A growing number of Penn State Lehigh Valley faculty have incorporated open and affordable educational resources (OER) into their classroom instruction. Their commitment to utilizing OER and the many benefits it offers students was the focus of the second annual Open and Affordable Showcase the campus.
A group of Penn State Lehigh Valley students worked virtually with Tunisian and Palestinian students to gain a better understanding of globalization in business.
When not in the classroom at Penn State Lehigh Valley, Kevin Kelley, associate teaching professor and psychology degree program coordinator, can usually be found digging in the dirt or weeding vegetable beds. Kelley is one of two recipients of the Volunteer of the Year award presented by the Easton Neighborhood Center.
With topics as diverse as the aquatic health of the Danube Basin in Romania to cross-cultural comparison of ageist attitudes, students presented the results of various research projects at the Penn State Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 6. Michael Mfarej, a former Lehigh Valley campus student who is currently working in the intellectual property realm, served as the keynote speaker.
Two Penn State Lehigh Valley students were awarded JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year and received top recognition for their undergraduate research projects in the areas of disability and racial injustice.
An inaugural group of 40 Penn State Lehigh Valley students, faculty, and staff were inducted into Alpha Alpha Alpha, the honor society for first-generation college students, in a recent campus ceremony.
Teens interested in starting their own businesses will learn what it takes to bring new products or services to market, and how entrepreneurship can have a positive impact on their communities, at the Teen Entrepreneur Challenge summer camp, July 23-29.
Penn State campuses across Pennsylvania were sites of celebration and recognition May 5-7 as the University awarded more than 14,000 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies held statewide. Revisit the excitement of commencement with this gallery of photos from Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses.
A new research program for students will be launched this coming fall: The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Undergraduate Student Research Fund aims to support student-led projects in different fields. Participants will acquire hands-on experience in research, scholarship, and artistic efforts. They will be responsible for creating their own research problems, study proposals, methodologies, and presenting their findings.
Nearly 70 domestic and international students across multiple Penn State campuses, including Abington, Brandywine, Great Valley, Lehigh Valley and Schuylkill, joined together for a series of events about mass incarceration in the United States, including a visit to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.
