Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider, foreground, shows Penn State President Eric Barron the vacant store front that will serve as the new home of the University’s Alle-Kiski Economic Generator, part of the Invent Penn State initiative. The announcement of the Alle-Kiski Economic Generator in the former department store is helping to revitalize downtown New Kensington.
