Students Dylan Sarkozy and Maeve Yanes, who forged a path of service, advocacy and personal growth during their studies at Penn State Lehigh Valley, will continue their leadership journey as they transition to Penn State University Park. Both have taken on prominent roles within student organizations — Sarkozy as the newly elected president of the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments and Yanes as the THON communications captain representing all Commonwealth Campuses.
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the fourth year of Penn State’s Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards.
For the fourth year, Penn State Lehigh Valley hosted the Open and Affordable Showcase, a one-day conference focused on idea sharing, best practices and collaboration around open education.
When Madalyn Saylor was a high school senior starting her college search, she was sure of two things: She wanted to study psychology, and she wanted a small school environment. Penn State Lehigh Valley had everything Saylor was looking for.
Penn State Lehigh Valley held its annual spring commencement ceremony on May 10 at its Center Valley campus. Over 400 undergraduates were honored along with 200 graduate-level students.
Alexis Havlicsek, who graduated from Penn State Lehigh Valley with a degree in project supply chain management and business management/marketing in 2024, is putting her knowledge to work as a business process analyst for Olympus.
Pedro Robles, assistant professor of cyber analytics and operations at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and Daniel J. Mallinson, associate professor of public policy and administration at Penn State Harrisburg, were honored by the American Society for Public Administration with a best article award.
This gallery of photos shows the variety of ways Penn State students enriched their education in faraway places or participated in service projects in communities around the world during spring break. From providing hurricane relief in North Carolina to gaining hands-on international reporting experience in Kazakhstan, students took advantage of numerous experiential learning and service opportunities offered through the University.
Penn State University Libraries presented the 2025 Undergraduate Research Awards: Excellence in Information Literacy honors to 104 students at 20 undergraduate Penn State campuses this spring.
